Category: Aggregated

Breaking the unwritten rules of global diplomacy, the Trump administration is now in violation of the multilateral Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, or in plain language the Iran nuclear deal. Nuance is notoriously absent in what can only be described as a unilateral hard exit. All suspended United States sanctions against Iran will be reinstated, and harsh additional ones will be imposed. It does not matter that the International Atomic Energy Agency, orIAEA, repeatedly confirmed Iran was complying with the JCPOA as verified by 11 detailed reports since January 2016. Even US Secretary of Defense James Mattis vouched for the stringent verification mechanisms. Facts appear to be irrelevant, though. The JCPOA is the Obama … Continue reading →

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Q was quiet over the weekend but on Tuesday, May 8th he provided us with a significant reminder of why we should “trust Sessions” by asking us who Horowitz and Huber are. US Attorney John W. Huber has been the lead Federal law enforcement official in Utah since he was appointed by Obama in 2015. When Trump was elected, Huber was one of 46 State Attorneys asked to resign, but he was one of the very few asked by Sessions to return to the position for an additional four years. Before assuming the role of Utah’s US Attorney, Huber was assistant US Attorney … Continue reading →

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In 1987, V.S. Naipaul was asked by Andrew Robinson, “Have the immigrants from Asia and the Caribbean changed British life?” Naipaul, “I feel that there will be a lot of difficulty. I don’t see how it can be avoided, especially with these immigrants who are not seeking a new identity or a new kind of citizenship. They are migrating to allow their barbarism to flower, so they can be more Islamic or more Sikhish than they can be in the comparative economic stagnation of their home societies. I think it is very dangerous.” Of the US, Naipaul stated, “Americans are … Continue reading →

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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports that food poisoning from romaine lettuce harboring the bacteria E. Coli spread recently to 29 states and sent at least 150 people to the hospital. The areas involved include all parts of the country from Florida to North Dakota to California, and new cases are making it the worst E. Coli outbreak nationally since 5 people died and 200 were hospitalized in 2006. Although E. Coli is a common inhabitant of the intestinal tract, some strains, especially O157:H7,  produce a toxin known as “Shiga” that causes bloody diarrhea, nausea and vomiting, dehydration, and other … Continue reading →

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The Quest for Community: A Study in the Ethics of Order and Freedom, by Robert Nisbet From the back cover: …as the traditional ties that bind fell away, the human impulse toward community led people to turn even more to the government itself, allowing statism—even totalitarianism—to flourish. From the time that classical liberalism reached its zenith until totalitarianism achieved the same was a matter of a few short decades – from utmost respect for the individual to utmost devastation for all individuals.  What happened? Robert Nisbet examines this question, and I will examine Nisbet.  I will begin with the Introduction to this … Continue reading →

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Most American homes—whether they’re houses, apartments, or something in between—have bugs. A 2016 study estimated that there are more than 100 species of creepy crawlers in the average house. Pest Web suggests the global insect pest control market will hit $17.3 billion by 2022. Bed bugs, cockroaches, termites, ants, and mosquitoes are some of the most prevalent intruders—and they can damage your health, your building’s structure, and your wallet. Fortunately, there are DIY ways to prevent these household pests from getting in the door. Grab your sponge and sealant: This is a long war. 1. BED BUGS Though they’re not known to transmit disease … Continue reading →

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A private-law society has no government safety net. In 2011, the Congressional Research Service found that the federal government had 83 welfare programs that were costing over $1 trillion. Welfare is the largest component of government spending. One trillion dollars is like 50 million people x $20,000 each. Welfare programs actually service 52.2 million people. That’s a lot of people, a lot of money, a lot of government theft, a lot of welfare dependency and a lot of incentive to stay out of work. In a private-law society in America, these 50-odd million people have to find other means to … Continue reading →

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PORT ORCHARD, Wash.—So, yeah, it’s kind of obvious why Robert Mueller’s “secret questions that he wants to ask Trump” got leaked to the New York Times. I could have written these questions. Because . . . I read the New York Times. Anybody with access to Google Search could have written these questions. Mueller got half of them from reporting in the Times and the Washington Post. There’s no background to these questions that’s not already known to, like, everybody in the world. Shouldn’t the special prosecutor, after a full year of investigations, have inside information that nobody else knows about? Shouldn’t there be one or … Continue reading →

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Brushing aside the anguished pleas of our NATO allies, President Trump Tuesday contemptuously trashed the Iranian nuclear deal and reimposed sanctions. Prime Minister Theresa May of Great Britain, President Emmanuel Macron of France and German Chancellor Angela Merkel were put on notice that their ties to Iran are to be severed, or secondary sanctions will be imposed on them. Driving the point home, Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin ordered Airbus to cancel its $19 billion contract to sell 100 commercial planes to Iran. Who is cheering Trump’s trashing of the treaty? The neocons who sought his political extinction in 2016, the … Continue reading →

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Another Tesla has crashed – and burned. And, killed. Two Florida teens lost their lives on May 9 when the Model S they were traveling in erupted into flames after striking a concrete barrier. As in previous incidents – at least three others – a large portion of the car was quickly and almost completely consumed before the fire was put out. Since Teslas are electric cars and don’t burn gas, this one wasn’t burned to a cinder by gasoline. It was the lithium-ion battery pack that caught fire. This happens when the physical structure of the battery pack is compromised and the … Continue reading →

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Although for the most part, observers are taking sides in the Russo-US conflict and hoping for the victory of their camp, Moscow is attempting to calm the atmosphere in the Middle East. It is therefore opposed to an attack on Israël by Iran, just as it was opposed to an Israëli operation against Iran in 2008. Israël fired nine missiles against two Syrian military bases in the night of 29-30 April 2018, causing serious damage. What is surprising about this operation is that the Russian radars did not transmit the alert to the Syrian authorities, who were therefore unable to … Continue reading →

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