Putin doesn’t matter. Russian Trolls might have an important thing to say. Are we listening? I read Ukrainian Serhii Plokhy’s book, “The Russo-Ukrainian War” wondering what I missed, or didn’t understand, about the Russo-Ukrainian War. Many agree with Plokhy, that Putin’s reading of history, to justify the Special Military Operation, has much to…

Will Ukraine launch its counter-offensive in the East, Zaporizhzhia or Kherson? Why not a fourth option — the North? Hit ’em where they ain’t. Russia has two Achilles heals which I believe can be exploited. …

Our landlord told us we have to move. They were very nice about it. Currently we pay $2,150 but would have to pay $3,000 to stay (in fairness they’d do renovations first). Part of me wants to go live in the cheapest place we can find and wait until prices…

Even though I produced a childish cartoon above, if you’re under 30 you probably won’t like this story. But thanks for stopping by. Okay, Hi adults. WTF! Right? I simply cannot believe there weren’t many engineers at both the FAA and SpaceX who didn’t know that the mickey-mouse — done…

On Thursday, April 13th, the F.B.I. went to arrest Jack Teixeira, a 21-year-old guardsman of the U.S. Air National Guard, who they suspected shared classified documents on Discord. If a Guardsman of the U.S. Air National Guard is not trying to hide from the authorities, should he be treated respectfully…

Shortages may move from nuisance to something much worse The recessions I’ve so far experienced: Oil shock of 1970s (as soon as I received my driver’s license my father had me waiting on line for gas) Stock market crash of 1987 (old enough to laugh, young enough to ignore —…

If you’re a military person, please don’t hesitate to call me insanely stupid if I’ve got it wrong. Although the media has reported that Russia has mostly failed in its winter offensive, they haven’t pointed out why Russia’s failure is exponentially worse than the limited territory they captured. …

Let’s look at commercial real estate using only our eyes. RJ Talks is a new analyst on YouTube nailing recent developments in CRE financing — if you want to dive into the data. If you live in any major city, go outside, and count the new buildings going up. Do…

UPDATE: 3/29/23. Sadly, I had since learned this guy is more of a problem than a solution. I still believe what I wrote, but this guy is no hero. See more at end of story. On March 17th, 2023, Member of U.K. Parliament, Andrew Bridgen read a paper in the…