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Comments on the 2016 presidential campaign

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Here are some comments I have been putting up on Facebook. Many of my blog readers are not Facebook members and they want me to put those things here. Also, this blog is searchable by Google and such while Facebook is not. Republican chicken hawks I am real tried of Republican chicken hawks raving about how they’re gonna sock it to IS including boots on the ground. There were two veterans in the Republican race: Perry and Graham. Even they were just a couple of non-combatants: a cargo plane pilot—Perry flew C-130s—and an Air Force lawyer—Graham. But they dropped out.Those...

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The various Hillary legal scenarios

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A couple of thoughts on Hillary the felon.It is possible she could become toxic due to an indictment or leaks before the convention, and that the Democrats might change the rules to let them nominate some non-Bernie Sanders bright young star who has not been damaged by a tough primary fight and that person could win over the damaged-by-the primaries Republican nominee in November.It appears that Obama will prevent Attorney General Lynch and FBI Director Comey from doing their jobs and will give Hillary a pass. But she’d better win if they do, hadn’t she? Because on January 20, 2017,...

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Quit rates and number of qualified applicants tell who is over- or underpaid

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Wal-Mart today announced wage increases to stem an overly high turnover rate. I have often written about quit rate and its significance. Normal is about 20% per year. That is, in a normal organization, about 20% of the employees quit per year. I don’t want to quibble about the percentage. Whatever it is, there is a normal quit rate. Quit rate below 20% = overpaid If your quit rate is HIGHER, as at Wal-Mart, your pay/benefits/working conditions package is too low. Conversely, if your quite rate is BELOW 20% per year, your pay/benefits/working conditions package is too generous.Who fits that...

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All baseball players should bat left-handed

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All baseball players should bat left-handed. I’m not kidding. If you know a coach who is letting any of his players bat right-handed, he is committing coach malpractice. If you know a father who is letting his kids bat right-handed, he is committing father malpractice.  Here’s why.

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Are Trump and Christie bullies?

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Donald Trump and Chris Christie have recently been denounced and dismissed as bullies. I have never met anyone who hated bullies as much as I did. The biggest fight of my life was a four-year battle when I was an Army officer. Against whom? Almost every single one of my military superiors. What was the problem? They were bullies. I refused to be bullied. To my amazement, I was accused of being a bully myself in the last year or two in some Facebook debates. No power over the bullied By my definition, neither I nor Trump nor Christie could...

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