Steve’s Barking; They are spying on US. I’m shocked😆

 I’m shocked that Israel is spying on my country. I would be really shocked if they weren’t.

 Does Israel try to influence the way America thinks about its policies toward Israel? Probably.

 But and this is a big but almost if not all countries do the same. That is a fact of life. 

 I’m sure that my country, the good old U.S. of A., spies on and tries to influence the thinking of other countries, including its strongest allies. If they didn’t, I would be disappointed. Intelligence is extremely important, even among friends. I would not like friends to turn on my country. 

 Do I think there may be abuses in intelligence and influence? I sure that there is.  Am I upset about the abuses? You bet I am, but that doesn’t mean I want my country to shut down intelligence and influence operations.

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 Does my government spy on its citizens? I’m positive.

 What are my feelings about spying and influencing? Mixed.

 I want to feel safe and comfortable, though I know that misuse of spying and influencing can have the opposite effect.

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 Do I think that my government is spying for me? Probably, though at the present time I’m not worried, even though throughout history governments use their spying to persecute individuals.

 

 

Steve’s Barking; nationalist socialist, German workers party.

 What was the nationalist socialist workers’ German party 

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 The answer is the Nazis.

 We don’t think of the Nazis as a socialist party, but as a fascist party.

 That’s why this crazy blogger doesn’t take the Democratic Socialist Party  seriously as just plain socialist.

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 If you’re a socialist, form your own party, please, please, please don’t steal mine.

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There have been Socialist parties in the United States before in the United States.

 In the early 1900s there were close to 300 mayors to my understanding.

 Eugene Debs got12% of the popular vote in the 1912 presidential elections.

Steve’s Barking; Permanent daylight savings in America….Glad I’m not working

 There is a great chance the good old US of A will go to daylight saving year-round. 

 What idiot thought of that?

 Getting up in the winter months in pitch black, going to work, and the kiddies going to school in the pitch black. This is not very conducive to the want to go to school and work. If I’m not mistaken, we of the north will freeze our behinds off early in the morning. That also is not very conducive to going to work and school.

Steve’s Barking; Texas is drowning. Maybe that’s a relief

 I see on the television that there are storms in Texas. Major floods, even. 

 One would think that’s a catastrophe, but Texas is having a terrible drought. One would hope that the torrential rains will fill the lakes, rivers, and reservoirs. Hopefully giving the great people of Texas plenty of drinking water and relief to its AI industry.

Steve’s Barking; The art of the self promotion

  I know Donald Trump wrote the art of a deal.

  If he wants to help us peons, he should write the art of the self promotion. There is nobody in this world who is better..

Steve’s Barking; Is it human nature to hate and abuse other ethnic and religious groups?

  There seems to be much anti-Semitism going around. This is something that has been going around since Roman times and before. My understanding is the abuse of even the extermination of Jews.

 We tend to forget the abuse of blacks, including lynchings in the United States and even in Africa.

 We tend to forget how the Kurds are treated even today.

 What about the attempted genocide of the Armenians?

 The hatred of the Catholic Irish and holding them down.

 The hard times that many of Italian descent had in the United States.

 The Scots in Great Britain.

 The various non-ethnic Chinese in the Chinese empires that faced discrimination.

 What about the Japanese during World War II of other Asians?

  What about various Muslim sects looking down on other sects?

 My question again is: is hate and abuse part of human nature?

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Steve’s Barking; Minimum wage , hurt or help ?

 Oh my goodness, the best and the brightest might say, of course, the minimum helps the poor. Everyone knows that the poor need more money to help buy groceries and housing. 

 Ah, but what if the rise of the minimum wage brings about the rise of prices because the employer needs to cover the new cost of doing business, or if the cost becomes too high, the employer goes out of business? In that case, raising the maximum wage isn’t a very good idea for that employee.

 In another scenario, what happens if those making the new minimum wage are already getting it? Wouldn’t the goods and services become higher because of supply and demand?

 In my unlearned opinion, we do need a minimum wage, but we must be very careful with it.