Predicting the 2024 Election

Introduction Even though this will be the first election in which I will not be casting a vote since I became eligible to vote in 1992, I am very much interested in what will happen. Yes, I will be watching and reading about the election early into Wednesday morning. So, I thought I would put… Continue reading Predicting the 2024 Election

Never Biden

The verdict for this episode is: coronavirus has shown why Biden is a terrible candidate. In this episode I discuss a number of the ways coronavirus has shown the weakness of Biden’s proposals and the failures of his record. https://media.blubrry.com/jonathansimeonepodcast/content.blubrry.com/jonathansimeonepodcast/Never_Bide.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 15:22 — 7.0MB) | Embedsubscribe to my podcast… Continue reading Never Biden

The Truth About Those of us who Support Bernie Sanders

The verdict for this episode is: the media is lying about those of us who support Bernie Sanders. In this episode, I discuss my personal history, why I support Bernie, and I demonstrate how the media is lying about those of us who support Bernie. I also include a history lesson for those who attack… Continue reading The Truth About Those of us who Support Bernie Sanders

Child Abusers Voted for Hillary Clinton

The verdict for this episode is: the criticism of political endorsements is becoming absurd. In this episode, I discuss the aftermath of Joe Rogan endorsing Bernie Sanders. https://media.blubrry.com/jonathansimeonepodcast/content.blubrry.com/jonathansimeonepodcast/Joe_Rogan.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 8:08 — 3.7MB) | Embedsubscribe to my podcast Apple Podcasts | TuneIn | RSS | Subscribe to Jonathan's Verdicts

Reviewing Two-Income Trap

Elizabeth Warren and her daughter Amelia wrote Two-Income Trap in 2003. It was rereleased in 2015 with a new introduction. Reading the 2015 version in the context of the 2020 election was a thought-provoking experience. Instead of recapping the premise of the book and quoting interesting passages, I’m going to focus on what I was… Continue reading Reviewing Two-Income Trap

Border Residents Don’t Want the Wall

The US-Mexico border runs through four states: Arizona; California; New Mexico; and Texas. There are nine Congressional districts on the border. In April of 2017, the Wall Street Journal polled all 17 members of Congress representing border districts and states and couldn’t find a single person who supported Trump’s wall. At the time, Trump was… Continue reading Border Residents Don’t Want the Wall

Wrong is Wrong

I’m tired of Republicans justifying Trump’s bad ideas and cruel policies by constantly trying to create false equivalencies with things done by Barack Obama or the Clinton’s. If something was wrong when a Democrat was president that something should be wrong today. If something is worse than anything done during a Democratic administration, it should… Continue reading Wrong is Wrong