Gongol.com Archives: July 2016
July 20, 2016
"This is a decisive moment in the history of party politics in America"
A whole lot of Americans self-identify as fiscally conservative and socially tolerant. That demographic has been abandoned by the two major parties, but most people don't want to go to the step of becoming members of an outlier third party to express themselves, so they register as independent instead. In 2016, though, the Libertarian Presidential and Vice-Presidential candidates are the most mainstream in the party's history -- and they are probably more mainstream than the GOP ticket.
US and China meet over the South China Sea dispute
Naval leaders met to discuss things, but China is making no hint of stopping its island construction projects -- and that's a political problem with military repercussions.
Polish government lowers retirement ages
Going down to age 65 for men and age 60 for women. This is populist economics twice over -- goodies for the old (with a promise of earlier payouts) and jobs for the young (by pushing older workers out of the competition). But it won't be sound policy. It's going to cost the country a fortune.
Stupefying video of a police shooting in North Miami
An unarmed man with his hands in the air tries to help an autistic person having a crisis, and a police officer shoots him. It's incomprehensible.
Microsoft may be making the cloud move in the nick of time
Its subscription-based businesses are doing well at a time when sales of phones and computers are both weak
