I’ll try to write slowly so everyone can follow along, particularly those who can’t seem to distinguish between peaceful protests by concerned citizens and destructive riots by professional agitators. And by “everyone,” I mean virtue signaling wimps who happen to run many of America’s biggest cities, and the mainstream media[…] Read On
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Political Power Grab, In the Name of Science
Newport Beach mayor Will O’Neill is livid. On Friday, Governor Gavin Newsom shut down 43 miles of Orange County beaches, in spite of just 50 Coronavirus deaths in a county of more than 3 million people. “This has nothing to do with data, and it has everything to do with politics,” said[…] Read On
The World Is Not Black and White
Michael Avenatti. Elizabeth Holmes. Bernie Madoff. Jeff Skilling. Bernie Ebbers. John Rigas. Dennis Kozlowski. Walter Forbes. Joseph Nacchio. Raj Rajaratnam. What do all these names have in common? With the exception of Holmes (criminal trial this summer) they’ve all been convicted of high-dollar (9 or 10 figure) financial crimes including[…] Read On
Spooksville USA: Is Safety Worth the Price of Surveillance?
A good chunk of my property is landscaped with Ceanothus – a creeping shrub with pretty blue flowers that grows about 3-feet high. Unlike typical shrubs, our species of Ceanothus spreads aggressively across the landscape, creating a large and relatively dense canopy for a hidden world of creatures living beneath[…] Read On
Carlos Ghosn’s Great Escape
Face it, there’s no escaping the realization that you were completely full of shit when you said, “I’m ready to get back to work.” Maybe you were ready to get back home or to have the house back to yourself. That I believe. But back to work? I don’t think[…] Read On
Network TV Is Getting Old … and Boring
Here’s a Jeopardy quiz for you: A: Politics, law and order, and medicine Q: What are three things you never want to have to deal with And yet, if you randomly tune in to a primetime network TV program, it’ll likely be about one of those three topics: political news/commentary[…] Read On
Lori Loughlin’s 10-Year Big House Gamble, Softbank’s $20B WeWork Bet and Other Risky Business
“Sometimes you gotta say ‘What the f***.’” – Miles, Risky Business I’ve made some risky bets in my time, but risking $20 billion and 10 years in prison are just a little bit outside my comfort zone. The feds have slapped new bribery charges on top of several existing conspiracy[…] Read On