Two different countries, two different wars, two different times. And yet I keep thinking of comparisons and even parallels. Here are some of my thoughts. (1) The US parties have switched sides since Vietnam days. At the end of the … Continue reading →
Well, well, well: President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy are set to sign a landmark mineral deal Friday that represents a breakthrough in their relationship, but leaves the work of hashing out the financial details for a later … Continue reading →
As far back as I can remember, people considered the federal government wasteful and inefficient when it wasn’t being actively intrusive and confiscatory, as well as subject to fraud and corruption. It was the sort of thing just about everyone … Continue reading →
And if so, why? Commenter “mkent” offers this idea: Trump has said as a part of the ceasefire he’ll lift Western sanctions against Russia. It’s these sanctions which have ground Russian war production to a halt. They are having great … Continue reading →
I find some recent Ukraine moves of Trump’s potentially alarming. Are we looking at an example of Trump’s mutable opening negotiation positions, meant to make Putin think he’s with him all the way, but expected to change? Or is Trump … Continue reading →
And yet apparently it was considered just fine: The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) said on Feb. 17 that a total of $4.7 trillion worth of payments from the Treasury Department are almost impossible to trace because of missing account … Continue reading →
PALANTIR CEO ALEX KARP DELIVERS PAINFUL TRUTH TO DEMOCRATS 'Fighting against Elon Musk and DOGE is political suicide.'pic.twitter.com/heRJlnZ4hj — Citizen Free Press (@CitizenFreePres) February 18, 2025 The most simple and obvious reason is that it is Democrats who profit most … Continue reading →
This is one of the approaches of the left and the MSM – to highlight the plight of laid-off government workers. For example: 60 Minutes gave laid-off employees a platform, allowing them to cry about paychecks and other difficulties they … Continue reading →
Here’s the announcement, which came yesterday: And on trade, I have decided, for purposes of fairness, that I will charge a reciprocal tariff, meaning whatever countries charge the United States of America, we will charge them. No more, no less. … Continue reading →
I can’t keep up – there’s too much news breaking every day. But I try. This seems important. Some of it isn’t due to payments to people perpetrating fraud, but some definitely is. At the very least, we seem to … Continue reading →
Or perhaps more than a penny is earned by this move of Trump’s: resident Trump announced Sunday that he asked the Treasury Department to stop producing pennies, calling the 1-cent coin wasteful. He said in a Truth Social post that … Continue reading →
Wow. No wonder Democrats are so incensed at Musk and his Musketeers and their efforts to expose the nuts and bolts of who receives USAID money. It turns out that Politico – the site that broke the story of the … Continue reading →