Though It Would Rather Be Doing Something Else I was 13 when Mohammad Ali, the underdog, fought George Foreman, the 4-to-1 favorite, in the Rumble in the Jungle, where Ali employed a “rope-a-dope” technique; that is, Ali let Foreman hit him continuously against the ropes. Round after round, Ali took a beating. Ali won by knockout in round…

The next time the housing market crashes it may not come back for decades. I was born in 1961. Let’s look at the U.S. demographics of the time, above. Read from the bottom up. We all start in the bottom demographic 0–4, then move up into old age above. There I am, in the 0 to 4-years-old cohort, 22 million strong. Indeed, the largest…

Do humans thrive above the seventh floor? Will all these “luxury” high-rises make cities better? Sure, skyscrapers have defined cities for over a century, but can cities survive a complete change-over? Why is that never questioned? Maybe nobody wants it — will want it. Perhaps boomers, seeing, in their lifetimes, so much wealth created through real estate…

Lei of the YouTube channel “Lei’s Real Talk” recently speculated that the SVB and Credit Suisse bank runs of early March, 2023, may have begun when wealthy Chinese depositors were politically pressured by the CCP, beginning in the summer of 2022, to repatriate US dollars back to China from their…

More gears engage for World War III This is a rant #1: Bailing out SVB prevents a fast-run on banks and begins an unstoppable slow-run on all financial assets Silicon Valley isn’t the innovation creating neighborhood it once was, where young people eat ramen noodles in their parents’ garage, working on life-changing tech. Instead, it is an insider’s racket where wealthy venture capitalists create start-ups with half-ass ideas…

Depends on Which Generation You’re Asking Warning: Please don’t read if you know people who have died in Ukraine. If I was in your shoes, I wouldn’t be able to read this story, calmly. In order to address the question, I need to take you on a film-criticism journey. Let’s look at the 1930 film “All…

(Discussion with Jimbaked, transcript here. I’ll call him Jim in this story) Our discussion began over his story “Bucha — The Russian Atrocity That Never Took Place” No, he is not a Russian troll. One of his latest replies: I agree, and I very much regret that they chose to…

If Putin is so weak, why does he still control 20% of Ukraine while our President blathers on about killer Chinese Spy balloons? Except for a few ex-generals who believe Russia is winning, most military experts talk tirelessly about how bad Russia’s military is performing. The corruption preventing the real…

A few days ago I created a YouTube rant which I copied over into Medium as The President Thinks We’re Idiots! My brain is freezing up lately so I figured I’d loosen it up. …