There are a few things I find fascinating about the current war. First and foremost, it’s a war of attrition and apparently that never occurred to the pentagon command structure. One of the things that Europe learned pretty thoroughly before the Franco-Prussian War, is that an experienced command structure that knows how to communicate and plan is essential. Or so we would think.
I know you’re as fascinated as I am – admit it. It’s like every horrible project we’ve all ever been involved with, rolled up in one, and with the entire budget of several countries at stake. [Read more…]
I have been watching, with some horror, the spiraling descent of facebook and instagram, etc. The whole situation reminds me of an historical event that bore some similarity.
The other day I was trying to find out, roughly, whether the Sackler family and Perdue Pharma were a bigger drug crisis than the “Fentanol” coming in over our borders.
I used to be a highly creative person. I’m not bragging but one idea I threw out over a sushi dinner at Higashi West got turned into a start-up which netted the founder about $200mn. I’ve had a bunch to drink and topped it off with a Zoloft, so forgive me if I wander a bit. It’s snowing out and the shop is too cold and I’m not sure if I want to play computer games, tonight, or try to write.
I don’t know how you feel right now, but I feel like the racist lunatic fringe of conspiracy theorists and kooks have somehow broken out of the asylum, found a way onto the command deck, and taken control of the great big nuclear aircraft carrier that is the USA.
This hasn’t gotten a lot of press because, frankly, it shouldn’t matter. But, every political issue – big or small – is contentious.
I’m sure you’ve all noticed that the ad economy appears to be getting worse and worse. There’s good news and bad news. As usual, I’ll start with the bad news.
According to the UN Office on Drugs and Crime, the US abandonment of Afghanistan to the Taliban has had a major impact on the amount of opium being produced in the country. [unodc]
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