Category Archives: Coffee Break

Sudan War: Gold, a Key Port, and Two Armies With No Legitimate Claim

Sudan is being ripped apart by a conflict fueled by gold, international interest in a port on the Red Sea and two factions with no legitimacy.

Coffee Break: ICE Barbie on the Bleeding Edge of Trump Era Conflict & Corruption

ICE Barbie Kristi Noem, Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, is on the front lines of Trump 2.0 era conflict and corruption alongside Palantir co-founder Joe Lonsdale.

Coffee Break: Armed Madhouse – Gunboat Stupidity

For over a century, U.S. warships projected power through the simple act of showing up offshore. That age is ending. The Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) program, conceived as the modern tool of gunboat diplomacy, has collapsed under the weight of strategic obsolescence. This article examines the LCS program’s structural failures, the rise of anti-access/area denial technologies, and recent real-world challenges in Venezuela and Yemen that reveal why coercive naval presence no longer works.

Coffee Break: Follow the Money Under Trump’s East Wing Ballroom and Behind Dem Progressive Campaigns

Let’s follow the money to The White House east wing ballroom and the hidden Dr. Strangelove bunker below. We’ll also follow the money into Dem progressive politicial campaigns like Sanders’, Mamdani’s, Platner’s, Porter’s, and Fetterman’s.

Reward and Retribution Is the New U.S. Policy for Latin America

Reward and retribution is the U.S. foreign policy in Latin America. Dollars for allies (Argentina) and bombs for challengers (Venezuela)

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.