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As expected, Bernie got Biden'd in Michigan. Here's just one plank of his platform, paraphrased:
Eliminate all fossil-fuel power generation and convert all public and private transportation to electric, then nationalize the power grid.
(Ok, maybe it's more than one plank.)
Subsequently, the logistics and economy of the entire nation would be dependent upon the same people who deliver the mail.
Sorry, Bernie. Democrats are not Soviets.
Trump's fresh-from-the-wrapper Chief of Staff has quarantined himself, to which John Kelly commented, "Now why didn't I think of that?"
When Bernie gets his hat handed to him in the Michigan primary tomorrow, consider this: Bernie is not, never has been, and never will be a Democrat.
He switches his registration for presidential elections and masquerades as a Democrat. While Bernie may have substantial support from the progressive wing of the Democrat party his platform conflicts with the DNC platform and, as Super Tuesday revealed, the majority of Democrat voters.
Sorry, Bernie. Democrats are not communists.
Learn more about Bernie's politics here (must be a registered user).
Just in case CoV doesn't create a cataclysm, the DoD has a backup plan.
A circle has 360 degrees because the Egyptians miscounted the number of days in a year.
Imagine how fun math would be if there were 365.25636 degrees in a circle.
Popular support for Bernie's Medicare-for-All program is being bolstered by a number of studies that suggest it would be cheaper than private insurance because the government can do it better and cheaper than the private sector.
Listed below are all of the things the government does better and cheaper than the private sector:
The Free Stuff Sweepstakes has lost all entertainment value as it has devolved from a bunch of rich people promising to give you all of the other rich people's money to a bunch of rich people accusing the other rich people of not being good stewards of other rich people's money.
At this point, I'm wondering what was so bad about monarchies.
