In August, the news arrived that United States military forces and assets had been removed from Niger. Writing about this development, I opined on August 6 that “the US would be well served to start initiating the withdrawal of its military from many additional countries.” A month later, it looks like an agreement is in place for such a withdrawal from another country — Iraq.
Continue readingWhen Donald Trump debated Joe Biden in June in their one and only debate of this year’s presidential contest, the outcome was monumental. Biden’s very diminished state shone through clearly, leading to him being forced out of the race by people in his own party.
Continue readingA Gallup poll conducted in July found for the first time that less than a majority of surveyed Americans think that it is “extremely important” that parents have their children vaccinated. Only 40 percent of polled individuals agreed with this assessment compared to the 64 percent high point of agreement expressed when the question was first asked in 2001.
Continue readingMost Americans are long past obsessing about fear of coronavirus. But, the United States government won’t give up on promoting the repeated injecting of experimental coronavirus “vaccine” shots, which have turned out to be neither safe nor effective, into every person in the country. And, yes, that even includes babies for whom the risk of death from coronavirus has been virtually nil.
Continue readingFacing mounting deaths, injuries, and exhaustion among its troops in its ongoing war in Gaza, while desiring to escalate the war in Lebanon and beyond, the Israel government began in July to expand conscription to include “ultra-orthodox” men who were previously exempt. That plan, in its first month of implementation, seems not to be going well for the government.
Continue readingGovernment excels at messing things up and then, in the name of fixing the problem that it created, creating more problems. This at least is how things look from the perspective of someone who desires advancement of liberty, safety, and welfare. For many politicians and special interests, priorities often are otherwise.
Continue readingA January of 2017 Smithsonian article by Kat Eschner placed the wealth of John D. Rockefeller as peaking at almost 900 million dollars in 1912. A little over a hundred years later, Elon Musk is the wealthiest American. How does the wealth of Musk compare to that of Rockefeller who is frequently presented as the wealthiest person in American history?
Continue readingLike president, like vice president. United States President Joe Biden has been notorious since early in his presidential term for ducking press conferences, interviews, and other opportunities for journalists to ask him difficult or just unexpected questions. Now, in the third week of her presidential run, Kamala Harris is following in Biden’s course of extreme avoiding of media questioning.
Continue readingIn April, I wrote about the United States government agreeing to remove its troops from Niger after, a month earlier, the new government of Niger demanded this action.
Continue readingThe Israel government won’t stop its decimating of Gaza. Plus, it keeps lashing out at other nations in the region. Doesn’t it worry that it will end up defeated by engaging in war too broadly? The worry may be small because the Israel government has a couple big weapons in its back pocket.
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