JOPLIN, B-52s ISRAEL v HAMAS

[Note:  The purpose of this blog is to enlighten and educate the reader about music and other current and important issues.  Please see the very bottom of this blog post about the music and other links referenced herein.]   Howdy folks Stony here comin’ atchya With some really Good cookin’ tonight   GURU is out Read More …

Tull Cilmi Cale Betts & the Digital Dollar

[Note:  The purpose of this blog is to enlighten and educate the reader about music and other current and important issues faced by all of us.   Please see the very bottom of this blog post about the music and other links referenced in this blog post.] ——————————————————————————————-   Good evenin’ folks It’s time for more Read More …

FINANCE MACRO ECONOMICS & INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS VIDEOS

  Below are links to various videos we’ve done going back to 2017 concerning the fields of:   Finance Economics (Macro) International Business   OTHER RELATED VIDEOS OF INTEREST   Videos on Interest Rates and Monetary Policy were updated as follows:   The Fed Interest Rates GDP 08-31-19 Youtube https://youtu.be/GMyIX5idBH8     The Fed Interest Read More …

LEE, LEIGH, SECESSION & KING

[ANALYSIS, OPINION, TUNES and FUN]   [Except where expressly noted, the following is totally human work product and not that of artificial intelligence.   First we talk about the causes of the Civil War and how its many lessons still have relevance today. Then we turn to music and fun.   So stick around and enjoy.]   Read More …

HOW TO VOTE: CANDIDATES & POLICIES

[ANALYSIS and OPINION} [Please note that tables and charts may not display correctly unless they are viewed on a desktop or laptop computer.] The 2024 election is likely to be an extremely important one that will have serious long term effects not only in the United States but throughout the World.  There is a substantial Read More …

PEACEFUL HINTS? PUTIN PRAISES KISSINGER

[Opinion and Analysis.]   [Author’s Note: This article should not be read as either supporting or condemning U.S. support for Ukraine or Taiwan.  Nor should it be read as a blanket endorsement of Mr. Kissinger’s policies or those of the Nixon or Ford Administrations. Its purpose is merely to raise some important questions and points Read More …

Finding Credible Unbiased News

[ANALYSIS and OPINION]   The credibility of any information or opinion source is always hugely important in any decision-making process. Information and opinions that lack credibility should not be considered in any rational decision-making process. Determining the credibility of news, information and opinion sources is, however becoming both more difficult and important  these days because: Read More …

WHAT TO  BELIEVE? ONE IMPORTANT TOOL

[Analysis  and Opinion.] We’ve previously written about the ease with which pictures and videos can be “doctored”. .  See our post of October 27, 2021.  Now we have ChatGPT which can sound and write like a human.  To add to all of this their thieves, malcontents and even foreign actors of all descriptions writing, posting Read More …

Chat GPT: Danger and Disruption

[OPINION, ANALYSIS and FUN.]   NOTES   Aside from perhaps the war in Ukraine and the classified document issues facing Trump, Biden and Pence etc., the biggest thing in the news is probably the artificial intelligence program ChatGPT which is now being made widely available to the general public.  ChatGPT is, of course, can do Read More …

Musings of a Fifty-Year Graduate

[ANALYSIS and OPINION.]   As I write this, it is the 50th Anniversary of my high school graduation.  I won’t get into how Watergate compares to January 6th and/or how the Vietnam War compares to Ukraine etc.  Suffice it to say these are extremely precarious, and even dangerous, times both in terms of international relations Read More …