According to WorldAtlas, there are four criteria that make a nation a pariah state. The United States meets all four criteria. “The first category is nations that acquire, own, or utilize weapons of mass destruction with disregard for current international treaties. The second category is nations or governments that support acts of terrorism or terrorist…
I saw a headline from Barron’s that read “The L.A. Fires Have Edison Stock Plunging”. I can’t link to it because it’s behind a paywall. But it got me thinking even though I couldn’t read the article. It’s really messed up that utilities have stock prices. Utilities are necessities in modern society. Traditionally, they are…
Reuters had a headline today “Biden commutes sentences of 37 of 40 inmates on federal death row”. This is good news but not perfect. It’s three short. He should have commuted the sentences of all of them. The three that he did not commute are the Boston Marathon bomber, the shooter at Emanuel African Methodist…
Donald Trump said on Truth Social, “The Republican Party will use its best efforts to eliminate Daylight Saving Time, which has a small but strong constituency, but shouldn’t!” Taking him at his word, which is always dangerous with a BS artist like Trump, I agree. We should end Daylight Savings Time. In other words, we…
Today, December 5th, is Krampusnacht, World Soil Day, National Repeal Day, World Trick Shot Day, National Sacher Torte Day, Internation Volunteer Day for Economic and Social Development, International Ninja Day, and Bathtub Party Day. It’s a weird mix. Krampusnacht translates to Krampus Night. It’s the night when Krampus shows up to punish bad girls and…
It’s funny, when I first heard about Silicon Valley Bank’s failure, my initial reaction was, “Good.” Then, when Signature Bank failed, I also thought to myself, “Good.” And, when it looked like Credit Suisse was about to fail, I said, “Good.” Of course, the Swiss arranged for Credit Suisse to be absorbed by UBS creating…
There has been a balloon floating over the US and Canada for the past week or so. Many are calling it a “Chinese Spy Balloon”. The Chinese are calling it a weather balloon. I’ve heard of weather balloons before. Spy balloons are a new one on me. Anyway, it was shot down today by US…
They released the video footage of Tyre Nichols’ murder at the hands of Memphis “law enforcement”. I have not watched it and I will not watch it. I find it disturbing that they released it at all. What’s the point of releasing the video? I didn’t watch any of the footage of the other high-profile…
I don’t have a lot to say about Covid that hasn’t been said a thousand times, but I got Covid this week. Luckily it was relatively mild. I felt terrible, but there was never any danger of hospitalization or anything like that. Once I started feeling better, the worst part was the medication, Paxlovid. One…
Tis the season for retrospectives and prognostication. Since I wrote a retrospective of 2022 yesterday, I thought I’d try prognosticating 2023 today. The retrospective was personal. This will not be. That’s mostly because when I try to look at my year ahead, all I see is a void agape. I suppose I’ll try the edTPA…
