Arrogance really comes from insecurity, and in the end our feeling that we are bigger than others is really the flip side of our feeling that we are smaller than others. Desmond Tutu While some of James Bond’s movie scenarios involved undercover spying with foreign governments, several involved spying on rouge, power-seeking entrepreneurs. One of…
Category: Kleptocracy
When countries are controlled by criminal enterprises
Free Speech or the Big Con?
Ostensively, Elon Musk purchased Twitter because he thought it was silencing the voices of his right-wing causes. Elon said he believed in “radical free speech,” meaning no voice should be silenced. He noted that Twitter management and the Deep State were violating the sacred American tenet of free speech. He apparently had already sided with…
Proof of Desperation
On March 18, 2025, President Trump made the White House an automobile showroom for Elon Musk’s Tesla EVs after Tesla lost more than 40% of its market value. When was the last time a President of the United States made an endorsement and became a spokesman for a commercial product? I cannot think of a…
Who is Ross Ulbricht?
I remember when conservatives were against criminal drug operations and stood for law and order. However, it appears that conservatives have wittingly or unwittingly rewired their brains to embrace a lawless leader in exchange for what? I would like to understand the morality of their new allegiance to criminality. Democrats and Independent politicians have committed…