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08/18/24

Iran, Iran, Iran — It’s Always Iran

Iran is the world’s largest state sponsor of terrorism acting through Hamas, Hezbollah, the Houthis, and others. They also have their own home grown thugs called the Quds Force which only operates abroad.

The political leader of Hamas, Ismail Haniyeh, greets the actual ruler of Iran, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, at the inauguration of the titular ruler of Iran, its new President, Masoud Pezeshkian. A short time hereafter, the Israelis assassinated Haniyeh in Teheran in a clever scheme wherein a bomb was placed months earlier in a secure accomodation where Iran hosts visiting terrorists. Boom!

In addition, the Iranians are closing in on a nuclear weapon. Imagine how much fun the Middle East will be when Iran has a nuclear weapon. Continue reading →

07/25/24

The Democratic Defenestration of Joe Biden

The Democrats are the saviors of democracy, as we all know, whether democracy needs to be saved or not, or even if we are a democracy (we are not).

[Bit of a quibble, but we are a “representative republic,” not a democracy. This always irks me. We have three co-equal branches of government with a bi-cameral legislative branch. We elect representatives and we have this unique self-leveling mechanism known as the Electoral College, brilliant bit of kit from the Founding Fathers.]

Anyway, back to the saviors of democracy.

So, what happened, Big Red Car?

The Dem elites — the powers behind the throne (Obama and that bunch), the entertainment elites (George Clooney and that bunch), the Lame Street Media, and, most importantly, the guys who write the biiiiiiiiiiiiig checks, the funders — after watching Biden’s debate v Trump meltdown decided they could no longer prop up the obviously cognitively compromised Biden any longer. 

So, the Dem elites “resigned” him and he “passed the torch.” Haha, yes that’s what happened.

The Dem elites threw out the results of the Dem primaries — a wildly democratic move, clearly justified by saving democracy — and passed the torch to Vice President Kamala Harris in his place.

Cackling Kamala, “It’s me, baby. I got the torch!”

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05/31/24

Ukraine War Escalation Or Not?

The Biden admin recently announced it would no longer compel Ukraine to limit its use of American supplied long range armaments (capable of flinging hot iron 190 miles down range) to its own country. Translated: Ukraine can now use American ATACMS to strike targets — only certain targets — inside Russia.

Russia, of course, has no restriction on using their weapons to strike Ukraine anywhere and everywhere.

MGM-140 ATACMS firing M-39 missile with range of either 103 or 190 miles from an M270  MLRS launcher.

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05/2/24

Capitalism/Democracy v Socialism

Other day I’m having a pleasant chat with a fellow and he blurts out something about the left being socialists. It’s clear to me after listening he has no idea what a socialist is and what they do. [I do agree that the American left is socialist and getting more socialist.]

In America today, we have an economic system and a political system.

Our economic system is — theoretically — capitalism, while our political system is democracy within a representative republic. You will get an argument that our political system is also capitalism.

Socialism is both an economic and political system. Continue reading →

04/24/24

Malicious Prosecution + Election Interference = Lawfare

Today in Manhattan, the Republican nominee for the office of President of the United States is defending himself against criminal charges alleged by the Manhattan (New York County) District Attorney, Alvin Bragg.

Bragg, like Letitia James, New York Attorney General, ran for office on the platform of holding Donald J Trump “accountable” for all his bad actions — which bad actions at the time he was unable to elucidate. Bragg, like James, had his man and now had to find his crime.

I will walk you down the pathway to show how we got here. Bear with me. Continue reading →

02/19/24

Don’t Cry For Me, Elon Musk

Elon Musk, whose 2012 employment agreement compensation was the largest in US corporate history, is angry that the Delaware Chancery Court invalidated his 2018 employment agreement (also the largest in US business history).

The 2018 agreement is fairly described as being a “performance based, equity compensation plan.” It contained a dozen milestones each of which when attained delivered to Musk approximately 1% of the shares of Tesla.

BTW, Elon Musk does not draw a salary.

Musk enjoying a blunt on Joe Rogan’s pod cast.

In his sophomoric anger, Musk has threatened to move Tesla’s state of incorporation from Delaware to either Nevada or Texas. This would require shareholder approval. Seems wildly childish and small, but, hey, Elon Musk is Elon Musk.

Nevada corporate law is modeled (plagiarized from) on Delaware law and has only a decade of experience whilst Texas has jury trials. You do not want a jury trial if you are a public company.

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01/21/24

Pepsi (And You?) Support The Russian Killing Machine?

I am not a huge commercial boycott supporter as it relates to social media and wokeness, but war is different and this story of Pepsi’s behavior in Russia merits your most thoughtful consideration. I draw no conclusions and challenge you to evaluate the information and decide for yourself.

Ramon Laguarta, Chief Executive Officer, Chairman of the Board, Pepsico, $28.4MM total compensation 2023

You are an independent thinker, right? Continue reading →