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They Love the Conflict
Okay now,, it’s been 75 years since Israel gained statehood. 75 years. That’s a lot of years. In all this time, there has existed constant conflict between the state of Israel and the Palestinians, who live in Gaza. Truthfully, there was 30 years of conflict before that. Now, assuming, that the leaders of Israel, and…
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Trump’s Popularity
Why is Donald Trump popular? Is it solely because people know him – because they have seen him on television so much? That’s part of it. People feel comfortable with people they know. And people feel as if they know Trump because they have seen him on The Apprentice and because they have been watching…
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Beneath Contempt
What’s going on in Mexico? Recently one of the cartels led seven young teenage boys to their death. They killed six of them; a seventh boy survived. He is barely alive. What could be the purpose of killing young boys? What threat could they possibly have presented? Young teenage boys are supposed to be playing…
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Messiah or Team
Michael Jordan was a great player. Unfortunately, he did a lot of damage to many sports teams. I’m not talking about his play. I am talking about the damage he did by virtue of him being a great player. After Michael Jordan became so dominant with the Chicago Bulls many sports teams in the NBA…
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A Star is Born
Zach Wilson played a great game. He deserves a pat on the back, not a kick in the ass. The Jets may have lost the game,but tonight they found a quarterback. This kid is made of steel. For the entire past week, Wilson took the heat of the New York press. And I mean high…
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Johnny Harvard
Let’s give an example of how power works. The Harvard graduate, let’s call him, Johnny Harvard, writes a book. At the same time, let’s say that you, a plebe, Ernest Steinbeck, write another book. You will submit your proposal for your book through cold queries. You will not have an agent You will know nobody.…
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Glib Punks
Are you young and in your 20s? Let me tell you something that’s going to happen to you. Right now you are watching television and you are listening to people who are in their 40s. Or maybe they’re in their 30s – whatever. The point is that they are older than you. You are going…
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The Jets, Success, and Failure
It’s a good thing that Crazy Joe Benigno, the lunatic of New Jersey, a thoroughly distraught New York Jets fan, wasn’t standing over Thomas Edison, when he was trying to invent the lightbulb. If so, we’d be breaking out candles. Joe Benigno, like many other Jets fans, wants Zach Wilson gone – yesterday. You see,…
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The Price for Greatness
Currently, Jets fans are in despair over their team. They had anticipated that Aaron Rodgers would lead them to the promised land. When that didn’t happen they had to turn to their back up quarterback, Zach Wilson, who doesn’t have as much experience. Well, after winning the first game, the Jets have lost the next…
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Infation 2
The other part of inflation is, of course, the,amount of goods that people produce . Supply shortages and surpluses are important. To that end inflation can be defined as the eco-available money divided by the eco-available goods. As money chasing goods goes up inflation goes up. As the amount of goods go down, inflation goes…