A tip o’ the ol’ Dog Rat toupee to cartoonist John Rose for today’s Barney Google comic strip.
https://comicskingdom.com/barney-google-and-snuffy-smith/2025-05-18
Category: Politics, Religion & Money
Everybody Has An Opinion
A succinct, clear analysis of the spot that Trump has stuck himself in with his tariffs, and it’s — surprise — from a tech site.
https://gizmodo.com/trump-demands-walmart-eat-the-tariffs-2000603785
Prattman Cave
I’m on a tear, reorganizing my office and the space that I suppose should be called the media room. Going through many long-buried things, I was reminded that I used to make DVDs.
Remember when the music and movie industries were so concerned about recordable media? They were convinced that people burning their own CDs and DVDs would destroy their businesses forever. Now, they couldn’t care less about physical media.
Crowd Funning
Why did the Afrikaner “refugees” migrate to America instead of the Netherlands, the land of their ancestors? They’d have lots of fun up there. Karen, Kathleen and Kristel got back together for some K3 reunion shows! Full disclosure: My mother’s family was originally from Holland.
https://www.belganewsagency.eu/original-k3-reunites-for-anniversary-concerts
Bond-Age
Trump will still be president when I have to start dealing with the Required Minimum Distributions for my IRA CDs. Where will those post-tax withdrawals go? I’m considering T-bills and notes for shorter-term interest, and perhaps bonds for when I’m gone. With that in mind, I’ve been following the bond market.
Angry Old Man Music
Green Day’s American Idiot was released shortly before Dubya was reelected. The idiots weren’t paying attention, because 20 years later they elected Trump to a second term.