The problem with technology visas is first of all countries don’t need this to record entries and exits. It’s the principle of the thing. If tourists were regularly traveling visa free to the US and committing terrorist attacks I would support ESTA. The problem is that has never been a thing. None of the 9/11 …
Yearly Archives: 2024
The proper way to respond to terrorism
Today is the 23rd anniversary of the terrorist attack on the United States in Alexandria, Virginia, and New York City. I will keep it simple: we did not respond to the attacks appropriately. The main thing we did right was remove the Taliban from power in Afghanistan following their attack on our country. But what …
Putin controls Germany
https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/germany-put-temporary-controls-all-land-borders-source-says-2024-09-09/ Germany is tightening border controls in response to the Alternativ fur Deutschland “winning” state-level elections in Germany. At least, this is the narrative. Alternativ fur Deutschland won only 30% of the vote in Sachsen and 32% of the vote in Thuringen. They won fewer votes than CDU in Sachsen but got the most votes …
Quick fixes
We live in a world where we can get information on so many different topics at the click of a button through search engines. Wikipedia is the largest collaborative project in the history of humanity. Scholarly articles are available to anyone with an internet connection. You can have food delivered to your house without picking …
Two countries, one island
It starts with Spanish and French colonialism. Haiti The Duvalier dynasty which ruined the country. He had a poor relationship with the US. The US was sending millions of dollars of aid to Haiti (in 1950s dollars) at the time, Duvalier stole it, so we stopped sending aid which was just making life worse for …
Why Presidents get over or under rated
Overall, I think Biden will be remembered as being on par with Jimmy Carter. He’s had a good domestic policy, and if that were all we were ranking on, he would easily be in the top 10, but his foreign policy has been a continuation of Trump’s failed policies. I generally agree with most of …
Potential invasions
The War in Ukraine shocked people who have not been observing Russia for quite some time and showed how misguided the foreign policy of the United States has been for at least a decade. It pains me to say so, but Mitt Romney was right in 2012 when he said Russia is our main adversary. …
Abundance of caution
There is a disturbing trend in many circles over the last ten years to not trust the police due to lynching of Black people, primarily but not exclusively men. It is right to be disturbed by this. Police who shoot unarmed civilians should be tried for murder. They then take things to an extreme and …
It’s a Palm World After All
It’s a fluke of history that Apple turned into the world’s most profitable company. It didn’t have to be this way. PDAs have been around since the 1980s, but they were clunky and had small screens until the Apple Newton in 1993. The Apple Newton lasted until 1998 and was replaced with the far inferior …
The reality of Chinese invasions post-Ukraine war
The U.S. will very likely fight a 3-front war against Russia, China and Iran, Palantir’s Alex Karp says https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/the-us-will-very-likely-fight-a-3-front-war-against-russia-china-and-iran-palantir-s-alex-karp-says/ar-AA1oYglr Perhaps… but China is watching what is happening to Russia’s economy under sanctions, and China is far more trade-dependent than Russia. An invasion of Taiwan would be the end of the Communist Party. The invasion of …
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