• Update 08/30/2026

    I keep thinking that, in spite of my daily reading, I have missed something, i.e., Congress declaring war on Iran.  Or Venezuela? ……………………. What If Dept.:  What if, just for a few years, we used 10% of the military budget to build or convert more firefighting aircraft? …………………… “The yields have come back up since… Continue reading

  • Update 08/23/2026

    The Pentagon has used more than 1,500 Patriot interceptor missiles in the war and has fewer than 1,700 interceptors left, according to two people briefed on the stockpile levels who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss sensitive military details. The United States produced about 600 interceptors in all of 2025. Worth noting: Each… Continue reading

  • Update 08/16/2026

    The Trump administration will pay the German energy firm RWE $1.22 billion to abandon plans to build wind farms off the coasts of New York, California and Louisiana, the company announced on Thursday.  More forward thinking from the Trumpers! Under the agreement, RWE will voluntarily surrender three leases it owned for wind farms in federal… Continue reading

  • Update 08/09/2026

    Update 08/09/2026  So now, for only $100,000 per month, you can get advance notice of Trump’s media postings. Why would you do this?  Because his comments on tariffs, bombing Iran, etc. move the stock market up or down.  You can make tons of money if you know in advance which way that will go!  And… Continue reading

  • Update 08/02/2026

    Update 08/02/2026 From CBS News:  The nation’s two largest reservoirs — Lake Mead and Lake Powell on the Colorado River — have fallen to their lowest levels on record. It’s a moment of reckoning in the drought-stricken West as seven states can’t agree on how to share the rapidly shrinking water supply. – We had… Continue reading