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Crazy stuff going on in the world right now.

I am all for opening relations with Cuba.  Frankly, I am all for cheap places to vacation, rum, and cigars.  (alright, not a huge cigar guy, but when in Havanna)  Not the worst idea to have a functional level of diplomacy with Cuba seeing how Russia is all sorts of in a funk right now.  I could see Putin plopping a few missiles 90 miles from Florida to spruce up morale in Moscow.   Friends close, enemies closer.  Rum. Cigars.

North Korea.  Is that even a country?  We are allowing that province to dictate what we watch?  Get the fuck out of here.  I mean, I hate James Franco as much as the next guy, but I would prefer people have the option to not see The Interview because he is a no talent ass clown.

How is the school massacre in Pakistan not a bigger deal?  It isn't even on CNN.com today.  This isn't the most accurate number, but I think I saw 132 deaths.  132.  132.  132. 132.  If that happened in the US it would not only be news, but there would be a hunt for the people ...errr...terrorists unlike anything the world has ever seen.   Am I missing something?

We will have a new President in a couple of years.  I would prefer for it to be someone without the last name of Bush or Clinton.  Donald Trump for President!!!!!!  (I kid.  I kid.)  I'd vote for Bloomberg.  Bloomberg and Colin Powell.  That'd be great.  That's who I want.  Sign it up.

Oil is cheap.  Imagine that.  Say what you will about Obama, but he has been very kind to American energy.  The kind we can burn.  Cough.  Cough.

Lots of protests going on here in NYC and elsewhere.  My opinion here is irrelevant.  Nothing I write here will sway opinion or create change.  What I will say is that I think anyone who rioted, destroyed, or looted should not be put in prison.  They should be sent to Alaska to do manual labor.  We should have more places we can send people who commit crimes in regards to having them provide something back.  Is there a way we can punish people in a manner other than caging them?  There must be.  Anyhow, don't burn shit and loot.  It's not cool.

I am also pretty surprised the cop in the Eric Garner case wasn't charged with ANYTHING.  I mean, at the least there was some form of negligence there.  I think.  I'm not an expert.  It just...it looked wrong.








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