War and Food

Arabs fear for wheat supplies after Russia invades Ukraine. There will be bread riots in the Middle East and Africa. And don't forget China who has trouble feeding itself as well.

This is a chance for America to deploy some food diplomacy. We are the world's breadbasket. Just converting the corn used to make Ethanol back to food for human beings, starving human beings, could make a big difference. And we should make that pivot from biofuels back to food permanent. 

Flotsam and Jetsam

Miscellaneous thoughts and observations.

Chicago is in big trouble as a city. And underfunded pensions weren't even mentioned. A financial disaster is looming... Wonder when trans-activists will schedule their first JK Rowling book-burning event. You know its coming. And book-burning is always a sign of the most tolerant of folks... This Ben Affleck story is 100% accurate... Ilhan Omar on Tuesday's historic Middle East Peace deals, "Some people did something" (probably)... Judd Apatow on Hollywood "China has bought our silence"... Someday I'd like to compare where Venezuela stood in comparison to other nations based on GDP when Socialists were first elected to office and where it stands now. And then do the same thing for California starting in 2008... 

EDIT: I was only joking about the JK Rowling book-burning but evidently they're already happening.

Linky Links

Stuff I found interesting or amusing and thought I'd share.

- Chinese virologist claims she has proof COVID-19 was made in Wuhan lab. Many scientists have been pointing at this very thing for a while now.

- How Trump defied the experts and forged a breakthrough in the Middle East. Making the US energy independent also played a large role.

- More than 20 Belgian doctors against Corona hysteria. (PDF) "We argue that the measures to get the coronavirus under control are disproportionate and do more harm than good." There were also another 200 Irish doctors voicing the same concerns. 

- Daylight Savings should be permanent. I've been in favor of this for as long as I've had this blog.

- The Sturgis biker rally did not cause 266,796 cases of COVID-19. I read the first dozen pages of the study when it came out and it was immediately clear that it was crap. The same sort of modeling that projected 2.2 million Wuhan virus deaths in the US. Pure crap!

Linky Links

Stuff I found interesting or amusing and thought I'd share.

- Cool - an ABNB Hobbit Hole. For less than $200 a night! In Virginia! HT  Execupundit

- Heh Heh

- Tim Ferriss and the case of the curious phone call.

- Tesla growing quickly while spending little capital.

- 23 nations embrace President Trump's Peace Plan. Where the hell is Canada on that list?

Happy Brexit Day!!!

Flotsam and Jetsam

Miscellaneous thoughts and observations.

15-years ago the New York Times actually had the headline "Can Angelina Jolie Really Save the World?" And it was in the business section! Just in case you were wondering if the NYT giving up on being a serious news organization was a new thing... This is the sort of thing that makes you believe peace in the Middle East is actually possible... Who knew? Richard Nixon and Otis Nixon shared the same birthday... A Christopher Hitchens quote that seems very relevant to the Impeachment hearings, "That which can be asserted without evidence can be dismissed without evidence"...  A racial crisis may materialize in two years for the Baseball Hall of Fame. Both steroids tainted Barry Bonds and Roger Clemens have two years of eligibility left to be elected to the Hall. If the white Clemens gets somehow elected at the last minute while the black Barry Bonds does not then the cries of "Racism!" will be loud and clear. And probably not wrong...  If the DNC really wanted to stick it to Bernie Sanders they could insure that someone at the next Democratic Debate asks Bernie if he's elected would he make his wife Secretary of Education...

Linky Links

Stuff I found interesting or amusing thought I'd share.

- Clarence Thomas opens up about finding God "In one of the darkest periods of my life"

- Interesting look at Johannes Gutenberg and his place in history

- Deciphering confusion about the Kurds. The map was particularly enlightening.

- 39 book recommendations from Charlie Munger

- Sadly this is probably true these days

- How is this not a bigger story? Israel and Gulf States working on "historic pact" to end conflict between them.

- Paulina Porizkova remembers Ric Ocasec

Unbelievable

What's the worst prank you can play on an Egyptian? Make him think he's in the same room as a Jew.

Simply unbelievable.