Can there be a sadder, more cruel irony than the fact that armies of aggression are, in the main, made up of young, poorly educated males with few prospects who will fight to preserve the very system that has put them in their predicament? Can anything be more surreal than fighting to return home to … Continue reading
There is a level of uninformed ignorance and desperation involved in the willingness to take a weapon of war into a country unprovoked. This was true in Germany and Japan in WW I and II, in the Vietnam war, in the Iraq war, and it is true now in Ukraine. A despot cannot make war … Continue reading
We are now in a pitched battle. A life and death struggle between the informed sane and the uninformed propagandized insane. Between the people who can believe in both God and science, and the ones who can believe only in God – and Qanon. Have you watched “Into The Storm” on HBO? Of course Donald … Continue reading
In light of the Florida re-count and the latest massacre in California; I am saddened, sick, and tired, of the TV talking heads asking and answering so many questions that have obvious answers. Cases in point, the latest gun massacre in Thousand Oaks California and the Florida Governor re-count imbroglio caused by the purposely designed-to-be-confusing … Continue reading
Either completely ignorant of the history of relations between China and the U.S., or completely oblivious to same, Donald Trump spoke with Taiwan’s President Friday, threatening to ignite a diplomatic showdown with China even before he takes office. Said Barry Pavel, director of the Brent Scowcroft Center on International Security at the Atlantic Council. … Continue reading
This country has far too many stupid people in it for my taste. What should we make of a country where millions of people would spend time watching a TV show called Lip Sync Battle? And enjoying it? Where millions of people start almost every sentence with the words “I mean…” Where the theme song … Continue reading