“Russia is a riddle, wrapped in a mystery, inside an enigma.” Winston Churchill Nothing much has changed since Churchill made this cryptic remark roughly 75 years ago. Putin has different goals and a different vision of the world than we do. Another Cactus flower from my friend Bob’s garden.
“Never bet against America” Warren Buffett This is both investment advice and general life advice. The photo is of a cactus flower in Bob’s front yard. It is the season.
On November 4, 1979 Iran invaded the US embassy in Iran and took 52 people hostage. They were held hostage until January of 1981. Fast forward to early April of 2024 when military commanders from Iran were killed in a missile strike on a building next to the Iranian embassy in Syria. Iran and its Allie’s are acting outraged. Have they forgotten that they were the ones who changed the rules about the sovereignty of embassies back in 1979. We stand with Israel.
When you put the 2 words ‘The’ and ‘IRS’ together it spells: “Theirs…” It is time to file for your extension. The view from our lovely rental house in the Sonoma area last December. VRBO My opinion on taxes is that they are not high enough on everybody. I have specifics but they are as unrealistic as your ideas. 💡
WWIT (What Was I Thinking) about the Trump vs Biden rematch for President of the United States? People tend to be herd animals and they adapt their opinions to match those around them. Currently I predict that Biden will win but it will be close. The photo is of another great Arizona sunset. This post was created using my iPad. I usually use my MacBook but if I can make my iPad work for my blog it will make my summer travels much easier. Let… Read More »WWIT about the US 2024 Election
This is a rewrite of a post from 2008. “In a British newspaper interview published May 24 2008 actress Susan Sarandon told London’s Telegraph she’ll consider moving to Italy or Canada if John McCain wins over Barack Obama. In an interview, Sarandon fumed: “If McCain gets in, it’s going to be very, very dangerous….It’s a critical time, but I have faith in the American people. If they prove me wrong, I’ll be checking out a move to Italy. Maybe Canada, I don’t know. We’re at… Read More »If _______ is Elected I’m Leaving!
Diversity, Equity and InclusionvsMerit, Experience and Attitude. If you needed to choose a doctor and you had data, would your criteria be more DEI or more MEA? How about when you were choosing a lawyer, a restaurant manager or a football coach? I rest my case. It is not popular to say but in our personal decision making we are mostly MEA. In the long run only natural monopolies can hire based on DEI and survive in the marketplace.
On June 2, 1924 American Indians were granted full citizenship by an act of the US Congress.It wasn’t until 1948 that Arizona allowed Indians to vote. From The Heartbeat of Wounded Knee by David Treuer An embarrassed “no comment” is all I can muster. For 24 years Arizona delayed and obfuscated. Shame. The question we need to ask is: What are we doing today that a hundred years from now will appear so awful? The photo is of some petroglyphs on Shaw Butte in north… Read More »Shame on Arizona
The Heartbeat of Wounded Knee by David Treuer If you care about fairness and justice this is a disturbing book. It is also a book about hope. The Native Americans were totally defeated by 1900 their number were down to about 300,000 people. Now 120 years later there are over 3 million Native Americans and they have lots of success stories. The book includes a very good short history of the Native American experience. It is eye opening. That story about deliberately spreading smallpox did… Read More »Worth Reading
“Like all other large bodies, where there is a variety of different interests to reconcile, their deliberations are slow.“ George Washington, 1783 During the winter of 1783 Congress was dithering and the Continental Army was starving. A seditious letter was circulated at Newburgh and Washington made a speech, which included the line above, to quell the potential rebellion. He succeeded and that summer Cornwallis surrendered at Yorktown. Our government has always been slow and it has often been wrong but eventually it does the right… Read More »Congress Moves