The Gordian knot is a legend from antiquity used to symbolize what seems like an insoluble program. Gordias the peasant was made king of the Phrygians; his son Midas dedicated Gordias’s ox-cart to the Phrygian god Sabazios and tied it to a post with an intricate knot of cornel bark. In 333 BCE, Alexander the…
Temperament incompatible with what I do
March 17, 2016
A person who goes against the crowd should be able to cheerfully accept that most people will be hostile to that differing viewpoint. My temperament prevents me from maintaining an even keel in the face of unreasonable belligerence. It’s not a mystery why. As I child, I was always right. I could tell what was…
Explosive force can be directed and used to defeat bombs
March 7, 2016
The videos coming out of Syria show new weapons. Through battle-damage assessment (BDA), I can determine what a munition is doing. Then I go looking for patents. First I found a patent for ordnance that combines fuel-air explosive (FAE) with a warhead that creates nonnuclear electromagnetic pulses (EMPs). Now I’ve located the patent for directing…
Ground invasion of Syria: Did it begin today?
March 3, 2016
Most people love bad news. They also love to be afraid. I spent most of my life being disappointed, angry, and fearful, so I’m grateful for every scrap of improvement that I see around me. I think the Muslim Anti-Terror Coalition ground invasion of Syria began today, which is very good news. It means the…
Apocalypse? Hardly. This is called “mopping up”
March 2, 2016
Nothing annoys me more than people who are seduced by fear. As an investor, I’m personally impacted when blubbering, weak-kneed, gutless poseurs run screeching for the doors every three days. They make me sick. So do those who warn that the Apocalypse is about to start in the Middle East. I’m fifty-three; every damn day…
Life can be made far more frightening than death
February 29, 2016
Today I suddenly understood another aspect of the military genius that Saudi Deputy Crown Prince and Defense Minister Mohammed bin Salman is showing. The Arab League and its allies are fighting in Syria, using new weapons that I call EMPFAE munitions. They produce shock waves and nonnuclear electromagnetic pulses that wreck the enemy’s electronics. They…
Relax. We’ll all be quite safe here fairly soon
February 24, 2016
Relax. You’re quite safe here. You’re not dreaming. Peace is on its way. Don’t give in to paranoomerah, paranoomerah. Ignore 99 percent of what you’re being told. Trust me. Relax. We’re not arming the YPG The Kurdish Peoples’ Protection Units (YPG) and the Women’s Protection Units (YPJ) in Syria together number about 15,000. The men…