The Likes of Which Are Rarely Seen Consider the evidence. Democrats flipped seats in Texas, Kansas, Iowa, Ohio, North Carolina, South Carolina and Maine. Democrats could be up to 56 seats in Senate. They picked up 43 in the House. The Democrats won the majority of governorships for the first time in 16 years and this is after the massive exodus from Blue States like CA, IL and NY. Democrats haven’t won full control of government in Arizona in 60 years, in Pennsylvania since

There can only be one TOP STORY this day. #1 - Democracy is the theory... that Common People know what they want and get it...good and hard. (HL Mencken) The country has repudiated Donald Trump. Can't say we didn't see this coming. For once, the polls were spot on. Historically, the party in power loses ground in the midterm election. But... Republicans were shellacked. And low turnout among Republicans can't be blamed. No doubt a confluence of factors led by Trump hatr

Three Top Items (7 min) #1 - AI Update #2 - Gun Violence: Mis-Diagnosed #3 - Tomorrow's Decision #1 - AI Update: Heard of "The Hackening"? This new term refers to AI's growing capability to identify and exploit weaknesses in existing software systems. Of all kinds. Apparently new and coming versions of AI can search and expose vulnerabilities at unimaginable speed, thereby making timely fixes impossible. There have been a dozen cyberattacks in just the first two days of Oct

Top 3 - None this edition. *** Hope Celine was Good While his country is besieged and reduced to cinders, French President, Emmanuel Macron, managed to take in a Celine Dion concert Friday night. Reminds me of LA mayor Karen Bass who went on a jaunt to Ghana while LA was being consumed by wildfire. What is it with flames and junkets? In case anybody is wondering if the grievances leading to the conflagration and insurrection of Western Europe's 3rd largest country have anyt

Top 3 #1 - France's Humiliation Accelerates. #2 - AI: Next Big Short? #3 - Grandma's a Problem Here Too. #1 - Not About School Hours Any More This past June I was having dinner while on holiday with a couple who lived in Paris. The wife was British and the husband was French. I made the indelicate observation that Paris used to be my favorite city but my last two trips there revealed things were no longer the same...and "not" in a good way. The pair took great umbrage at m

Top 3 Posts: #1 - Iran Update: Keeping Perspective By now everyone on the planet is fed up with U.S. involvement in the Iran conflict. We are sick and tired of its impact on gas prices and inflation. We no longer trust anything President Trump or the regime in Iran has to say about what to expect next. We see no end in sight. Amidst all the calumny and malaise, it is useful to keep some facts in mind: The Mullahs and their military thugs have been the world's greatest spon

Top Three #1 - Grandma's to Blame #2 - Iran: Same Old Same Old #3 - Fraud Update #1 - Euro Dilemma It's long overdue that European governments receive their richly deserved comeuppance after the absurd social contract they implemented post WWII. In a blatantly self-serving attempt to win back public trust after nearly losing the continent to Hitler, they gave away the store. Nationalized healthcare, five week vacations, no layoffs, and a cornucopia of other government hando

Top 3 Items (9 min read) Three Year Anniversary Iran Update None #1 - October 7, 2023 On this day, as everyone not living under a rock knows, Hamas terrorists invaded southern Israel and murdered 1,200 Jewish citizens. 226 civilians and 25 IDF soldiers were taken hostage and stored in tunnels under Gaza. To put this in perspective...1,200 Israeli civilians is equivalent to 44,000 Americans being murdered within hours. Atrocities perpetrated with these murders included hundr

(6 minute read) Top Three Tags... Public School Spending: Mind Boggling More Education Bad News AI Safety Accords *** #1 - Public School Funding: Funding What? US public schools are given over $1 trillion in funding each and every school year. That averages out to $21,100 per student. Per-student funding was highest in NY averaging $37,500.  Think about it. The average classroom size is 24 students in NY. Thus, OVER $900,000 PER CLASS a year. Under $100,000 of that goes to

Top 3 Tags Netanyahu at UN Trump-Xi Summit - Ho Hum Iran: Oil's Back Flowing, just not Iran's Read time - 10 minutes *** #1 - When Haters Walk Out before You Start ...you know it's gonna be a cracker of a speech. Bibi Netanyahu, one of the very rare Good Guy leaders with stones (N.B., plenty of Bad Guy leaders have stones), let 'em have it at the UN General Assembly last Thursday. A mass walkout of delegates occurred before the Israeli Prime Minister’s address even started.

