Sunday, January 30, 2022

The Scourge of Fentanyl.



Fentanyl sucks.
It's too dangerous; it's too deadly.
Too many young people taking this stuff unknowingly and dropping dead, and it has to stop.

↓ with Fentanyl.

Expect further international cooperation on this, as the ball is already rolling.
Expect future action(s) on the part of your local Congressman/Woman and Senators, as well.

Something is finally being done about it.

Less
is more.

FRONTLINE: Chasing Heroin

Glutathione.



Everyone to the shallow end.


It's the Jackson Pill.

Wednesday, January 26, 2022

Get it in Writing.



At the end of the day, explicit, written security guarantees on paper are the path forward for successful negotiations between the US and Russia.

Friday, January 21, 2022

An Insightful Interview.



Great interview with the President of Iran, Ebrahim Raisi.

(Anyway, here's a penny for your thoughts.)

Monday, January 17, 2022

Venezuela.



 If you haven't been paying attention, a humanitarian disaster has been occurring in Venezuela. A little over 5 million Venezuelans have left the country within the past few years, and the economy is in free-fall. Currency devaluation and hyperinflation run rampant. Food is so scarce that Venezuelans have resorted to eating zoo animals out of hunger. Medicine is scarce, as well. 

Relatedly, imports are down over 75%, as most cash on hand is used to service their debts (approximately $150 billion +) and other obligations. 

What should you take away from this?
What should you know?

1) Maduro nor Guaido are, um...not running Venezuela.
Let's put it that way. More about that later.

2) I'm willing to personally invest in the Venezuelan government and PDVSA to the tune of several hundred billion dollars to help get them back on their feet. I have no problem loaning money for a good cause, such as this.

3) Major changes are coming to the way Venezuela runs its oil business.
Profitable changes.

4) As inflation rages, cheap gasoline is around the corner for Americans. It will be here, and relatively soon.

As the public substitutes liquefied natural gas for gasoline (in some vehicles), this will help the consumer to spend, save, or invest that extra cash as they see fit.

It does indeed get better.

Thursday, January 13, 2022

"Can the West Stop Russia From Invading Ukraine?"

 


A New York Times article this week asked the question preceding in the title above.
The short answer is "No."

The article made some decent points. 

"In the event of an invasion, the United States and its allies have threatened to impose a series of sanctions that would go far beyond those imposed in 2014, after the Russian annexation of Crimea. Mr. Putin warned that imposing new sanctions could lead to a “complete rupture” in relations with Washington."

I would be inclined to agree. 

Almost 100,000 Russian troops are positioned on the border with Ukraine as we speak.
 

Kazakhstan and Azerbaijan seem to be on the poaching list too, mind you.
There shouldn't be too much surprise when and how the bear recovers some of its might that it lost several decades ago with the collapse of the Soviet Union.

Again, the answer is "No," especially when geopolitical forces pull Europe and Russia closer together. This means that NATO is just about due to be regarded as functionally obsolete and outdated as an institution. It is approaching the end of its lifespan, and the plug needs to be pulled.

Elsewhere, is anyone else having trouble procuring soft pretzels, bottled water, or anything else from the supermarket? Notice that the price of certain goods like coffee and bacon has gone up recently with the Covid lock downs too? It might seem kind of trivial to complain about these sort of things when people are dying left and right from the virus, but these are just more of the frustrations of dealing with the global pandemic.

The last thing I would like to address today is the JCPOA, otherwise known as the Iran Deal. The National  Interest wrote an interesting article on the subject, calling for striking a re-balance in the renegotiation of the agreement. 

"Correcting this predicament and minimizing the chances of yet another JCPOA breakdown requires building mutual legal and political deterrence into it. Any legal and political procedures that make the violation of and withdrawal from the agreement costly and cumbersome can contribute to this goal. Adding more domestic and international veto players in order for a withdrawal decision to become effective is one such mechanism. This could take the form of exhausting a rigorous internal review process within the JCPOA and requiring the authorization of the UN Security Council and/or the national legislature of the respective parties to complete a withdrawal bid. While these mechanisms could help lock in the parties’ JCPOA commitments by erecting legal and political hurdles against abandoning the deal, devising an international financial compensation scheme for the parties who suffer economic loss as a result of a member’s withdrawal can further raise the costs and lower the benefits of defection for the respective party. Granted, none of these mechanisms would provide fail-safe deterrence against a future U.S. withdrawal, but a combination of such legal and political procedures, a financial compensation scheme, and the credible threat of more drastic Iranian nuclear expansion would minimize the chances of this scenario."

 The author may indeed have a point there. Also, in addition, "anytime, anywhere" access to the actual reactors themselves. We also cannot forget about access to their military sites, where their secret work on ballistic missiles can be facilitated in earnest. Also, a HAARP installation in Saudi Arabia needs to be a  part of a reworked agreement as well. Why? Earth Penetrating Tomography technology will allow a greater degree of surety and security for all involved. (I've mentioned this before, HAARP technology is described in the Bible.)

 Let them live peacefully so long as they are willing to do so.

Now is not the time for war.


23 Minutes in Hell

 

 

Intense testimony by Bill Wiese.