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Sean Bell with Sky News is one of my favorite commentators. Generals Keane and Patraeus are excellent also. Then there is the former ambassador from Bozeman (McFaul). The absolute best, right down to his wardrobe and wristwatch, is William Burns. These people

It sounds callous, but I am going to write about the personalities. Jens Stoltenberg is in the center. President Biden, Johnson, Erdogen. Macron is kind of a hanger-on. Trudeau on the left, Fiala, Czech Republic. Orban, Hungary, is in the orange tie

http://mgoblogging.blogspot.com/2022/02/ukraine.html The first week was kind of cool–all this all this teaming-up of the mostly Western allies, the huge payments, the generous humanitarian efforts, and even the protests. This is what I still check as a measure of the defense. The news

There may be a verdict in my mailbox, but… It has been four months since I have shopped at Walmart and I have no break-up or withdrawal pains. Amazon has replaced the main online shopping experience, Safeway takes care of groceries and

If you want to be good at it you have to want to do it. It is not the same as enjoying doing something. It could be work. It must be worthwhile. And it is always something that just needs to be

Scott is the rush hour until closing manager at the local Safeway. He is now probably around fifty but he has been at it for at least twenty years. Outwardly, from what I see in the store, he is the definition of

Frente!? I am just about to settle on that. Bizarre Love Triangle is my current favorite song and the Bernard Sumner acoustic version may turn-out to be the winner, but it–or rather he–has flaws. It all leads to and from Joy Division.

https://www.cnbc.com/2021/07/02/jeff-bezos-says-this-is-how-you-earn-trust-and-build-reputation-it-really-is-that-simple.html https://www.cnbc.com/2021/07/16/warren-buffett-best-protection-against-inflation.html

65 DNL is the administrative construct the FAA uses as a general indicator of excessive noise. More specifically: “The FAA uses the DNL metric and the 65dB noise threshold to make policy assessments.” (https://www.faa.gov/regulations_policies/policy_guidance/noise/history/) These things are incredibly complicated at first glance.

I would rather go by what they say instead of what they look like. What they said was “send me that book” meaning I can’t find it myself and I won’t read it anyway. “I had the air conditioning fixed.” “I do