Category Archives: International Power

Leadership Judged

Posted on December 7, 2025 by john

Dear Friends, It seems to me, the quality of the world’s leadership can be judged in three ways, prosperity, peace, and freedom. By all three metrics our world leaders are abject failures. Liberty has become a dirty word to the … Continue reading →

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Government Accountability

Posted on December 3, 2025 by john

Dear Friends, It seems to me, if an accountant messes up your taxes, a plumber ruins your plumbing, or an electrician shorts out your wiring, they are accountable to repair it… a government should be just as accountable for its … Continue reading →

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Absurdity, Universals, and Despotism

Posted on November 30, 2025 by john

Dear Friends, It seems to me, despots use modifiers to pervert universals to mean their opposites. They see morality as contingent on political ideal, justice contingent on a political favor, and a crime contingent on the criminal. The result is … Continue reading →

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Elitists Are Terrible People

Posted on November 28, 2025 by john

Dear Friends, It seems to me, elitists are terrible people. By terrible people, I mean they look down on the rest of us, have no morals, and thus place no limits on their actions. Who am I calling elitists? That … Continue reading →

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Hubris Leads To Destruction

Posted on November 21, 2025 by john

Dear Friends, It seems the acme of hubris to me, for someone to think they should take over that which they could never have created. We see this in armed robbery, hostile takeovers, and nationalizations. When someone who was unable … Continue reading →

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How the Administrative State Is Fueling Public Anger in the West

Posted on November 16, 2025 by john

Dear Friends, It seems to me, the longer a person or people hold anger in, the greater the explosion when it emerges. People aren’t sane when they are angry. Neither you nor I are rational when in a state of … Continue reading →

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Limericks

Posted on November 15, 2025 by john

Dear Friends, Buy high sell low,That’s the way the markets go,Ride the carousel,Chase the closing bell,And end up selling matches in the snow. Today the world is run by globalism,Driving populists and elitists to a schism,Democracy’s a mess,The harder they … Continue reading →

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Plunder Results In Poverty

Posted on November 14, 2025 by john

Dear Friends, It seems to me, the more a nation steals… the poorer they become. This applies not only to taxation, but to annexation, and plunder from foreign adversaries. How could I say such a counter intuitive thing? Because history … Continue reading →

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Minions Make The Executive

Posted on November 12, 2025 by john

Dear Friends, It seems to me, no matter how great an executive is, if he is surrounded by half-wits, clingers, and traitors… he will fail, and fail miserably. This will happen no matter how hard-working, adept, or patriotic he may … Continue reading →

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The Race For AI

Posted on November 7, 2025 by john

Dear Friends, It seems to me, the claim we have to race ahead with AI is pure Hegelian manipulation at its finest. Brainics created AI, then claim it’s an existential threat in the wrong hands, the CCP. So we have … Continue reading →

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