A Deliberate Crisis
The Masters of the Universe have gathered at Davos, Switzerland. They are pompous, arrogant, devious and uncaring, yet they are open about who they are and what they want to accomplish.
Economy
China: The Patient Dragon
China’s mercantilist strategy is patient. But will internal stresses and pressures force it to act?
John Kerry Has a History of Supporting Communist China (and other Communists)
A penchant for undermining US interests
China, Part XIV – More Second Tier Geopolitical and Economic Goals
Part VI, Part VII, Part VIII, Part IX, Part X, Part XI, Part XII, and Part XIII of this multi-part series discussed the first eight increments of the second tier geopolitical and economic goals and objectives of the Chinese Communist Party. This part summarizes a ninth portion of those goals and objectives.
China, Part XIII – More Second Tier Geopolitical and Economic Goals
Part VI, Part VII, Part VIII, Part IX, Part X, Part XI, and Part XII of this multi-part series discussed the first six increments of the second tier geopolitical and economic goals and objectives of the Chinese Communist Party. This part summarizes an eighth portion of those goals and objectives.
China: Benign Player or Global Threat?
China has a large, global presence that they use to enable a mercantilist strategy. They control key ports throughout the world and use their corporations to buy foreign assets that enable this strategy.
Biden: Fixing Problems He Created…With Some Help
A woman in a hot air balloon realized she was lost. She lowered her altitude and spotted a man in a boat below. She shouted to him: “Excuse me, can you help me? I promised a friend I would meet him an hour ago, but I don’t know where I am.” The man consulted his portable GPS …
Biden – A Whole of Government Disgrace
Biden: A Whole of Government Disgrace This week several polls indicated that only 39% of the population approved of President Biden’s performance. He pushed through the $1.5 TRILLION leftist pork spending bill that has helped fuel record inflation. Biden proudly proclaims that on his first day in office he signed a bunch of executive orders …
Every Regulation is a Hidden Tax
The Biden administration has decided to push the price of appliances up even more than inflation already has.
China, Part X – And Still More Second Tier Geopolitical and Economic Goals
Part VI, Part VII, Part VIII, and Part IX of this multi-part series discussed the first four increments of the second tier geopolitical and economic goals and objectives of the Chinese Communist Party. This part summarizes a fifth portion of those goals and objectives. Introduction The Chinese Communists (ChiComs) are pursuing strategic initiatives aimed at …
China, Part IX – Still More Second Tier Geopolitical and Economic Goals
Part VI, Part VII, and Part VIII of this multi-part series discussed the first three increments of the second tier geopolitical and economic goals and objectives of the Chinese Communist Party. This part summarizes a fourth portion of those goals and objectives.
The Biden vs. Trump Approach to Crisis Management
Our government is incapable of mobilizing private industry to solve problems, because it is inhabited by people who see government as the solution to every problem.
China, Part XIII – More Second Tier Geopolitical and Economic Goals
Part VI, Part VII, Part VIII, Part IX, Part X, Part XI, and Part XII of this multi-part series discussed the first six increments of the second tier geopolitical and economic goals and objectives of the Chinese Communist Party. This part summarizes an eighth portion of those goals and objectives. Introduction The Chinese Communists (ChiComs) are pursuing strategic initiatives aimed at achieve …
China, Part VII – Second Tier Geopolitical and Economic Goals (cont’d)
Part VI of this multi-part series discussed the first increment of the second tier geopolitical and economic goals and objectives of the Chinese Communist Party. This part summarizes a second increment of those goals and objectives Introduction The ChiComs seek to become a technologically-advanced leading manufacturing power by the centennial celebration of the founding of …
America Last
They hate America. Seriously, how else to explain the latest White House tsunami of bad policies and outcomes emanating from the penumbra of socialist dogma crowding out common sense?
China, Part VI: Second Tier Geopolitical and Economic Goals
Part V of this multi-part series discussed the Made in China 2025 initiative whose goal is to modernize the Chinese industrial base – and ultimately the People’s Liberation Army – through the infusion/exploitation/theft/transfer of advanced technologies into the Chinese economy. The ChiComs seek to become a technologically-advanced leading manufacturing power by the centennial celebration of …
China, Part V: Made in China 2025
Part IV of this multi-part series on Communist China covered three components of the overarching Belt and Road Initiative, also called the One Belt One Road initiative: 21st Century Maritime Silk Road, Digital Silk Road, and Arctic Silk Road. This part covers a mutually supportive economic initiative: Made in China 2025. The initiative was announced …
China, Part III: The Belt-Road Initiative
Xi Jinping became the “paramount” Communist Chinese leader in 2012-2013
Bidenomics: you are poorer in real terms, and your retirement plan is worth less
Due to taking Staff Sergeant Pico to her reassigned Army Reserve unit in advance of her deployment to Kuwait, Mrs Pico and I spent a few days in William Teach’s home state of North Carolina. When we fueled up in Kentucky, last Tuesday, before leaving, gasoline was $3.779. Naturally, I noticed that gasoline prices were …
Student Loan Forgiveness is Immoral
Everybody from Chuck Schumer to AOC and the squad are demanding Joe Biden declare some form of student loan forgiveness, to buy up to 40 million votes – with taxpayers picking up the tab.