Looking at the news today, I haven’t seen anybody say that Israel is going to prevent Iran from obtaining nuclear weapons. Instead, all I’m reading is doom-crying. Maybe people just don’t know what’s real and what isn’t, but Iran is going to get its comeuppance. You can quote me. President Obama said recently that you…
Fighting to the death means you lose
July 8, 2023
A breathless piece by the Associated Press would have you believe that the Islamic State is winning by fighting to the death. I was very glad to see this, because it means that the Islamic State is militarily stupid and will lose much faster than I had anticipated. History proves that throwing away your life…
The strange case of Ussayed Qaddous
July 7, 2023
Today I was looking up a different incident when I came across the story of a Palestinian teenager named Ussayed Qaddous, also spelled Osaid Kaddous. He and his cousin were reported killed by the Israeli Defense Forces on March 10, 2010, at the village of Iraq Burin, in the West Bank. I stopped my search…
I’ve received a message: Chill out
July 5, 2023
For the third night in a row, my terrified Mexican neighbors living in the shadows are firing off the largest skyrockets I’ve ever heard. They sound like artillery shells. After about six hours of it, I went outside at around 1:00 a.m. and screamed, “The next person who shoots off a skyrocket, I’m going to…
In our republic, we get what we deserve
July 4, 2023
I lived in San Francisco from August of 1991 to August of 1993. From 1993 until 2003, I went back two or three times a year. I’ll never return. San Francisco is a laboratory for terrible ideas, but the residents view themselves as morally and intellectually superior to all who disagree with them. What some…
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