Tuesday, June 23, 2026

Linky Links

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

- How to win a space war. Long but interesting read that boils down to - first have a SpaceX.

- The economic costs of the Iran war. Not sure how this changes with a potential decrease in prices at the pump.

- Many a truth is said in jest.

- We were right about the 2024 recession.

Friendly's - What Happened?

Watch as Gas Prices at the Pump Start to Drop

You know soon you'll see stickers of President Trump pointing to the prices with a bubble saying, "I did that!."

Tuesday Flotsam and Jetsam

Have a new miscellaneous thoughts and observations post up on Substack.

The Iran peace deal is back on. Iranian representatives may have originally walked out but they quickly walked back to negotiations when informed if they left they and their whole country would be bombed. The terms included the strait of Hormuz being open, the sanctions against Iran being temporarily lifted, and inspections of the atomic program agreed to which was the whole point of the war in the first place.

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Quotes for Today

Some quotes I hope may resonate with you.

Have a new Quotes for Today up on my Substack. As I've mentioned doing this as a way to thank those who have Subscribed. If you are a Subscriber - you should have received an email. Thanks.

Monday, June 22, 2026

The Best and the Brightest

"[General] Harkins began by corrupting the intelligence reports coming in. Up until 1961 they had been reasonably accurate, clear, unclouded, by bureaucratic ambition... in effect the Administration created a situation where it lied to itself...

His [Harkins] two main distinctions during his years years in service in Vietnam would be, first, that his reporting consistently misled the President of the United States, and second, that it brought him to a point of struggle with a vast number of his field officers who tried to file realistic (hence pessimistic) reports. But even here the fault was not necessarily Harkins'. In all those years he felt that he was only doing what Max Taylor wanted, and there was considerable evidence that this was true, that his optimism reflected back-channeled directives from Taylor...

General Paul Donal Harkins, fifty-seven, was a man of compelling mediocrity...

'He wasn't worth a damn, so he was removed,' [Secretary of Defense] McNamara would say of him later, 'you need intelligent people.' Of course McNamara failed to explain why Harkins had held his position for almost two and a half years."

Linky Links

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

- DataRepublican: Our assassination culture - "Traitor for Israel."  Hate has twisted many hearts.

- Jonathan Turley on things not going well for Dan Goldman.  The left eating their own - kind of amusing.

- Alan Greenspan has passed aged 100.

- The Ramp: Game 6 of the 1986 World Series. Very different emotions from the ones I have of that night.

Truth

Monday Flotsam and Jetsam

Have a new miscellaneous thoughts and observations post up on Substack.

Wait did Keir Starmer announce he was stepping down as PM before Iran pulled out of peace negotiations? Or the other way around? Perhaps the two are related? That's one way to explain things.

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Quotes for Today

Some quotes I hope may resonate with you.

Have a new Quotes for Today up on my Substack. As I've mentioned doing this as a way to thank those who have Subscribed. If you are a Subscriber - you should have received an email. Thanks.

The 80/20 Principle for Life

Sunday, June 21, 2026

Linky Links

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

- Were do we find such men?

- Admit I laughed.

- Unlocking the ocean's economy.

- If you made this self-driving you'd have the new mobile home office.

Happy Summer Solstice

Father's Day Flotsam and Jetsam

Have a new miscellaneous thoughts and observations post up on Substack.

Happy Father's Day to all the dads out there. Today I plan on having a fire in the yard and watching some golf. Taking it easy as the Lord intended.

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Quotes for Today

Some quotes I hope may resonate with you.

Have a new Quotes for Today up on my Substack. As I've mentioned doing this as a way to thank those who have Subscribed. If you are a Subscriber - you should have received an email. Thanks.

Happy Father's Day

Saturday, June 20, 2026

More Linky Links

More stuff I found interesting or amusing and thought I'd share.

- VDH: Iran War Misconception. 

- Where do we find such men?

- America's biggest industries by economic output.

- "Truly Evil" FDA rejection of gene therapy after Trump official ousted.

The Killer Angels

"'If it weren't for the slaves, there'd never have been no war, now would there?'

'No,' Chamberlain said.

'Well then, I don't care how much political fast-talking you hear, that's what it's all about and that's what them fellas died for, and I tell you, Lawrence, I don't understand it all.'

'No,' Chamberlain said. He was thinking of Kilrain: no divine spark. Animal meat: the Killer Angels."

From Michael Shaara's The Killer Angels. Not sure if they sell this book at the Gettysburg National Military Park but they should stock it in the gift shop.

Linky Links

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

- Two top senators urge Trump DOJ to prosecute Fauci despite Biden autopen pardon. Agree - Fauci should be in jail.

- Nathanael Greene was an underappreciated hero of the American Revolution.

- Jonathan Turley: Arkansas shows continued testing improvements from reforms.

- VDH on Barack Obama's consistent hectoring lecturing.

The USMNT Road to the World Cup