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A Shia splinter group called the Houthis from the north of Yemen -- the country at the extreme southwestern end of the Arabian peninsula bordering the southern end of the Red Sea -- has recently been in the news for attacks on shipping and before, violent attacks on Saudi Arabia. Although the Houthis practice a…

In October of 2022 a National Review online headline surprisingly stated “Exclusive: Hispanics More Likely Than White Democrats to Say Border ‘Not Secure’ by Double-Digit Margins.”1 The article cited a poll of Hispanics who were likely to vote in the 2022 November Mid-Term elections and concluded that “just 34 percent of Hispanics said the border…

Influencewatch.org is a very interesting and informative website. You can learn of the political leanings and influence of many important people and powerful groups in the current US political landscape. A reader of the website can learn of prominent people from all across the political spectrum both in the political news or those who may…

Oddly enough it was the launch of iPhone 15 that prompted a strike by Apple employees in France this past September, though European inflation was the real culprit.1 According to the forecasts by European Union economists, the overall annual inflation rate for France will “stand at 5.8%” in 2023.2 This rate of inflationary growth is…

In November of 2002, Osama Bin Laden wrote what he called his “Letter to America” to describe why it was that he and his followers were fighting against the US and Israel.1 In a delusion-filled defense for the destruction and death he instigated in the 9/11 attacks, and running about 3800 words, Bin Laden said…

On Tuesday (the 14th), the House of Representatives passed Speaker Mike Johnson’s stop-gap spending bill to keep the government open. Johnson’s plan “…extends federal funding at current levels for one group of agencies and programs through Jan. 19, and a second batch through Feb. 2.”1 In essence, this plan delays the government shutdown until after…

War is an expensive endeavor, whether in cost of military (personnel and hardware) or civilian (lives and/or property injured or destroyed). Two active areas of present concern are Ukraine vs Russia and Israel vs Hamas (Gaza) and Hezbollah (of Iranian support). Both are proxy engagements involving the attention of the United States and it's allies…

On this year’s (2023) anniversary of the 9-11 attack that killed 2,977 innocent people here in the US1 in New York, PBS did an online study asking several ‘experts’ if US intelligence agencies should have known about the attack and stopped it in the days prior to it.2 In an interview linked from the study,…

The https://www.govtrack.us/misconduct website is an interesting read. This website records in its database 489 instances of what is termed “misconduct” by members of Congress since 1789.1 These incidents run the spectrum from bribery and corruption to ethics violations. Of course the latest example of Congressional misconduct is that which is alleged of Democratic Senator Bob…