Category Archives: Coffee Break

Coffee Break: Gerontocrats Bad Jacket Tactics Not Working in U.S. Senate Primary?

The gerontocrats led by Chuck Schumer, are trying to crush the “viral fantasy” of progressive Maine U.S. Senate candidate Graham Platner.

Coffee Break: Armed Madhouse – Wonder Weapons

Every era promises a single decisive weapon. From Greek fire and the V-1 to nuclear arms, stealth, and hypersonics, new systems arrive with grand claims, then meet rapid countermeasures. This essay explains the cycle and shows how the Ukraine war fits a long record of belief, propaganda, and adaptation.

Coffee Break: Pyrrhic Victory Drives Dystopian High Tech Drive for Control

After claiming a pyrrhic victory in Gaza, Israel and its allies in Silicon Valley make a dystopian grab for control.

Coffee Break: Politics and Science and Politics, a Coral Catastrophe, Mamdani, and the New ICE Age

Part the First: Politics and Science. It will be s surprise to no one that autism is somewhere nearby: Inside FDA, career staffers describe how political pressure is influencing their work. The inquiry came in August and struck scientists at the Food and Drug Administration as highly unusual. The leader of the center that regulates […]

Afghanistan–Pakistan Clashes in Middle East Context

Nothing exists in a vacuum. This is especially true when trying to understand the Middle East. There is no event that happens in this region that isn’t related to its overall direction. The recent clashes between Afghanistan and Pakistan should be read in that light. When asked to explain what is happening between these two […]

Coffee Break: Armed Madhouse – Rare Earth Elements

The U.S. military relies on rare earth elements across missiles, radars, jet engines, submarine propulsion, and advanced magnets, yet the supply chain is fragile and concentrated abroad. This article explains why REEs matter, their role in a trade war with China, and the cost of substituting domestic production or rare earths and other strategic materials.

Coffee Break: Bad Jacketing Katie Porter

Last week, California gubernatorial candidate Katie Porter got the bad jacketing treatment after a snippy interview with CBS.

Europe Is Not a State; That Is Why It Is at War With Russia

The euro’s problem is that the European Union is not a state — and war is the fastest way to become one.

Coffee Break: Ken Paxton Takes His Anti-Antifa Fight Undercover

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has announced “undercover operations to infiltrate and uproot leftist terror cells in Texas.”

Coffee Break: Armed Madhouse – Drone Evolution

Drone warfare in Ukraine now evolves at startup speed. Field hacks turned into industrial lines, FPVs pierce armor, and long-range systems impose steep defensive costs. A compressed feedback loop, from Internet to battlefield, rewards rapid adaptation over pedigree. Airpower is no longer confined to manned jets and billion-dollar missile programs, it is distributed, expendable, and persistent.

Coffee Break: Bari Weiss, CBS News, Meet the New Boss, Same as the Same Old

David Ellison is installing Bari Weiss as the new EIC of CBS News, paying $150 million for her publication The Free Press. She will likely handle hasbara for the network.

With Venezuela and Iran, Is the U.S. Trying to Revive the Petrodollar?

Control over Venezuela and Iran’s oil can revive the petrodollar. The U.S. pushes regime change to dictate oil currency and maintain hegemony.

Coffee Break: Armed Madhouse – Stopping START

For the first time in over half a century, the United States and Russia operate without a single binding limit on their nuclear arsenals. As New START approaches expiration in 2026, the collapse of strategic arms control threatens a new arms race, erodes global trust, and invites a perilous era of nuclear instability.