Clown and Biden Debate 2020

Watched the debate more or less. At this stage, it is not about ideas which these types of debates were never about. It is not even about routine policy differences between Democrats and Republicans. We are at the stage of the war of memes. Biden needs to arm himself. One thing is he should not debate him face to face, you cannot debate a clown. That is what Trump essentially is and how he has conducted his life. I believe Biden needs to adopt these principles.

Barrett as the Supreme Court Nominee

 My niece thinks she has me figured out. She says "Daee" (that is mother side uncle in Farsi) is contrarian. He likes to oppose anything anybody says. So here are my contrarian views in a nutshell.

Musings of an Ex-Socialist

My first video for the Youtube channel is out. It is in Farsi, a discussion about the coming U.S. election and Iran. My friend Hadi Mahmoudi, is my partner in this discussion. When I was naming this channel, I opted for "Musings of an Ex-Socialist/Communist" but YouTube would not let me. I am assuming it has to do with the name Communist. I do not know why but when I dropped the word Communist from the title it passed the digital censor. Therefore the name of the channel ended to be "Musings of an Ex-Socialist". Click on the previous link to watch the discussion in my mother tongue, Farsi.

How this channel will develop, I am not sure. If you would like to participate in the discussions please let me know. The video posts will be some in Farsi and some in English.

Nayer Joon

This news clipping from 1968 Turlock Journal (click on the previous link) gives you a brief taste of our life when my mother, Nayereh Azam Mahjoubi, arrived in the U.S. back in 1968.

Is There an Iran Strategy?

In my last few posts, I tried to decipher and guess the existence of a strategy from President Trump's actions and statements. It seems that my guess was not invalid. The commentary by Richard Goldberg, in New York Times, outlines that policy and its working strategy. What is interesting are the reader comments to the Goldberg's statement in the opinion pages of NYT. Most of these comments particularly the ones favored by NYT want to deny the existence of such a strategy. These comments seem to be coming mostly from the democratic corner. They strike me as democrats are in denial of the facts and this could be to their detriment in the coming presidential election. Recently I have noticed an increasing number of republicans, who had withdrawn their support from Trump since the 2016 election, coming back into his corner. Republicans are consolidating while the discord among the democrats is increasing. Can the democrats meet this challenge? With the rise in the popularity of Bernie Sanders democrats seem to be oblivious to this challenge, particularly the need for adoption of a clear foreign policy agenda.

The link to Goldberg's opinion "Trump Has an Iran Strategy. This Is It."

Invading Mexico!

Listen to this video discussion (link in the bottom of this post). Ed Calderon is a guest at Joe Rogan YouTube channel. Ed knows quite a bit about the border problems and the dynamics between the U.S. and Mexico. It is an extremely interesting discussion. I recommend you to watch it. The video is a movie length but it is better and more engaging than any movie that you can watch on Netflix.

In there you will get a glimpse of where Trump got the notion of sending troops to Mexico. In my last post I pointed to the new direction that his foreign policy is taking which is a big change both for the U.S. and the world. This is a positive for his administration but this does not change the fact that we have "kid" president, who cannot contain himself. I yet think he needs to be changed at the next election if the democrats can get their political act together and meet his challenge. I am not hopeful. It seems that democrats are on track to present to us a crazy left version of Trump. I will talk about this issue hopefully next.

Link to the video

Game Changer

President Trump delivered his message this morning and it was precise and clear. Either you have already seen it or you can watch the video. This is my understanding of his message and some events surrounding it. It is a confirmation of my previous couple of posts. It only expands the narrative.

The U.S. & Iran Conflict

The U.S.-Iran Conflict was escalated today, by Iran sending some missiles into a few U.S. and allied bases in Iraq. It seems that President Trump is going to address the nation tonight. From his policy direction so far I am assuming that he will clarify his position further tonight. I will hold all my comments until I hear him.

Are Tensions Rising between the U.S. and Iran?

I am already seeing ridiculous signs of "hands off Iran!" and "No war with Iran" are going up all over the place by the leftists or like minded people. Maybe you could think of it this way: