Hurricane Lee has strengthened to a Category 5 storm and is barreling through the Atlantic on course to hit America’s East Coast. Right behind Lee is Tropical Storm Margot, which is also expected to reach hurricane levels. First Coast News reports: It’s very active across the Atlantic basin, but thankfully there are no local threats […]
Will the USA Lose Control of the Fighter Jet Export Market?
America has long been a major exporter of fighter jets, including the venerable F-16 and now the F-35. But as allied and friendly countries begin to ramp up their own efforts to build fighter jets, will the USA lose control of the fighter jet export market it has dominated? Richard Aboulafia reports in Foreign Policy: […]
Investing in Water
Bottom Line: There is no downside when you begin thinking of yourself and your family first. Desalination may not be an option for you but once you start thinking about your water supply, you quickly realize there’s a lot you can do to keep from running out of it. Originally posted June 22, 2016. You […]
The Pentagon’s Next Big Plane
The military’s massive cargo planes are getting old and need replacement. Doug Cameron discusses what’s next for the military’s cargo plane acquisitions program. He writes in The Wall Street Journal: Sometimes, you need a really big plane. An Air Force C-17 Globemaster evacuated 640 passengers in a single flight from Kabul during the U.S. withdrawal two years […]
Blackwater Founder Eric Prince Blowtorched by Politics
Originally posted January 28, 2014. Blackwater, under government contact, handled 100,000 security missions in Iraq and Afghanistan never losing a single official under its protection. Eric Prince also (as David Feith writes) “using his own personal wealth and expertise recruited and deployed a world-wide network of spies tracking al Qaeda operatives in ‘hard target’ locations […]
Shakedown Cruise: He’s Sending Out an S.O.S
“He was going to call for an S.O.S.,” a client told Your Survival Guy as I sat in the comforts of my office this week. “My friend refitted his fast trawler during the offseason and asked me if I wanted to go out on it,” he said. Now, being a boater, my client immediately realized […]
An 80% Decline in Value in Just 4-Years
You know why. The writing’s been on the wall for years. You and I think about this stuff all the time. The blue blob cities are a wreck. What a shame this is what San Francisco has turned into. The WSJ reports: Before the pandemic, San Francisco’s California Street was home to some of the […]
Economic Slow Down, Where to Park Your Money
There’s no doubt the economy is slowing down. Diesel prices are half of what they were from last year’s record. The question is will the Fed have the conviction to keep rates at a reasonable level. Savers have been penalized for a generation and deserve a return on their money. My favored Fidelity Treasury Money […]
Just How Strong Is the U.S. Navy?
Originally posted February 28, 2023. This year when the Department of Defense submitted its annual budget request to Congress, unlike any year before, it supplied three alternative plans. All of the plans seek to expand the number of ships in active duty in an effort to keep up with China’s rapid naval expansion. The CBO […]
Stocks Have a Long History of Doing Nothing
With the S&P 500 down hard last year, not to mention Nasdaq, some investors wondered about mutual funds and a diversified approach. What happened? Here’s what I wrote to you back on December 14, 2021, in “TOP HEAVY: Focus on Big Indexing Could Cause Market Chaos”: Originally posted on December 14, 2021. In an excellent […]
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