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“What we are looking at is good and evil, right and wrong” – US President George H.W. Bush The Persian Gulf conflict began with the Iraqi President, Saddam Hussein ordering the invasion of its oil rich neighbor, Kuwait. Other Arab nations were fearful that they could also fall to future invasion and called on the
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“Second verse, same as the first” “Kings” I was curious about how many monarchs existed now that we are almost 250 years past the American Revolution and we told King George III we had enough of tyranny. Wikipedia maintains a list of them: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_current_monarchs_of_sovereign_states I could count 30 from this list plus Pope Leo XIV,
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“Shouldn’t be asking, wild and scheming.Could be my Election Day.” How did we get here? In the last 80 years we had been more concerned with winning the Cold War by forming trade alliances and the US Navy protecting the world’s oceans for international trade. Only thing is the Cold War ended in 1991 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cold_War)
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“So wake me up when it’s all over When I’m wiser and I’m older All this time I was finding myself And I didn’t know I was lost” There are really too many happenings and highlights for this set of years. What comes around, goes around. United States Government Shutdown of 2013 and subsequent: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Government_shutdowns_in_the_United_States
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Late Nineties. Boy Bands. Girl Bands. It was “The Long Boom” and everyone thought it was up and to the right. It was the best of times, until it wasn’t. https://www.thestreet.com/dictionary/dot-com-bubble-and-burst Pets.com was the harbinger of doom. Looking back on the dot com bust, we now enjoy a full suite of e-commerce companies such as
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Neon lights, Nobel Prize. When a mirror speaks, the reflection lies. You won’t have to follow me, Only you can set me free. Progressivism vs. Traditionalism Capitalism vs. Communism Conservatism vs. Liberalism The cultural division on family values, personal freedom, individual responsibility continued to widen. Issues such as women’s rights, abortion rights, school prayer and
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The end of the American High was marked by the assassination of US President John F. Kennedy on November 22nd, 1963 in Dallas, Texas. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassination_of_John_F._Kennedy?wprov=sfti1# The nation mourned the end of an era of American progress and gave way to the next generation of what is now called the Consciousness Revolution. It was an awakening
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They were the GI Generation. Sometimes called The Greatest Generation. Coming of age at the end of a Crisis and into a time of relative peace. WWII ended and began an era of general prosperity and growth in the United States and the rebuilding of Europe. I have to use my father as a surrogate
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Ok Boomers! 1965, The Byrds. As Gen X, we certainly remember this song sung by the Boomer youth. Thoughts of hippies and sit ins. This song is predictive. The seasons turn annually, the generations move through the decades of life. Each generation takes on a “personality” based on where they lie on moving constellation of
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The old breakup line from our youth coming back but this time it’s the United States breaking up with the Global Order. Here’s a Gen X classic video that fits beautifully: The new US tariffs are just the beginning of the final unwinding of globalization that was initiated by the Americans starting in 1944, through
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As a Gen X, I was not a huge fan of The Beatles growing up. They came onto the music scene in the early 1960’s. By 1970, the band had broken up and went their separate ways. However last weekend I was going through some old 33 rpm LP albums, and found this gem. The
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Ah yes. It’s been quite a month, America. How are we feeling? One of my favorite scenes from the Animal House movie is at the very end when the Delta House, after being expelled from Faber College, sends the parade crowd into a panic. Ramming Speed! The panic is starting to rise as the second
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This week Elon Musk announced the Tesla “Cybercab”. At the same time he announced “We, robot everything” Which leads us to ask the obvious question “Would you trust an autonomous system?”. Even if it was built by Elon Musk’s Tesla? System engineering safety into a product is a difficult task. Notice I said “into”. You
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When two tribes go to war A point is all that you can score Have you picked your side? Red v. Blue. Quite a July 2024 here in the US. Attempted assassination, GOP Convention, presidential run switcharoo. August will bring us the Democratic Party Convention in Chicago. The gaslighting is epic. They will continue to
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Not even talking about the Donald Trump and Hunter Biden trials which are good for media ratings and that’s leading to increased monetary donations to the Trump and Biden campaigns. No, I’m talking about the big money, power, politics, corporate welfare machine “system” We The People have allowed to grow and become unmanageable. As a
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Behold! The 1967 Sunbeam Funwagon! $4995 cash money could get you this fine piece of British Americana. These were produced exclusively for the United States market and you can enquire about this antique which only a few exist. https://davidsclassiccars.com/other-makes/2238-1967-sunbeam-funwagon-rv-motorhome-camper-van.html This one is a partial which the Craigslist reference says $1,400. Which begs the question, “What
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Good afternoon friends. In my last post I discussed the coming decade: One item I did not mention at all is the 2024 election cycle in the United States. The reason it was not addressed is that, in my opinion, it really doesn’t matter in the grand scheme of things. Some think it’s “The Most
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