I made a mistake in a previous column. I said that Iraq was costing $150 million a day. Untrue. It is costing $300 million a day, or $8 billion a month. Now, do you happen to know or realize just how much $8 billion is? These figures are thrown around by the media and government […]
Me? A racist? Yup, as Gary Cooper would have said. In other words I am “prejudiced,” which means like the rest of us, we pre-judge things, almost always based upon experience. I know Californinans who are terribly biased, and have racist feelings for Mexicans. Not me. But I had a chain of ice cream parlours […]
Did you ever see a better buying opportunity than the last few days? Did you ever see a worse day for futures holders, many of whom were wiped out? Did you ever see a worse period for holders of the Dow, NASDAQ, et al, when the bottom fell out? Guess what again. The contents of […]
Even the brass admits to 25 other attempts at suicide. Gitmo, of course, where hundreds are cooped up for years, with no legal representation, no charges filed, and no way out. Then some numb skull general says the suicides are “AN ACT OF WAR.” Three dead enslaved guys who probably didn’t know why they were […]
Before 9/11, we had none of the following: (Thanks to Bob Wyman) War in Iraq, “detainees,” War on terror, Sky Marshals, Patriot Act,, Warrantless searches of bank accounts, phone records, library reading, incredible searches of everything before plane boarding, thousands of servicemen dead, hundreds of thousands of Iraqis dead, war in Afghanistan, upcoming war in […]
Now I can tell you about the new 24 karat, .999 pure, (no hardener), Gold Eagle Coin. First of all it looks nothing like the current Gold Eagle. It looks exactly like the old Buffalo Nickels! The buffalo and head are exactly like the Buffalo Nickel, only it is one ounce of pure gold. It […]
All four are termed ’commodities,’ but all four are different. Let’s examine them all briefly, and see what attributes, liabilities, and chances one takes in investing in them. OIL Most oil is held by Muslim nations it seems, and in general they don’t like America. This does not mean they won’t sell us their oil, […]
And now for something completely different. We all know that George Bush is not a mental giant, and for that matter, none of the family is. That’s bad, and it has gotten us into a world of trouble. However, George is true to his wife, and as far as any of us know, he is […]
CORRECTION: Israel bombed IRAQ, not IRAN, in 1981, not 1980. Sorry! Memory served me wrong. In July, the space shuttle will be launched again, and hopefully will land back on earth in one piece eventually. What a joke. That outdated contraption is about as safe as a canoe going down the Colorado River through the […]
First of all, it is not illegal for Iran to enrich its own uranium. They are violating no laws. I know, it’s because they think Israel should be wiped off the map, and everyone’s afraid they’ll bomb Israel if they have an atomic bomb. They wouldn’t dare to do that, because it would spell the […]