6/5/19

Latvian Gambit- 3M Blitz

                                                                 I played black in this game.


6/4/19

Some Republicans Bluff on American Nationalism and Egalitarianism


Some Republicans in the Congress and media are bluffing on support for conservation of the national integrity and well being of the United States. They oppose a simple tariff on Mexico that the President is imposing because some of their owners global business interests might be affected. They prefer comfort and prosperity over national security. 

Statecraft sometimes requires taking difficult measures. It isn't always a bowl of cherries with an existential disregard for borders and security. Anyone in their right mind knows that illegal drugs and aliens flow by the billions and millions into the United States from Mexico. The rich can always disregard those for them trivial problems because they are external to their personal riches and business. President Trump is a little different on that point; he actually seems to care.



President Trump in some respect runs the executive branch with the attitude of a business CEO seeking the well being of the company. Some recent Presidents of the United States have been government weaselcrats seeking mostly to enrich themselves and messing up international affairs and running up public debt.

If the United States ever tried to reform capitalism or government spending the Congress is far too satiated for-themselves to ever tolerate the slightest correction of policies that would lead to public national health. What a worthless bunch of investors.


Why the United States and the West Have Problems With Russia

The west is in two parts; Europe and the United States. Latin Americans probably don’t think of Russia much except for possible business transactions. Australia and New Zealand don’t count; they have their own concerns not focused too much on Russia. The United States doesn’t care too much about Russia except for the left and the media that hate Russia because it hasn’t got homosexual marriage and got rid of state socialism or communism to a certain extent.

Europeans may fear Russia somewhat reasonably since Russia now seems unwilling to give up Ukraine and Crime and other traditionally Russian regions without some sort of hoo haw. Europeans mostly invade Russia rather than the reverse, until World War Two. Before that Poland and Russia were traditional reciprocating invaders.

The media of the United States largely support leftist issues that major global corporations want; such as homosexual marriage. It is primarily global corporations that want to invade Russia or expropriate traditionally Russian lands, rather than the majority of Americans.

Bureaucracies also have inertia. They don’t like to change. That includes the government and military-industrial complex. They require belligerents in order to secure increasing public tax revenues and expansion. China is an excellent existential frenemie support western capital investment in war, business and trade industries. Russia is kind of a second-rate frenemie without large consumer markets or export markets. Many Americans would prefer normalized relations with Russia, yet the sometimes perp gaffs like supporting the Maduro regime in Venezuela. Besides supporting a corrupt government they are interfering in western hemispherical politics and even people that like Russia hate that. Russians could say there is an equivalence between that and U.S. support for forces in Ukraine, There is some merit in that argument, yet Russia loses in any case because of the deep tradition of the Monroe Doctrine’s principals of Eastern powers staying out of Western Hemispherical affairs. Originally the purpose of the Monroe Doctrine was to keep royalty out of the western hemisphere so far as possible. The western hemisphere is about Democracy rather than imperialism or state authoritarianism such as communism and state socialism are.

One should regard Russian-American relations as having several major ties that are stretched, tugged on or working functionally well. The media and bureaucrats tend to hate Russia for profit because of the Soviet legacy and the reasons mentioned earlier. One could compare that to the diner’s dilemma paradigm.

Russia tends to take opposite sides in some global conflicts, although the United States itself often takes foreign policy activities that are inimical to its own interests. One example are the North African and Middle East conflicts reinforced by the Obama administration. Everyone knew that Syria would not just roll over with a conflict and a protracted conflict with innumerable casualties would ensue. It did. maybe there is a darker side to foreign policy.

The Bush II administration had made a normalized kind of relationship with Libya. The Obama administration worked to get rid of the Ghaddafi Government and terrorists moved in afterwards. Libya today is a nation on the state department’s list of places Americans shouldn’t visit.

The United States is not on an excellent course in all economic and political developments, yet it suits the left and global capitalists for it to go the way it is. That will be challenging to change positively. The left prefer to socialize corporatism rather than to reinforce Democracy and reform capitalism such that it works for the national interests including a reduction of public debt, transition to ecological economic infrastructure policies and an efficient reallocation of resources of income such that no citizens are left in a very disadvantaged position without realistic opportunities for improvement.

