Member of Israel’s Communications Ministry praying in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, October 3, 2023. February 10, 2024 was four months since Hamas invaded Israel from Gaza, killing 1200 people, raping and brutalizing women, beheading babies, kidnapping 240 people. We know that Hamas tortured some, probably all of the hostages they freed. We know that they killed some of the hostages; we don’t know how many. HAMAS IS ATTEMPTING GENOCIDE. This picture, an Israeli Jew praying, holding a Torah scroll in his hotel in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, is believed to have been the trigger, the provocation, but not the c ..read more

Dwight D. Eisenhower c1952 Copyright by Fabian Bachrach. In 1953 President Eisenhower nominated Charles Wilson to be his Secretary of Defense. Wilson, then the President of General Motors, had overseen GM’s war production during World War II. During his confirmation hearings he was asked if he could make a decision that was bad for GM. His response is remembered as a classic example of arrogance – “What’s good for GM is good for America.” However, that’s not exactly what he said. Wilson said “For years I thought what was good for our country was good for General Motors, and vice versa.” Wilson ..read more

Writing for “Virginia Mercury,” Ivy Main says, What is certain is that improvements in wind, solar, battery storage and electric vehicles will continue these technologies’ march to dominance, while fossil fuels become niche. Concerns about the land needs of renewable energy are overblown; you could power the entire U.S. with solar panels on just one-third of the more than 30 million acres currently devoted to growing corn for climate-unfriendly ethanol. Indeed, solar doesn’t even have to displace farming. Agrivoltaics is already making solar and agriculture compa ..read more

Dragon breathing fire, knight protecting himself with shield. Image incompatible with the laws of physics. The fire should melt the shield and incinerate the knight. But the energy in the fire should propel the dragon backwards. And what is it’s power source? Is it nuclear or chemical? Either way, it could not fly, or breathe. And would not be interested in gold. The dragon flies, breathes fire, wipes out towns. It is a symbol of awesome power and unbridled greed. Yet, in the traditional American and English stories, which are foundational pillars of American culture, the dragon is defeated; o ..read more

Ukrainian forces are pushing Russian forces east, in retreat. Ukrainians are motivated to fight for their homes, their families, their lives. Russians with educations are motivated to flee Russia. Russian soldiers are motivated to fight by amount of stuff they can steal, the women and girls they can rape, the people they can execute, including their commanders. Thus far: 100,000 Russian soldiers killed or wounded. 100,000 Ukrainian soldiers and civilians killed or wounded. Russia bombs hospitals, elementary schools, and apartment buildings, committing war crimes. Russian soldiers rape Ukrain ..read more

The Vogtle nuclear complex Back in June, 2022, the Vogtle 3 and 4 reactors, not shown above, each 1.215 Gigawatts of nameplate capacity was pegged at $34 Billion, or $14 per watt, here. $34 Billion would buy roughly 17 – 20 Gigawatts of wind capacity or 12 – 15 Gigawatts of solar capacity today. In June, 2022, the reactors were scheduled to come online in September, 2022. However, on July 28, 2022, Darrell Proctor, writing in Powermag, here, a) the plants are still under construction, now expected to be completed in 2023.  Proctor also noted that the costs have risen by another $113.79 Mi ..read more

Putin says Russia’s “Special Military Operation” in Ukraine is going according to plan … Image courtesy EuromaidanPress, here So his plan is to: Decimate the Russian military, losing 12 generals and 7,000 to 15,000 soldiers IN THE FIRST MONTH1 and an estimated 80,000 killed or wounded as of August 8, 2022.2 Unite Ukrainians and people all over the world behind President Zelenskyy and Ukraine. Create the biggest refugee crisis in Europe since World War II, with nearly 2 million refugees by 2 August, 2022. 3 Isolate Russia politically and economically as companies from BP and Shell to ..read more

Dragon breathing fire, knight protecting himself with shield. Image incompatible with the laws of physics. The fire should melt the shield and incinerate the knight. But the energy in the fire should propel the dragon backwards. And what is it’s power source? Is it nuclear or chemical? Either way, it could not fly, or breathe. And would not be interested in gold. The dragon flies, breathes fire, wipes out towns. It is a symbol of awesome power and unbridled greed. Yet, in the traditional American and English stories, which are foundational pillars of American culture, the dragon is defeated; o ..read more

Ukrainian forces are pushing Russian forces east, in retreat. Ukrainians are motivated to fight for their homes, their families, their lives. Russians with educations are motivated to flee Russia. Russian soldiers are motivated to fight by amount of stuff they can steal, the women and girls they can rape, the people they can execute, including their commanders. Thus far: 100,000 Russian soldiers killed or wounded. 100,000 Ukrainian soldiers and civilians killed or wounded. Russia bombs hospitals, elementary schools, and apartment buildings, committing war crimes. Russian soldiers rape Ukrain ..read more

Donald Trump, the twice-impeached 45th President of the United States, announced on November 15, 2022 that he is running for President in 2024. Or, as the NY Post put it, “Florida Man Makes Announcement. Page 26” In 2020, Trump lost to Biden by 7 million popular votes and 104 Electoral College votes (map from 270towin.com). In 2020 Biden Trump Difference Popular 81,283,501 74,223,975 7,059,526 Vote % 51.3% 46.8% 4.50% Electoral 306 202 104 Summary of 2020 election results So what will happen in 2024? There are two (2) basic possibilities: Trump is the Republican Party nominee an ..read more