How America Coddles White Criminals

People who say there is no sense of "White Privilege" doesn't exist should look at the case of Austin bomber Mark Condit. Condit planted package bombs that targeted African-American and Hispanic people, killing two and injuring five. He then blew himself up when cornered by police. Austin Police Chief Brian Manley said. "But instead, it is the outcry of a very challenged young man talking about challenges in his personal life that led him to this point." Like Manley actually feels sorry for the scumbag Condit. Even though Condit endangered the lives of police officers too. That shows how White Americans make a pass for white criminals and how white criminals get off easy.

Trump Is Undermining Legality

This weekend Trump fired deputy FBI director Andrew McCabe, for reasons which have yet to be clarified. It does fit in with Trumps seeming plan to undermine the Justice Department, and the concept of judicial independence. It is becoming increasingly clear that Trump has something criminal to hide. There's too much smoke and there has to be some fire. Richard Nixon was an overambitious character who went down a slippery slope into illegality. Trump is revealing himself to be utterly criminal.

End Daylight Savings Time Now!

It's strange how strange how the GOP say they are against Big Government and Government Intrusion but they won't do anything to abolish that waste of time and effort, Daylight Savings Time (DST for short.) DST does not save energy or achieve any useful purpose. It just forces people to get up an hour earlier, and for people who have to get up early, it forces them to use more electricity. DST is an attempt to cheat and like other form of cheating it doesn't pay off in the long run.

Bullshit On the "Gig Economy"

From techcrunch.com:

The study, entitled The Economics of Ride-Hailing: Driver Revenue, Expenses and Taxes, and which was carried out by the MIT Center for Energy and Environmental Policy Research, surveyed more than 1,100 Uber and Lyft ride-hailing drivers combined with detailed vehicle cost information — factoring in costs such as fuel, insurance, maintenance and repairs — to come up with a median profit per hour worked.

The upshot? The researchers found profit from ride-hail driving to be “very low”. On an hourly basis, the median profit was $3.37 per hour, with 74% of drivers earning less than the minimum wage in the state where they operate.

Just for the record, that was lower than the minimum wage back in the eighties. Under those conditions, you'd be better of unemployed.