Category Archives: Global Instability

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When Government steps aside

Posted on July 18, 2016 by Fred Stiening

Skip the first 25 minutes unless you really have a lot of time on you hands. CRS-9 is delivering a docking module to ISS. Because of the modest payload and the need to only reach ISS orbit and not geostationary … Continue reading →

Posted in American Politics | 7 Comments

Share the Wealth

Posted on July 18, 2016 by Fred Stiening

Here is the complete text of Huey Long’s speech to the nation in the 1934 broadcast nationwide on the NBC radio network. http://www.hueylong.com/programs/share-our-wealth-speech.php As you read it, see how much it shares with the speeches of Donald Trump and Bernie … Continue reading →

Posted in American Politics, Donald Trump, Republicans | 1 Comment

You is no Huey Long

Posted on July 18, 2016 by Fred Stiening

Gavin Long was the shooter who killed three policemen in Baton Rouge, the state capital of Lousiana, which is where many survivors from Hurricane Katrina relocated. Gavin Long is not from Louisiana – he lived in Kansas City, Missouri and … Continue reading →

Posted in American Politics, Barack Obama, Collapse of America, Donald Trump | 2 Comments

Pence it is

Posted on July 15, 2016 by Fred Stiening

NY Times coverage (I am now a paid subscriber to the NY Times – while I disagree with them a lot, they at least still believe in real journalism and getting the facts right – so I plan to link … Continue reading →

Posted in 2016 election, Donald Trump | 2 Comments

Noyes’ theology of Perfectionism

Posted on July 15, 2016 by Fred Stiening

I love the Internet. While reading up on the corporate history of Anchor Hocking, another company in the pedigree of what is now called EveryWare is a brand known as Oneida, which is based in New York and you probably … Continue reading →

Posted in American Politics | 2 Comments

The Trump effect

Posted on July 15, 2016 by Fred Stiening

I don’t actually see cause and effect here, but… On Wednesday, I ordered again using Walmart pickup. I added in a butter tray that was a bit over $3. When I got it home, I saw it was made of … Continue reading →

Posted in 2016 election, Donald Trump | 1 Comment

Breaking news – possible Coup d’etat in Turkey

Posted on July 15, 2016 by Fred Stiening

Turkey is a member of NATO, apparent supporter of ISIS in Syria, and controls access to the Black Sea, important to Russia. They have one of the most capable militaries in the Middle East with the ability to make heavy … Continue reading →

Posted in Global Instability | 6 Comments

60 believed dead when truck plows into Nice Bastille day celebration

Posted on July 14, 2016 by Fred Stiening

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/07/14/truck-crashes-into-crowd-at-bastille-day-celebrations-in-nice2/ Fortunately nobody had a handgun to shoot the driver and let them eat lead. Obviously, the solution is to limit the size of trucks and limit them to 10 km per hour. It’s obviously the smart thing to do. … Continue reading →

Posted in Global Instability | 4 Comments

Hillary’s Israel problem

Posted on July 14, 2016 by Fred Stiening

Or more to the point, the Benjamin Netanyahu problem. It is breaking into the wider media that the US State Department funneled $300,000 into Israel to support the opposition to the Lakud party http://www.politico.com/story/2016/07/state-department-grant-netanyahu-225414 Aaron Klein talked about this in … Continue reading →

Posted in 2016 election, Hillary Clinton | 2 Comments

Countdown to VP

Posted on July 13, 2016 by Fred Stiening

The Trump campaign has announced the VP choice will be announced Friday. There is some reason to believe that choice will be Newt Gingrich. Newt plugs a big hit hole in that he knows how the government works in great … Continue reading →

Posted in 2016 election, Donald Trump | 9 Comments