New Holiday: Aug. 29: First Lightning Day
I’m starting a new holiday: August 29: First Lightning Day. That was when the Soviet Union exploded its first atomic bomb, ending America’s nuclear monopoly.
Author: John Seiler
Pelosi Visit Just Pushed Beijing Closer to Moscow
There was close to zero chance Nancy Pelosi’s visit to Taipei would bring about war between China and the USA. China’s economy would collapse under an embargo of their exports similar to what was imposed on Russia.
Actually, America has Plenty of Troops
In a previous post, I commented on the U.S. military’s recruiting shortage. A new story from Military.com confirms that, “Army Cuts Force Size amid Unprecedented Battle for Recruits.”
But I got to thinking, which always is dangerous:
Suppose They Gave a War and Nobody Came
My title comes from a saying of 1960s antiwar hippy protesters, as Bill and Hillary Clinton were before they started all their wars.
Laurence Tribe Wants to Ban Trump from Running Again
“And should Trump get an encore, look to pre-World War II Germany for a mirror. A failed coup in 1923 taught Hitler a better route to dictatorship nine years later.
Roe Aborted
Back in November 1972, I was 17 years old and seven months shy of voting. But I campaigned against Proposal B, an initiative in Michigan that would have legalized abortion. We defeated it, with 61% voting Nay.
Free Peter Navarro!
Before he joined the Trump administration, economist Peter Navarro of the University of California, Irvine was one of the sources for my articles on the economy. At age 72, he just was arrested and put in leg irons for refusing to cooperate with the Show Trial known as the Jan. 6 Committee….
What ‘Peace Dividend’?
The Financial Times, which has moved from moderate liberal a few years ago to warmonger, titled a new story “Russian menace brings abrupt end to the west’s ‘peace dividend’”
Giving Up on the Ukraine?
I never liked Henry Kissinger when he worked for Nixon and Ford, or his continued meddling since. He was too soft on the Soviets and the ChiComs. But he is the patriarch of the “realist” school, which tries to make deals. And that’s just what he said at the Davos globalist confab ought to be done with the Ukraine War.
Abortion: America’s Top Military Secret ?
Is abortion a key to U.S. military might? According to U.S. Navy veteran Allison Gill in the WaPo, “Overturning Roe would be disastrous for the U.S. military.” She starts with a horrible story, “When I was 21, I was drugged and raped violently while serving in the military, a crime that resulted in pregnancy.” She then got an abortion. Of course, more should be done to prevent such assaults. She then jumps to this conclusion, “Should Roe be overturned and access to abortion restricted for female service members across the United States, military readiness would be directly affected.” I’m not...
