News Stories that trigger my Gag Reflex!

June 6, 2025

“The most difficult people to deal with are those individuals that are stupid and arrogant. That combination creates unpleasant and often very nasty people.” Self

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These are just some of the news stories that sour my GI tract:

Jasmine Crockett and AOC are now the leaders of the Democratic party. Both read from scripts prepared by their staffs, neither has built anything, both have ignored their own congressional districts, and together could not operate a McDonald’s franchise.

-US Dept. of Education disclosed that $30 million of student loans and grants went sent to dead people, and another $60 million was sent to ineligible people. These payments occurred over the last 3 years. How does any federal agency receive applications from dead people?

-NC lawmakers are fighting over which flags are allowed to fly over government buildings. Thankfully, the US flag is on the list. Same with the NC state flag and military flags. Of course, the issue was prompted by a group wanting to fly a LGBTQ+ flag.

Liberals are very upset about the arrests of criminal aliens. Apparently, they believe certain places are not appropriate for arrests, like streets, dormitories, churches, family homes, restaurants, or anywhere around family members. Bull. These are very dangerous people and should be removed from our communities. Anytime, anywhere.

-For years, many states have fraudulently inflated Medicaid payments to hospitals so the federal government would reimburse those payments. The states taxed their hospitals and returned the $$$$’s back to them as Medicaid payments so the federal government would reimburse (match) those funds. Shear fraud. When this practice is stopped, the federal government will save $600 billion over ten years.

Starbucks is the world’s biggest coffee chain, with a majority of sales in the US. Last month they reported the 5th consecutive quarter of declining sales. Net profits are down 50%. I know what the problems are-prices are too high, service is too slow. and their corporate social policies were very misguided. And another comment, barista is not a career.

Canada is a member of NATO and is required to spend 2% of its GDP on its military. Currently, Canada spends about 1.3%. The US taxpayers should not bailout Canada.

-High school and college commencement addresses should be inspirational. Graduates should be encouraged to achieve greatness in all fields. And the speeches should be patriotic. We live in the greatest country in the history of the world.

-Boys should not be allowed to compete in girl sports. Everyone knows it. This week a man pitched 7 innings in a girls’ softball championship. Same with track and field. A man won the high jump and triple jump in girl’s state championships. This problem is centered in blue states, run by Democrats. Where are the women’s groups???

Published by bluesage82

I am a retired international business leader, current college professor, historian, macro economist and outdoorsman. I have lived in 7 US states and had long term stays Tokyo, London and Geneva. I have also worked for the US Dept. of Commerce and the State of Delaware Dept. of Public Instruction. I am a native of NY but grew up in VA. My wife and I have 7 children including 2 in-laws.

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