How do we grade ourselves? GDP is the total value (monetary) of everything produced by all the people and companies in the country. What about quality of life? The commander likes to brag about his impact on GDP and predicts higher growth without any supporting facts or theory. His two dimensional thinking misses important contributions […]
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The Petulant Vice Commander
Our Vice “commander” is on a mission of togetherness while attending the Olympics. Not Quite: “Together with Japan and our allies, let the world know this: We will continue to intensify our maximum pressure campaign until North Korea takes steps … we will not allow North Korean propaganda to hijack the message and imagery […]
Read MoreMedicaid and Opiods?
Is Medicaid worsening the Opiod Crisis? One argument being pushed by a Wisconsin Senator and the WSJ, is that Medicaid, an insurance program that provides low-cost health coverage to some low-income people, families and children, pregnant women, the elderly, and people with disabilities delivers the pills and therefore is at fault. Follow the […]
Read MoreOne State?
Time For A One State Solution? Israel West Bank & Gaza Population 8.8 million 5 million Median Age 29.9 19 Birth Rate/1000 1.81 2.456 GDP Per Capita $44,019 $1,997 Life Expectancy 82.01 77.17 Literacy 97.8 95.3 Growth Rate 2 2.6 As demonstrated by the 1947 Partition of India, spawning Pakistan and Bangladesh in […]
Read MoreNuclear First Use?
2018 Nuclear Posture Review Moving Closer to Earthly Annihilation? The preliminary NPR document is available and the final version is scheduled to be released in February. The tone is obvious and in line with the iron triangle’s major ingestion of blood and treasure – follow the money! Now we want to expand the “first use” […]
Read MoreThanks for Letting Us Know
A man on the street, your best friendor anyone tells you I am a “stable genius.” Your reaction? Mine is: How can you be both?
Read MoreButton Finger FaceOff
A new leading-edge negotiation technique borrowed from the schoolyard? Do words still matter?
Read MoreGovernment Purpose?
What is the role of government? We may believe the government should provide protection from fire, floods, crime and foreign incursions. What about help for poor parents, health problems, job loss, polluted air, unsafe water or even bad decisions? According to the current Speaker of the House, Medicare, Medicaid and Obamacare violate the liberty […]
Read MoreMendacity in the Air
At this point there is an unsurmountable barrier to acceptance of any of the “commander’s” executive orders, appointments or strategies. I doubt there was any willing collusion with the Russians simply because of demonstrated incompetence. Obviously if the “commander” was offered the opportunity to collude, it would have been taken. Benefit of the […]
Read MoreWhere are we going with Energy?
Burn? or Renewable? Let’s think about this: Yes we figured out how to control fire 300,000 years ago – and it was huge, but now we are seven billion and counting, burning carbon (coal, oil, gas) for energy conversion is primitive and ultimately destructive. The big obstacle to moving forward is that the highly […]
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