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Near Perfect Men’s Pajamas

Near Perfect Men’s Pajamas

10/01/2019 Score Card Comments 2 comments

For the longest time I have been annoyed with the pajamas I had and I had over five different ones. I put together a short list of features I was looking for on my cell phone to do list application.

No fly
Pockets
Terrific waist band
Draw string

When went to a store that sold men’s pajamas I would check out their selection. At Target I finally found near perfect pajamas made by Hanesbrands. But, by fortunate mistake, they are not pajamas. It seemed someone at Target put a pair in the sleep wear section and that is how I discovered them.  Here is the formal description for the two pair I purchased:

Men’s Soft Touch Jogger Pants – C9 Champion®

Target Search by: 041-06-1693 (seems a bit thicker fabric for cooler weather.)
Target ?Search by: 041-06-1361 (seems a bit thinner fabric for warmer weather.)
My cost was $29.99 each.  September 2019.

Evaluation: The fabric is very soft. The waist band is near perfect for my 32 inch waist with a medium size so the draw string is not needed most of the time. The waist band is wide which improves it’s comfort upon my waist. The draw string is elastic and does not cut into my belly when tightened. The leg fabric is tapered and elastic around the ankles is so tight the fabric does not ride upward when in bed. I love the two front pockets because when I get out of bed, I slide my phone into one of the pockets. There is a zippered rear pocket which I have yet to use. Because these pants are considered jogger pants, I feel quite comfortable going out side to pick up my newspapers in the morning. In bed, these “pajamas” are near perfect for me.  Also, you could wear these pants to the gym or go out jogging.  Women should consider this option too.


Clothing, Reviews
Best men's pajamas, Best pajamas, Hanesbrand Pajamas, Recommended pajamas, Recommended women's pajamas, Target, Target Pajamas, Women's pajamas
Highly Recommended Web Site Post.

Highly Recommended Web Site Post.

09/19/2019 Score Card Comments 0 Comment

Donald Trump and The Definition of Insanity

58,000 mental health professionals say Donald Trump is too unstable to be president. Here’s a deep dive into the diagnosis and what could happen because of it.


Opinion, United States of America, US Government
President Trump
Possible Expectations From Attacks On Saudi Arabia

Possible Expectations From Attacks On Saudi Arabia

09/15/2019 Score Card Comments 0 Comment

Prediction based on past history:

Possible prediction from attacks on the Saudi Arabia oil fields with drones September 14 and 15, 2019:

We should expect that the Untied States to rather quickly get involved in possible attacks against Iran because Saudi Arabia has significant control over the US Congress from the huge payments made to members of Congress and underlying ownership of the US economy. One can easily say that the Saudi Arabia owns a good portion of the US government. Possibly expect United States military to fight and die in the coming months. Iran is not a push over enemy. Iran has significant land mass and military capability as well as secondary hidden assets. Saudi Arabia may expect that the United States to fight this next war to the last American soldier.

Also, why would the United States get involved in a conflict between Saudi Arabia and Iran?  For what possible reason?  Let these two countries, where the rulers enrich themselves where they suppress freedom and are vastly corrupt, fight each other.

Let us hope that the citizens of both Saudi Arabia and Iran rise up and overthrow their scum sucking political systems and problematic religious influences to form better living standards form of governing that works best for all citizens.

 

Published September 15, 2019
Updated September 18, 2019


Countries, Iran, Saudi Arabia
Iran, Saudi Arabia oil fields, US Congress
Thermo Pro Thermostat TP-55

Thermo Pro Thermostat TP-55

09/13/2019 Score Card Comments 0 Comment

I have had a ThermoPro Thermostat model TP-55 for quite a while and have been annoyed with it’s readings being obviously off.  I compared it’s readings with diagnostic devices and found that it was giving two degrees too high.  I then downloaded it’s manual and can not find any method to calibrate it’s readings.   I then calibrate the device by attaching a label showing how far the readings are in error.  I just might donate this unit as I despise inaccuracy.

 

 

 

 

 


Home Improvement, Product Reviews, Thermostat
ThermoPro Thermostat model TP-55
President Donald Trump Allegedly Hurts The Working Class

President Donald Trump Allegedly Hurts The Working Class

08/25/2019 Score Card Comments 1 comment

Opinion Based On Facts

Trump seems to be hurting the working class in so many different ways. Let us examine some of them.

He and his party recently passed a tax bill that was a smoke and mirror act by claiming it was a universal tax cut but in reality offered tax cuts for the low and middle class while handing huge tax cuts for the very wealthy and corporations.

Trump and his party have called for cuts to Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid to help cut the huge national deficit that Trump and the Republicans created by awarding huge tax cuts to the very rich class. The Republican Party’s philosophy is to avoid social support programs because that party seems to represent big business which is all about profits. The second reason for cutting back social programs is it would help balance the national budget. The results would be that the working class would thus gets hit by two negative results.

Trump keeps going full forward and then a little backward for proposed tariffs which most economists tend to believe hurts an economy. Tariffs can directly hurt the people who have to buy products in the United States that come from China.

