Author Archena Posted on October 3, 2023October 4, 2023Categories Current, MondayTags , , , , ,

Ups and Downs: Politics are Never Smooth

Nation states are resilient. That should be no surprise. People are amazingly resilient – otherwise human history would have ended long ago. Nation states are just really large groups of people so they have the traits of people. They can be incredibly resilient and incredibly stupid, often at the same time. Humans are fun. If you’re used to playing computer games where you get to be a character or you’re from the TV generation, this basic fact is hard to … Continue reading “Ups and Downs: Politics are Never Smooth”

Author Archena Posted on September 19, 2023September 20, 2023Categories Current, MondayTags , , , ,

Is Ukraine Important to America?

/ Yes. Oh, you wanted the why part? Why didn’t you say so? Russia wants to be the sole superpower. Russia is going to be a pain in the neck until it either gets what it – and no one else sane – wants or until it gets smacked hard enough to come to its collective senses. We seem to be in the middle of that latter one with Ukraine right now. Let Russia bash its brains out on Ukraine. … Continue reading “Is Ukraine Important to America?”

Author Archena Posted on September 12, 2023September 12, 2023Categories Current, MondayTags , , , ,

Will China Attack Russia?

Probably. I know what you’re thinking – China will invade Taiwan. That’s all anyone talks about! Of course they will attack Taiwan! Russia and China are friends! China will definitely invade Taiwan! It’s possible but getting less likely by the day. Maybe by the minute. On paper, China would be a pain in the backside for the US and her allies to fend off and keep out of Taiwan. In reality, China stands no chance whatsoever of defeating Taiwan, let … Continue reading “Will China Attack Russia?”

Author Archena Posted on May 24, 2023May 24, 2023Categories Current, MondayTags , , , , , , , , ,

Why Hasn’t China Collapsed Yet?

Because nation-states are resilient little devils. See y’all Wednesday! You’re looking at me like you want details. You know I hate details! Okay, okay, so here goes. Despite all the YouTube videos swearing that China will collapse in 38 days, China hasn’t collapsed after nearly eight months. Well, first off, if some kid in his basement can figure out when China is going belly up, so can China. The CCP is kinda attached to staying in power so once they … Continue reading “Why Hasn’t China Collapsed Yet?”

Author Archena Posted on May 10, 2023May 10, 2023Categories Current, WednesdayTags , , ,

Stop Pretending Everyone is Just Like Us

We’re constantly told that diversity is strength while being told we are too polarized. Seriously, does the Lamestream Media even listen to themselves anymore? Obviously, no one sane is listening to them but do they not notice how irrational and contradictory their rhetoric is? Diversity, like unity, can be a great tool and can also be destructive as all get out. What is so hard about moderation? Use the good parts of diversity – different points of view, new ideas … Continue reading “Stop Pretending Everyone is Just Like Us”

Author Archena Posted on March 29, 2023March 27, 2023Categories Current, WednesdayTags , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

Biden Who?

You know, that guy that stays in the White House occasionally and has a badly messed up kid? The guy 81 million people allegedly voted for after he hid in his basement during the campaign. Yeah, him. Is it just me or has Biden been amazingly unimportant? He managed to screw up Afghanistan, there is that. Oh, yeah, and there was, rather is, all that censorship and Orwellian disinformation board stuff. Trying to enact some sort of abortion law that … Continue reading “Biden Who?”

Author Archena Posted on March 27, 2023March 27, 2023Categories Current, MondayTags , , , , ,

NATO’s Back! And the World is More Complicated than Ever!

The world was always complex but being the biggest kid on the block means a lot of the block just avoids you. Not the best situation but it does simplify matters. Comes in handy when having to help sort out an entire planet but it also makes it pretty easy for us to be blindsided. I can remember in the Nineties being astonished that some Eastern European country was actually expecting Bob Dole, then candidate for president, to have an … Continue reading “NATO’s Back! And the World is More Complicated than Ever!”

Author Archena Posted on March 14, 2023March 14, 2023Categories Current, MondayTags , , , , ,

Why Russia Matters if China is the Enemy

Because everything is interrelated. There ya go, a college edumacation in one sentence. You know, these posts would be a lot shorter if y’all’d just figure out all the details. Okay, okay, here goes: Realists are wrong; the international game isn’t a single board with only a few main players. In reality (pun left in because it’s funny), international relations are twenty different games being played by two hundred players all at once and with a lot of pieces missing. … Continue reading “Why Russia Matters if China is the Enemy”

Author Archena Posted on March 1, 2023March 1, 2023Categories Current, WednesdayTags , , , , , , , , , , ,

Leftism is Drowning

Political terminology is ‘definition flexible’. Translation: stupid terms rarely mean the same thing to everyone. Everyone assumes lawyers get Poli Sci degrees as a stepping stone to law school. I suspect that having to constantly define every common term is too annoying for them. Being a good little Poli Sci geek, I will now define my terms. Leftism for the purposes of this discussion is defined as positions on the economic scale that hold to socialism through communism and that … Continue reading “Leftism is Drowning”

Author Archena Posted on February 28, 2023February 28, 2023Categories Current, MondayTags , , , , , , , , , ,

Isolationism is NOT in America’s Best Interest

George Washington famously advised that the US ‘avoid foreign entanglements’. In typical American fashion, we proceeded to ignore it completely and take it completely overboard as it suited us. Washington’s warnings were specific to his time and certainly an accomplished general like Washington had more than enough sense to realize the US had survived the Revolutionary War by the skin of its teeth and didn’t need to be trying that again anytime soon. We did, of course, in the War … Continue reading “Isolationism is NOT in America’s Best Interest”