The fall of crypto exchange FTX is a brutal lesson in fear and greed. Not the fear of losing but the fear of missing out or FOMO. FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried (SBM) said this on the podcast “Odd Lots” describing how venture capitalists pick investments (highlighted by Jason Zweig in his WSJ column the “Intelligent […]
Archives for November 2022
How to Play the Blame Game?
Do Republicans need either different strategies or different leaders? “Both,” answers Victor Davis Hanson. VDH also asks, how can it be that the Republican Party, stalwarts of Capitalism, were easily outfunded, outspent, outsmarted? In almost every important Senate or gubernatorial race, the Democratic candidate was the far better funded of the two. In some races, […]
MARTHA’S VINEYARD: Shocking Crime Hits Liberal Stronghold
If it can happen on the island of Martha’s Vineyard, it can happen anywhere. Prepare yourself and your family accordingly. Abby Patkin reports for the Boston Globe: Armed robbers held up a bank on Martha’s Vineyard Thursday morning and escaped in a stolen vehicle, officials said. “Active police scene at Rockland Trust in Vineyard Haven,” […]
The Global Alignment Against China
After years of nurturing Communist China’s rise into a global super power, developed nations are finally taking notice of what they’ve done and reacting to quell Chinese ambitions. In Foreign Policy, Michael Auslin of Stanford University’s Hoover Institution suggests that Japan should join the AUKUS defense cooperation pact between Australia, the United Kingdom, and […]
GM Will Rely on Government Subsidies to Profitably Build EVs
General Motors, which was the recipient of a government bailout operation only fourteen years ago, has told an investor conference in New York that it will rely on government subsidies for electric vehicles to make building them profitable by 2025. Government subsidies are, of course, money taken from taxpayers and given to corporations that are […]
The Clock is Ticking: You Must Protect Your Family
Originally posted July 20, 2020. If you live anywhere near Chicago/Seattle/Portland, you’re asking me, how much longer will it take for them to come to my neighborhood? Over the last two days alone in Chicago, 63 people were shot, 12 fatally. In Seattle, twelve police officers were hurt in violent protests. And in Portland, the […]
Manias, Bubbles and Celebrity Shenanigans
Have the tides turned on Tom Brady? What else could go wrong for the NE Patriots’ former quarterback? He is getting divorced from Brazilian fashion model Gisele Bundchen, one of the highest paid models in the world. Brady’s legendary football career seems to have stalled (at age 45), to be kind. On top of that, […]
The Mid-Terms Were Better for the GOP than You Think
The media is doing a great job of making it look like Democrats won on Election Day, but Erin Norman explains in Spectator World that the story is not so simple. She writes: The dust is still settling around the congressional midterms, but it looks like Republicans will retake the House by a very slim margin and […]
What’s the Hardest Thing About Owning Company Stock?
OK, we know how much the billionaires are worth—less than they were—like they’re acquaintances. Job cuts are happening by the tens of thousands. The tech oligarchs will be just fine paying the heating bill. But think about the worker who started the year with stock worth a million—worth less than a hundred grand now. That’s […]
Trump’s America Is Better than Biden’s
OK, “Stop the Steal” didn’t work outside the base, but it’s rich when Dems campaign on this stuff: In my conversations with you, you tell me how you’re fed up with Trump’s antics (including his support for LIV Golf). He has a knack. But I’ll take Trump’s personality gaffs if that means getting his policies […]
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