Thomas Buckley – Page 70 – California Globe

An Abundance of Scarcity: Now and Forever

February 12, 2023 8:15 amFebruary 12, 2023 10:06 am

With abundance, anything is possible; with scarcity nothing is certain. And what the world is facing right now is an abundance of scarcity. From climate change edicts to purposefully limiting housing supplies to cordoning off the public square for the...

California EDD Blamed Fed Program for Fraud – New Numbers Show That is Impossible

February 11, 2023 10:53 amFebruary 14, 2023 9:36 am

New federal Department of Labor figures regarding the massive looting of the nation’s unemployment insurance systems during the pandemic show that California’s improper payment figure has climbed again and is now estimated to be nearly $40 billion. Labor Department Inspector...

Doctors Without Voices?

February 10, 2023 10:22 amFebruary 10, 2023 2:23 pm

In California, it seems now, everything is legal. Take $949 worth of stuff from the CVS? Have a nice day! Use the subway as a bathroom? That’s okay! Be a doctor and tell a patient you may have misgivings about the...

Big Woke – Money Equals Power, As Usual

February 7, 2023 8:08 amFebruary 7, 2023 9:29 am

Unless you can get fired for asking it, a rather common question today is exactly what has happened in the past few years to bring society to the point that, well, you can get fired for asking a question? In...

‘Cut-and-Paste’ Governmental Anti-Racism Group’s Overt Political Agenda

January 31, 2023 7:18 amFebruary 2, 2023 9:54 am

Like so many organizations and foundations and inter-governmental efforts, it has a “who could complain about that?” name: the Government Alliance on Race and Equity, GARE for short. And like so many similar organizations, GARE has very specific political agenda...

Red Herring Alert: Comparing California and Japan High Speed Rail Falls on its Face

January 29, 2023 2:30 amJanuary 29, 2023 9:01 am

Well, it’s big in Japan. That is what proponents of California’s high speed rail project say when asked about the whys and wherefores of the system. In other words, if it works somewhere else it will work here. That argument, though,...

Farebox Recovery: Free is Not Good Enough

January 26, 2023 11:10 amJanuary 26, 2023 11:25 am

There is not a single public transit system in the United States that earns enough money in fares to cover its expenses. In fact, the systems with the highest “farebox recovery ratio” – which is the percentage of the annual...