Category: Policies

Key Point. Walls work. That’s because gravity works. Really, that’s that. Hey people who do not advocate walls: China has the biggest one, so please believe.

Key Point. When you work in US Senate for 40 years and then as Veep for 8 years you become really good at not leading anything or standing behind an issue with force. Your head’s in the beltway, or up something below your beltway. Anyone having or contemplating owning or using a gun should have… Continue reading “Shoot Them in The Leg” and a New Euphemism

Influence is embodied in the illusion of influence. We talk about influence as though we know it. An oft-repeated adage, even on these pages is: “I can’t define it, but I know it when I see it.” We could also indicate “Influence is in the mind of the beholder.” Let’s examine these. **** Let’s use… Continue reading Key: “Who Says it’s an illusion?” The illusion of influence IS influence.

The Point. Hunter is now holed up on a hill at the top of Malibu not too far from the place where beloved actor Matthew Perry met his maker. From there you see the mighty Pacific, and out there was the largest battlefield of all time, eventually rolled over by our Navy. There’s something very… Continue reading Baby Navy

Summary. The integrity of a country begins outside that country. The standing and quality of life of its citizens depend on the vision that the world has for that country’s values. Congress in 2024 needs to, desperately needs to, address US ability to protect its interests worldwide. Play to your strengths; start with the Military.… Continue reading Job One

Windmills have significant embedded costs. Surprisingly, they are significantly environmentally destructive. Each weighs 1,688 tons (the equivalent of 23 houses) and contains 1,300 tons of concrete, 295 tons of steel, 48 tons of iron, 24 tons of fiberglass. Carrying on a recurrent theme here, we have the rare and expensive to extract rare earths neodymium,… Continue reading Clean Wind Power

Purifying silicon requires processing with hydrochloric acid, sulfuric acid, nitric acid, hydrogen fluoride, trichloroethane, and acetone and incorporating gallium, arsenide, copper-indium-gallium-diselenide, and cadmium-telluride; much of this is highly toxic. Silicone dust is a hazard to the workers. It’s not like you can have a conveyor belt that takes sand into a containment vessel and spray… Continue reading Clean Solar Power

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We can thank cool heads for bureaucracy. I am not kidding you.  No, I am not talking about the processing kind where some piece of paper goes past a desk where two pieces of paper are launched in different directions, eventually circualting around and progenating reams of forms, memoranda, studies, reports, critiques, agendas, minutes, focus… Continue reading Regular Order

In the US, the big topic this week is getting a foothold on testing.  At this time the number of tests availbe in the US, if used according to CDC guidelines, would last five days. President Biden has said that it’s due to the rapid spread of the Omicron and that nobody saw this coming.… Continue reading What is happening in the COVID world