06/17/25

Israel v Iran — The Long Distance Love Affair Gone Awry

Israel and the United States have steadfastly said for years that Iran cannot have a nuclear weapon.

They view a nuclear Iran — a belligerent country whose leadership constantly chants “Death to Israel” and “Death to America” — as an existential threat to the survival of Israel and as a trigger for a gigantic regional war in the Middle East — read a prelude to WWIII.

[Step back a second, amigo — for decades Iran has been the largest exporter of terrorism most of it targeted on Israel via the proxies of Hamas, Hezbollah, Syrian terror groups, and the Houthis who have wreaked havoc on Lebanon, Syria, Yemen, and Iraq. Recently the Israelis have dealt with all of these groups.

Is there any doubt that if Iran developed nuclear weapons it would in any way hesitate to use them against Israel?]

In addition, Iran has an advanced missile, drone, and cruise missile program with a large stockpile of such weapons. This is some serious shit.

Ayatollah Khamenei, the Supreme Leader of Iran — he may no longer be with us as of right now, but he won’t be with us much longer in any event.

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06/9/25

The Greater Good?

Comes before us today, the issue of whether democracy is really organized to deliver the greater good for the greatest number of people?

WTF are you talking about, Big Red Car?

Fair question, dear reader. Let’s examine the case of the Minnesota Girls’ AAAA Softball Championship Tournament and the winning team’s transgender pitcher.

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06/4/25

Leadership And Artificial Intelligence

In life and in leadership there are things we know or we don’t know that bear on our ability to be a successful leader.

We know what we know.

We sometimes know what we don’t know.

We always don’t know what we don’t know.

The limitations of this last one — not knowing what we don’t know — can be fatal.

If one approaches the issue of running/leading a business with a framework of Vision, Mission, Strategy, Tactics, Objectives, Values, and Culture (which is a very good way to run a business) then what we know becomes very important. Continue reading

06/2/25

Spider’s Web — Ukraine Deep Strike Into Russia

On 1 June 2025, Ukraine successfully struck — operation code named “Spider’s Web” — a sophisticated, simultaneous, massive blow against Russian strategic air capabilities using 117 individually controlled FPV (first person view) attack drones hitting 5 Russian air bases including ones in eastern Siberia — more than 2600 miles from Ukraine — and astride the Russia – China border.

Ukrainian reports indicate the strike was more than 18 months in planning and caught the Russians completely by surprise.

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