(Out of respect for your time...CME will now specify read time and be organized into three sections. Top stories, Other News and Ruminations. Ruminations, if you're wondering, are quotes, perspectives or other incidents that struck my fancy but may not yours. Read time for this edition: 9 minutes) Top Three Tags: Real Savings on Drugs for Americans. Did Woke Make America Better? More Obamacare Fraud Exposed. MFN Drug Pricing Trump's Most-Favored-Nation (MFN) drug-pricing s

(Thought I try a new format inasmuch as Blogs are supposed to be concise and increasingly I am not. This will help you decide if you want to invest the full five minutes it takes to peruse this entire blog.) Top Three Tags Spoofers Look Very Official These Days Islam vs. Islamism: Not the same Greenland Deal Done _______________________________________________________________________________________________ Spoofers Look VERY Official these days. On the infinitesimal chance

(Sorry, Nancy, this is a longish one. I do, however, think it's both timely and revealing.) The Most Important Election of Our Lifetime How often have we heard Sean Hannity say that? No question, the cry is overwrought. Nonetheless, this one is... really important. In life and politics, when all's said and done, it's only the "done" that matters. NOT promises made but promises kept. Let's compare. The Biden/Harris Report Card Sleepy Joe and Word Salad promised, if electe

FLASH: GOAT Steps Down It's a sad day in the world of investing. The greatest of all time, Warren Buffet, has stepped down as Chairman of Berkshire Hathaway. At the ripe old age of 96. The affable Oracle of Omaha not only created enormous wealth for those who followed his lead but, in his one-of-a-kind charming way, explained to the world how to build wealth in ways the common man could understand. In what may well be his final public remarks, he observed, "Although he's b

AI Update: Think about It AI has access to everything or soon will. If there is any record, it can access. What about new ideas? Theories? Work Product? Trade Secrets? Inventions? Military Strategies? Biological Weapons and Military Technology?... Apparently Russia already has technology platforms that can adapt on the fly. Based on terrain, weather, enemy maneuvers and defenses. Without human intervention - BOOM. Their new drone program is called GERAN. It is a cons

The World Changed Forever. Iran Update: Right Down the Middle. So what's the latest? What can be gleaned? Watchers are asking...Is the President becoming Donald J. Obama? Or has he lost his nerve? Likely neither. In the past 20+ years we have seen two attempts to defang regimes who prefer to see us "dead". First, Dubya tried regime change with boots on the ground. He was excoriated and we got Obama/Biden. Next, Obama, facing the same situation, tried to buy "quiet" so he

(Now that my uncontrollable urge to vent via a Letter to Donald, let's get back to business) Systematically Bamboozled Latest polls show Americans are 70-30 against the data centers upon which AI supremacy depends. This is not good. When asked why...water depletion is #1 and electricity is #2. Let's examine reality... Water: The vast majority of data centers under construction use closed loop water cooling, which means water is recycled not consumed. As such, datacenter wat

I have been a supporter of yours since you walked down the Trump Tower stairs on June 15, 2015. Not easily, not instinctively. But common sense prevailed. And I have been defending you ever since. At the beginning I was mocked but I retorted. Listen the guy is smart, says he cares about America, is saying the right stuff and has money so he doesn't need political payoffs. Moreover, he has an ego that won't allow him to quit or surrender. Let's give him some rope. I even

Feel like USC Fans for Home Opener So little news to report, it's tempting to stay home. Remember Venezuela? Dictator Trump invaded and arrested their great leader, President Maduro. Turns out it might be turning out pretty well for both countries. And much needed for the poor Venezuelans who suffered a massive earthquake in late June. The US and Venezuela have struck a deal for US to invest in Venezuelan oil production creating significant revenues for the country and jobs

Dolly leaves us and... we are poorer. Dolly Parton passed away at 80. One of a kind. A Pure Product of America. Grew up dirt poor as one of 12 children in the Great Smoky Mountains. Was married for nearly 60 years. Her husband, Carl Dean, died just last year. Funny how that goes. So often one spouse soon follows another in "real" marriages. When asked how she kept on performing and writing songs at her age, she replied, "I ain't got time to get old." Dolly may be the l