National Insecurity, the Financial Kind

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LinkedIn on Wednesday, May 27, 2026

Those of us who follow the news are well aware that President Trump has made us less safe. He’s done so primarily by gross mis-deployment of our military assets, unnecessary depletion of ordinance and by trashing relationships with our allies, by virtue of his generally incompetent leadership and by lying so frequently that, for all practical purposes, you can’t believe anything he says. To our friends and enemies alike around the world, the United States is no longer invincible.

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The nuclear weapons solution for the Middle East that makes perfectly good sense, but that no government, other than maybe Iran, will find acceptable.

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LinkedIn on Wednesday, March 25, 2026

Israel is the only country in the Middle East that has, but denies having, nuclear weapons.  Ninety such weapons is the current estimate that it can deliver via planes and missiles.

The problem is that Israel doesn’t trust Iran nor does the government of Iran trust Israel.

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He’s committing treason, at our expense.

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LinkedIn on May 21, 2026

His “1776” ($1.776 billion) revolutionary slush fund isn’t for compensating those militant followers who stormed the Capitol to overturn the results of a legitimate election – and were, so he aserts, subsequently mistreated by the Biden Department of Justice.  No.

What he’s doing is funding their movement, the sloppy militia which will, he hopes, attack again at his pleasure, to do his bidding – only to be better at it this time by virtue of the payouts he, his lacky, Acting Attorney General Blanche and his panel will approve.

He is aiding and abetting the enemies of our democracy, in plain view and using our money to pay for it. Heaven forbid he should use his own money and get caught doing it without the cover of Presidential immunity.

-Les

Picking For Whom I’ll Vote to Be President

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LinkedIn on Monday, May 19, 2026

I have a new rule that determines for whom I would be willing to vote to be President of the United States.  To qualify for my vote, the candidate – male or female, it doesn’t matter, but let’s assume it’s a male for the sake of discussion – would have to be someone whom I would be want to date my daughter.

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Grand Theft Government.  When and how does it end?

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LinkedIn on Tuesday, May 19, 2026

I’m sure you’ve noticed.  We have a President of the United States who is desperately trying to sustain his delusion of invincibility.  He is dangerous and recklessly hurtful.  Clinically, he’s a sociopath suffering from malignant narcissism.  In simple, layman’s terms, he is as dumb as he is nuts.  Complicating matters, he is a person in the process of being overwhelmed by the inevitability of aging and by adverse, anxiety-ridden situations he has caused, but cannot control.  He needs help, professional help, but is instead surrounded by enablers fearful of his rath and/or who are taking advantage of him and his authority.  For now, he’s stealing and leaving his mark as much and as often as possible while he can.

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Congress.  It’s a club to which no minority – political, racial or otherwise – has an absolute right to proportionate membership.

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LinkedIn on Monday, May 11, 2026

Full disclosure, I’m a registered Democrat, the son of Eisenhower/McCain Republicans, who is socially liberal, but fiscally conservative.  Culturally, given the religion into which I was born, I am a member of a small, but historically prominent minority that is over-represented in Congress by a multiple of three.  As for that over-representation, gerrymandering has had nothing to do with it.

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Bankrupting America.  Slush funding for who knows what.

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LinkedIn on Thursday, May 7, 2026

After repeatedly telling us that his glorious ballroom would be funded by private money – without disclosing the sources of those funds – President Trump is now asking Congress for one billion dollars to pay for it.  Not incidentally, one billion is five times the two hundred million he originally told us the ballroom would cost.

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Free speech doesn’t need to be polite.

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LinkedIn on Monday, May 4, 2026

Image is from “Real Time” marketing material.

On last Friday’s episode of “Real Time,” host Bill Maher complained that anti-Trump rhetoric was contributing to the political violence of our time – that the problem is not just the mean-speak of President Trump himself and his followers.  Bill’s point was that Trump’s opponents should carefully consider the language they use to express dissatisfaction with the President’s leadership.

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Iran’s offer to open the Strait of Hormuz, but table the nuclear weapons issues, makes good sense.

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LinkedIn on Monday, April 27, 2026

We should take it provided that they agree to begin discussions of nuclear weapons development soon, let’s say within 90 days.  That those discussions include Israel, which already has nuclear weapons, and other Middle East nations.  And that those talks encompass Iran’s (and Lebanon’s) continuing tolerance and support for terrorism.

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The Massive Redistribution of Illegal Tariffs Money

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LinkedIn on Friday, April 24, 2026

As you know, the Trump administration is required to refund the more than $166 billion in tariff revenues it collected, but which the Supreme Court has ruled to be illegal.  That’s a rough average of $500 per person.  Keep that number in mind.  If you’re a family of four, your household’s share would be $2000.

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Flaw in the System

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LinkedIn on Tuesday, April 22, 2026

As an alternative to Congressman Raskin’s efforts to affect the removal of President Trump via the 25th Amendment by proving the President is nuts – and various criticisms of that initiative – let me offer a much simpler, more likely to succeed proposal.  Let’s just have Congress revoke the President’s Top Secret/SCI/SAP security clearance.  SCI stands for “Sensitive Compartmented Information.”  SAP refers to “Special Access Programs.”

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