The US Is Not “One Nation” – And It Never Was

Authored by Ryan McMaken via The Mises Institute,

Patrick Buchanan is an informative and interesting writer. On foreign policy, especially, he’s long been one of the most reasonable voices among high-level American pundits.

When it comes to cultural matters, however, Buchanan has long held to a peculiar and empirically questionable version of American history in which the United States was once a mono-culture in which everyone was once happily united by “a common religion,” a “common language,” and a “common culture.”

The Sweet Google/Lenovo Deal

Check this out.  I read an article last week, I think, that described a deal in the works with the Chinese Co. Lenovo and Google.  The deal would have Google selling off its Motorola handset division for a cool $2.91 billion(here) only 2 years after Google purchased Motorola Mobility for $13 billion (here).  Now, Reuters is reporting that Google purchased an almost 6% stake in Lenovo a month ago for $750 million (here).  WTF is up with that?  Some suggest insider trading?  I say we ask Jim, since he is an accountant!  This smells like some kind of gimmick like Enron might run!  Picaboo Accounting tricks as Max Keiser calls it!  Shell games!  I call Bullshit!