We have already seen that the US farmers have suffered greatly. This is because our farmers ship a huge amount of product to China. The amount of farm products China exports to the U.S. is much smaller, 3.1 billion (1), then what it imports from America, 5.6 billion (1). This means our farmers really depend upon the Chines market to buy their products and I mean in a really big way.

Cutting back those shipments to China due to Trump’s tariffs, means U.S. farmers have less product to sell. Many farmers borrow money to plant their crops. They can suffer quickly if their crops do not sell. 
Here are some recent farm business trends (2):

  • Net farm income has fallen.
  • Working capital has decreased.
  • Farm debt has steadily increased.
  • Farm bankruptcies are up.

 

Some of the above farm trends started before Trump came too office but he probably has accelerated the trends since coming into office. Once again, President Trump hurts the working class because he fails to turn around the trends that American farmers currently suffer under.

There is a little truth in trying to reign in China from stealing intellectual property. The better solution is to negotiate with China those issues and find solutions and not quickly institute tariffs. It almost seems that the argument of intellectual property theft is an excuse to institute tariffs.

President Trump, to try to give aid to farmers suffering under his tariff’s.  He has proposed giving financial aid of 12 billion (3) which further increases the national debt. “Projections find that the federal government spends about $1,200 per American on interest” toward the national debt per year. The national debt, end of June 2019, stands at $22.023 trillion dollars (4).

How does the rising national debt get resolved? The answer is to raise your taxes (5), another hurt upon the working class.  This means, once again, the working class gets hosed but later down the road so you will not be smart enough to remember who did it to you or better yet a Democrat president is in office and will be made to look bad for having to solve this problem for us.

This is just another example of Trump’s smoke and mirrors actions to have the working class person having to pay more to support the rich class and hiding who and how they did it to you.

What is the reason to take away from the working lower and middle class and give to the wealthy? The reason is that our political system has been taken over by the extremely wealthy individuals, families and corporations. Donald Trump appears to supports that effort.

 

Sources:

1:  https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-08-14/trump-tariffs-to-hurt-u-s-farmers-more-than-china-counterparts

2 https://www.cnbc.com/2019/07/10/farm-states-slammed-by-us-china-trade-war-and-immigration-woes.html

3 https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2019/07/24/facts-about-the-national-debt/

4 https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trade-farmers/trump-wants-12-billion-in-aid-to-us-farmers-suffering-from-trade-war-idUSKBN1KE1YE

5 https://positivemoney.org/how-money-works/advanced/what-about-the-national-debt/

 

Posted August 25, 2019


Commentary, Opinion, United States of America, US Government
Donald Trump, Donald Trump attacks working class, Medicaid, Medicare, Republican Party, Social Security, Trump’s tariffs
Trump Puts The Screws To The US Tax Payer Unevenly.

Trump Puts The Screws To The US Tax Payer Unevenly.

08/17/2019 Score Card Comments 0 Comment

The tax paying citizens of the United States have once again been shafted as a result of President Trump and his Republican Party into putting forward alleged tax cuts in the form of Tax Cuts and Jobs Act put into effect December 2017. Here are the reasons this is a shame upon the president and his Republican Party:

  • The really rich, plutocracy class, gains the most and the low and middle class get way less. By giving tax cuts to all citizens, it appears to be a win for all.  That is just a smoke screen to hide what is real. The typical citizen does not have the time to look behind this dark curtain and try to analyze the complexity of it all.  Making this legislation rather complex is the means of hiding the reality. The chart below shows the tax “cuts” now and then what will happen in the future.
    Source for graphic
  • The tax “cuts’ benefit Trump’s Republican Party if you live in a state which voted for Trump. “In 22 of the 30 states Trump won, a higher percentage of households are expected to have lower income taxes than the national average.”
  • SALT (State And Local Taxes) Deduction — the amount of your state and local taxes that you can deduct from your federal income taxes—is now capped at $10,000.  So, for people who pay a lot of state and local taxes, that is going to cost them money.” Here is a short list of states affected:
      • California
      • New Jersey
      • New York.

Note that the above list of states are Democratic.  Democratic states are typically richer and pay more taxes thus penalized more with this tax “cut”.

  • The home mortgage interest deduction was also capped. Is this a political calculation? You bet it is. Studies have proven that Republican controlled states that are poorer when compared to Democratic controlled states.
    Proof #1
    Proof #2
     
  • The resulting deficits will add $1 to $2 trillion to the federal debt, according to official estimates. The debt increase will be larger if some of TCJA’s temporary tax cuts are extended. “Absent dramatic spending cuts, the public debt will continue to grow faster than the economy.”
  • How does the President attempt to pay for this huge increase in the deficit? He wants to starting by cutting Medicare and Medicaid for low-income citizens which might save $200 billion. But, President Trump made a campaign promise, during his 2016 presidential bid, not to cut the popular Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security programs.

Summary: Allegedly, this whole process was put together to hide the real intent to give the plutocracy class, the very rich, vast amount of tax break money. “TCJA will, under the most plausible scenarios, end up making most households worse off than if it had not been enacted.”


Economics, Opinion, Politics, State, United States of America, US Government
S.A.L.T., Salt, Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, TCJA

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