Category: Aggregated

This book has absolutely changed my life. I received in on January 29 and by the time I had finished the first few pages, I decided that this was how I was eating from now on. Everything is explained in a way that makes sense and I became angry that I had been lied to my entire life about low calorie and low fat being the way to go. The first 3 weeks I lost 10 lbs. It’s now been about 6 months and I’ve lost 26 lbs with zero exercise. I have about 8 lbs to go so I … Continue reading →

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Donald Trump wants to cut the tax/confiscation rate.  Ok, but maybe it would be a good idea to look at the monetary and fiscal facts on the ground first, just to scope out how much wiggle room he has to play with. On August 15, 1971 the Nixon administration closed the gold window, removing the last restraint on government inflation of the paper money stock.  Currency plus checking-type accounts in the hands of the public (M1) increased from $226.5 billion to $3.5 trillion since 1971, an annual inflation rate of 6.1%.  Yippee, we are all rich now, right?  Since the … Continue reading →

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There remains one good thing to say about Donald Trump: he is not Hillary. The boneheaded cruise missile attack in Syria would have occurred even earlier under President Rodham Clinton and there would undoubtedly be no-fly and safe zones already in place. Oh, and Ukraine and Georgia would be negotiating their entries into NATO to make sure that old Vlad Putin would be put on notice and understand that the days of namby-pamby jaw-jaw-jaw that characterized the Obama Administration are now ancient history. Apart from that, I can only observe dumbstruck how yet again a candidate promising peace and dialogue … Continue reading →

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According to the news, the economy is in bad shape. See here. Look! Chain retailers going out of business! Malls closing! Whole shopping malls abandoned! Another chain retail giant bites the dust! The end is near! The shelves will be bare! Break out the sackcloth and ashes! Where will America find overpriced kitchen gadgets they’ll never use?! This is, quite simply, ridiculous. I’m probably going to get a lot of static about what I’m going to say because I’m not an “economist” (whatever that is) and I’m not an “expert”. But the truth is, the “experts” have been wrong time … Continue reading →

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For the French establishment, Sunday’s presidential election came close to a near-death experience. As the Duke of Wellington said of Waterloo, it was a “damn near-run thing.” Neither candidate of the two major parties that have ruled France since Charles De Gaulle even made it into the runoff, an astonishing repudiation of France’s national elite. Marine Le Pen of the National Front ran second with 21.5 percent of the vote. Emmanuel Macron of the new party En Marche! won 23.8 percent. Time to buy old US gold coins Macron is a heavy favorite on May 7. The Republicans’ Francois Fillon, … Continue reading →

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More than 750,000 pieces of dangerous debris are now orbiting Earth and threatening the future of spaceflight, the largest ever conference on space rubbish has heard. The European Space Agency (ESA) appealed to satellite operators and space agencies to clear up their retired crafts, many of which could impact launches, and are in danger of hitting the International Space Station. “Only about 60 percent of the satellites that should be disposed of at the end of their missions under current guidelines are, in fact, properly managed,”  Dr. Holger Krag, head of ESA’s debris office told the European Conference on Space Debris in … Continue reading →

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As the Trump Turns I have been thinking more on the turning of Trump.  I read and listen to those who boldly and loudly paint the best possible interpretation of his complete 180 degree U-turn on several major statements Trump made during the campaign: getting further involved in Syria, coming to agreement with China, etc. I won’t go through the reasons / excuses / multi-dimensional chess that only a grand master can comprehend.  Pick your own best possible interpretation: what good comes from a complete about-face?  People want to see leadership.  Think about your job – do you consider as … Continue reading →

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One of the realities of modern life is that government control over its citizens has become pervasive. Nowhere is that more true than in our right to travel internationally. Note that I expressed this as a right. That was not a typo. Article 13 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights states: “Everyone has the right to freedom of movement and residence within the borders of each state. Everyone has the right to leave any country, including his own, and to return to his country.” The US ratified the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 1992. But long before then, … Continue reading →

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We are witnessing a historical reversal in France, where the ancient political spectrum is exploding into pieces as new fractures appear. Because of the intensive storm of media propaganda which has recently almost drowned the nation, the French can now perceive nothing more than the essential markers and cling to red lines which no longer exist. However, the facts are clear, and certain evolutions are predictable. After a very agitated electoral campaign, the French chose Emmanuel Macron and Marine Le Pen for the second round of the Presidential election. Already, almost all the losing candidates, with the exception of Jean-Luc … Continue reading →

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