When I hear talk of "The Promised Land" I start to think to myself, "Sez who?" To whom, exactly, is anything being promised, and by whom? Religious mumbo-jumbo begins to enter the picture, you've probably heard of some old promises but there have been some new ones, too. I think the Mormons consider Utah their promised land, but they call it Deseret. I could be wrong. And why is it that the historic Promised Lands are in desert regions and not areas more amenable to agriculture and trade?
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The new year is starting off with a bang, isn't it? The last thing that I expected was a movement in Iran to throw out their current leadership, with tweets of support from Trump. One thing that hasn't gotten much airtime is that right around the time the decision was made to kill that general there was a report about a loan to Trump before his election. The only bank that would loan him money, to the tune of a billion bucks, was Deutsche Bank and some folks didn't know why they would take such a risk, given Trump's banking record. It turns out that the bank took no risk at all; the loan was backed up by a Russian Bank. But since up is down, this story will probably go away.
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Can the US still be considered the good guys in light of The Washington Post's story on The Afghanistan Papers? Ignorance and deceit are not good foundations for a foreign policy that spans three presidencies. And the other day there was a gleeful tweet that the Saudis paid the US a billion bucks for some kind of military protection. The US has been "guns for hire" for a long time but now it's official. No wonder the economy is humming.
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Forget Biden as a candidate; his son's past behavior will drag him down, and out. The billionaires are spending money like drunken sailors and will be poorer for the experience. There's a debate coming up soon so maybe somebody will break from the pack. Who knows?
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