Gameplan

OpineAway Gameplan

A friend asked me “what would Trump do right now?”. Here’s my answer (and then some). Trump would not get into this situation. But if you asked… IThis is what I think should be done: Get the US to the highest level of oil/gas production ever. Supply oil/gas to Europe. Suffocate Iran and Russia by eliminating the … Read more

CAMPAIGN FINANCING

Campaign Financing

The problem: Money takes over democracy. In both national and local campaigns, the amounts spent on campaigns, and the influence it has on the results, are out of control. Opposite to what democracy is about, the few with billions have disproportionate influence on voting results, and the numbers are staggering. In the 2020 elections the … Read more

Energy Oversimplified

Switching to electric cars just shifts where energy is produced, and creates other issues – producing the batteries is far from being green, and recycling them later is worse, the power grid is not ready for the load etc. So here’s an option that kills CO2 birds with one stone. Well maybe a few stones, … Read more

New Pandemic – Donkey Schmucks

New Pandemic? Donkey Schmucks

Monkeypox seems to be completely under control, but…An increasing and worrisome number of cases of Donkey Schmucks has been reports in all US states. Patient Zero has been suspected to be from the D.C. area or Delaware, where also most cases were reported, with other relatively high density of cases observed in CA, NY, NJ … Read more

A quick thought re firearms

AR-15

I’m all for the second amendment. My mother is a holocaust survivor and I won’t give up my right to defend myself from anyone including the government. Yep. People felt very safe in the 30’s in Europe, and were killed shortly after by the millions. Having the ability to defend yourself is a way to … Read more

Intuit Sucks

Intuit Sucks - Jackie Chan

I’ve been using QuickBooks for over 20 years, and been using Quicken for even longer. Neither was ever cheap, and the user interface and ease of use, well, gently put, left a lot to be desired. There were also technical issues, and were not always trivial to solve or get a solution for (and I’m … Read more

Simplifying Politics

When starting to talk politics, it’s common to get long explanations and debates why one’s opinion is this or that. I’m always for simplifying things, it makes it easier to grasp. As I see it, from experience, when complicating an explanation, it’s usually to mask something, either facts or the lack of knowledge of the … Read more