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More gun violence. Modernity in warfare. You know Asians are consummate pork consumers.  The grow 'em. They eat 'em. They buy more from other countries. China is the biggest consumer.  With 1.4 billion  people, there's a lot of demand.  But did you know, China has 250,000,000 swine fever diseased pigs. Dire problem. They are found en masse floating in rivers.  Others, also diseased, are sent to slaughter houses for human consumption.    Now, the infection problem has spread to North Korea. We never know how NOKO handles any problem.  But, just across the border to the South Korea (SOKO), another big pork consumer. So then??? South Korea, like many Asian countries, has a large pig population and is frightened by this highly contagious disease coming in from the North. What can be done? Well ... SOKO now employs snipers to shoot, possibly infected, feral pigs coming into the South.   Being totally cynical, I could posit new low tech wars agains

One foreign policy problem the US faces comes from the concept, “Only we can fix it.” We messed up Middle East stability by toppling Saddam Hussein, a tyrant of the first order. Yet he understood his turf.   The USA invasion opened the door to Iran. Enter Iran, not exactly a softball team.   Now we’re trying hard to close that door. And failing. In another failing of the US is it always underestimates just how much pain, suffering, and starvation despots will accept on behalf of their people. Under current sanctions, every day Iranians are in dire straits.   Venezuelan citizens have access to even less without concern by their government. North Koreans endure impoverished lives for the glory of the controlling regime. Russians suffer calmly as only they can. The latest Middle East attempt from the US is to unleash Turkey, whose boss, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan , is brimming for big power. Trump has now given him the chance. So, Erdoğan , accustomed to only small-time opposition,

BAD BOYS What do the following have in common? NOKO’s Kim Jong Un and missiles Communists and Socialists China’s government Iranian Religious Dictators Russia’s Vladimir Putin Answer: All want pure power; all want material benefits; all want unlimited hegemony over their opponents. All are inclined toward violence and murder to get it.   It seems the world’s bad boys all want the same thing. BITCOIN Have you been watching the price fluctuations lately?   The price, currently about $7,000 per coin, has been going up then down, then up, usually in the 5-15% range. It happens almost monthly.   But when you consider so very few investors control so much of the total product, it is impossible to ignore that a few may be controlling the price, buying on the dip, selling on the peak.   And knowing all along when the peak or trough has been reached.   Under these guidelines , I am not ready to invest in this very possibly unfair game. BOLOGNA The favorite dish of th

A rule of life is, or should be, " Use what you got to get there ." The “got” includes good looks, strength, money, talent, inheritance, intelligence, and more.  The “there” is your goal.  What happens when you haven't got much is you make things up. You lie.  Sadly, it does work more often than we wish.  Especially in politics. And loosely connected... Mouth vs. Brain .  Many people are born with a mouth but not a brain.  Such are often attracted to politics and the media.  Similar are those with “style” but no talent.  Basically, the brain hears the mouth and forms its views.  Sounds like reverse and contradictory logic?  Nope.  ---------------   The class clown.   What does he/she want?  Recognition, notoriety, and position.  This is NOKO’s Kim Jong Un within the league of all nations.  This is why he may never give up his nukes, even to save his country.  He views himself as a true player in the world’s power game.  Mucho and macho, all in one, is the

Goodness sakes.  Is China worried about a migration of millions of North Koreans crossing the NOKO-China frontier escaping a besieged Kim regime?  Believe me, no one will hear the machine guns a blazing in such an event. China may be worried about a ferociously armed Japan and South Korea, but a few million NOKO refugees is no problem at all.  In that part of the world there are no good guys or bad.  There are only special interests. Power and  money top the list.  Destroy your enemy and seek revenge come next.   Human rights and human sanctity?  Hmm. What are they? ------------------- Guinness Book of Records new category – the greatest time elapsed for raising a sexual molestation charge against a public figure.  Now held by Roy Moore of Alabama at 40 years. Roy is toast, life is ruined.   --------------------- I just heard the news about Senator Al Franken's miscalculation on groping.  And there's a picture - no less.   So, I went to my German mug