When the broadcast media and self-advantage seeking politicians determine foreign and domestic political directions, and they are largely not political philosophers or aware of what ecological economics are there is not a good reason to expect them not to suffer the Wall Street interests that pay them and employ most Americans.

Russia should continue to try to improve its democracy game, looking ahead to a time when several nations begin to transition to ecological economic foundations that are mostly sustainable, and governments strongly protect individual civil rights while being at the same time disciplined enough to manage public affairs very well.

President Ronald Reagan was mostly alone in his desire to eliminate nuclear weapons from the world and normalize relations with Russia. Though that miracle occurred in part, the default status is for poor relations and feuding. Europeans may fear authoritarianism again. European history is such a one of turmoil and strife through wars and royals, communists and fascists etc that its relations with Russia must be regarded differently than that of Americas. The history of N.A.T.O. during the Soviet era is such that the relation of the United States and Europe working together against the Soviet and Russia continues to a limited extent, reflexively. That preclude intelligent political work in moving forward, or finding ways to go forward for the benefit of everyone. Democrats have used any relationship President Trump might have with Russia as the primary basis for political opposition to his election the past three or four years. With that political atmosphere there is limit interest in the media or the Democrat Party in developing far better ties with Russia.

Tom Brady Can't Expropriate the Real Tom Terrific's Name

New England Quarterback is trying to trademark the venerable Tom Terrific name that was part of American history for the boomers. Tom Terrific was an early childhood T.V. cartoon character from 1957-1959 who made an impression on countless Americans. What future NFL quarterback will seek to trademark Big Bird?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5PgniqcgdFo Tom Terrific



Boomer Esiason, former NFL quarterback has opposed the attempted expropriation. He believes the phrase belongs to former Mets pitcher Tom Seaver. Apparently NFL quarterbacks don't realize that one can't play Mickey Mouse with Tom Terrific.

Communist Chinese play loose with intellectual properties- the NFL shouldn't.

https://nesn.com/2019/06/boomer-esiason-disgusted-with-tom-bradys-sleazy-trademark-request/

6/3/19

President Trump's Sunday Church Hairstyle Reminds Us of Dr Billy Graham's

The President's Sunday go to church hair reminds one of the late Billy Graham's. That was appropriate. 

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trumps-new-hairstyle-prompts-speculation-on-social-media



                                             image of the President posted on Twitter

Does US Government Have a Right to Know if Many U.S. Citizens Live in U.S.A.?

With maybe tens of millions of illegal aliens living in the United States many Democrats wonder what right the government has to know if any citizens still live in the country? The 2020 census has the effrontery to ask people if they are a citizen or not. Democrats know the government has no right to be so snoopy and should just shut up.

The Supreme Court will decide if the question is o.k. or abusive or even hate speech. If Democrats have their way then maybe Russia can provide via Facebook, answers to unasked census questions about the U.S.A.


Mexican Tariffs Aren't Penny Wise and Pound Foolish

It is rare that one has the opportunity to use old cliches to describe current events. In the instance of tariffs on Mexico one might recognize that President Trump was not penny wise and pound foolish. If one doesn’t defend the nation against millions of illegal immigrants from all around the world entering the U.S. illegally, and all of the cross-border drug trafficking, in order to satisfy some global capitalist investors in Mexican production, one could lose the nation, rendering it a tribal area or subroutine of foreign interests eventually.
There is no harm in doing things the right way in national political affairs. Often there are right and wrong courses of statesmanship to take against the paradigm of historically better or worse positions for a nation to take. President Trump is making the hard yet right decision in defending the border from a neighbor nation with an aggressive, perverse attitude toward U.S. border integrity, even though there are tens of millions of Democrats in the United States that are for loose, ineffective enforcement. They prefer to abort American children and build the nation with illegal immigrants and their five kids per coupling unit.

On Golden Pond or Lake of Fire?

 I was wondering if a second Biden term would bring a Lake of Fire to the world with nuclear holocaust, or a golden pond for a reelected oc...