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Tag Archives: Ukraine
Burn It All Down!
Alan Zendell, June 3, 2023 The fake soap opera over the debt ceiling is finally over. It might be wishful thinking, but the resounding final vote in the House of Representatives that passed the bill formed from the bipartisan compromise … Continue reading
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Tagged china, Chip Roy, debt ceiling, Donald Trump, extremists, Fascism, Hugh Howey, Marjorie Taylor Greene, Matt Gaetz, Paul Gosar, Ron deSantis, russia, Silo, Ukraine
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Far Right Overreach
Alan Zendell, April 27, 2023 Whenever right-wing extremists gain a foothold of power in the United States they overreach, and it always backfires. But as investment managers like to remind us, past trends are not guaranteed to continue in the … Continue reading
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Tagged billionaires, debt ceiling, default, depression, E. Jean Carroll, economic disaster, extremists, kevin mccarthy, lost wealth, Matt Gaetz, Ukraine
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Two Small Steps in the Right Direction
Alan Zendell, March 31, 2023 During a week in which I focused on getting home from a winter in Florida, I still checked the news (as opposed to rabid political rhetoric) every day. It made me feel like the fabric … Continue reading
Financial Instability
Alan Zendell, March 13, 2023 The collapse of Silicon Valley Bank and its subsequent shutdown by California regulators and the FDIC brought back nightmarish memories of the financial crisis of 2008. That one happened so fast, we didn’t have much … Continue reading
A Matter of Perspective
Alan Zendell, March 5, 2023, I just had a milestone birthday, the kind that makes you step back and think. My family made it really special for me – one son bought me a ride next to a NASCAR driver … Continue reading
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Tagged authoritarianism, democracy, fascists, Franklin Roosevelt, insurrection, Nazis, Pearl Harbor, russia, Ukraine, Winston Churchhill
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Politics or Treason?
Alan Zendell, February 23, 2023 In the past week, several events in the global struggle to defend democracy and freedom occurred virtually simultaneously. In no particular order, they are: My chief takeaway is that the actions of the radical right-wing … Continue reading
Global Priorities
Alan Zendell, February 6, 2023 If you read my recent post, Connectedness, you’ll recall that I ended it by suggesting that we, as Americans and citizens of Earth may have our priorities upside down. Most of our stress during the … Continue reading
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Tagged Afghanistan, asteroids, climate change, corrupt politicians, earthquakes, gun violence, ice age, Iraq, Nature, nine eleven, sea level, Ukraine
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Doomsday
Alan Zendell, January 24, 2023 Several scientists who worked on the Manhattan Project during World War 2 established the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists and its iconic Doomsday Clock after atomic bombs destroyed Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan. Midnight on the Doomsday … Continue reading
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Tagged bulletin of atomic scientists, china, climate change, democracy, Doomsday Clock, hiroshima, iran, MAGA, manhattan project, nagasaki, North Korea, pandemics, Putin, Ukraine
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Happy New Year, 2023??
Alan Zendell, January 1, 2023 After we experienced a whole winter’s worth of weather in December, after Ukraine, with massive assistance from NATO, held off an invasion by what everyone thought was a hugely superior Russian military, and after two … Continue reading
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Tagged Adam Kinzinger, Donald Trump, insurrection, Joe Biden, kevin mccarthy, Mitch McConnell, nuclear weapons, russia, Ukraine, weather, winter
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