John Brooks

On this, the day before the 80th Anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor, I look at the world stage and recall recent posts where we discussed increasing stressors on world stabilization.  These were in the form of aggressive moves…

When did we devolve to media misleading and half the population believing?  When did we descend into destroying lives simply because a false narrative says we should?  When did we stop thinking and examining on our own?  I have my…

I ran across a couple comments today from relatives on social media that caught my eye.  They caught my eye because they appeared to be caught up in rhetoric that feeds emotions … which is fine if: (1) the rhetoric…

Thought for the day:  A breath of fresh air, and redefining “Crazy” James Carville made a great comment yesterday (you know:  Famous and partially-retired Democrat strategist):  Democrats lost big on Tuesday because of “Stupid Wokeness and Defunding the Police”.  Duh.…

When I look back on the calendar, it was March of 2020 when Covid really started impacting us around the world.  That drove us into a global recession, but if anything, prices either held or fell for most goods and…

 Here’s a controversial thought to begin with:  What is Fascism?  It seems Trump and his followers were accused of it daily.  It became a buzz word, and the foundation behind Antifa (which was supposed to be against Fascism, but their…

Where to start…  Let’s start here:  After years of accumulating evidence that Huawei (Chinese Telecom giant that is accused of multiple incidences of IP theft, espionage, and other illegal activities) is a very bad player, the Justice Department filed charges…

In the haste to load up supposed refugees from Afghanistan, we ended up flying out over 130,000 people, of which less than 4% (approx. 5,000) were SIV (Special Immigrant Visa) applicants or holders.  No vetting.  No general safeguards in place. …

As many of you know, I have traveled a lot.  Some would argue “way too much”.  But it’s not always by air.  In fact, I’ve traveled all over the country many times (I enjoy road trippin’), and this summer included…

And we wonder why most of us don’t trust the mainstream media?  Journalism 101:  Verify your sources.  I don’t even have a Journalism degree but know that simple rule.  But no – an irresponsible news channel in Oklahoma ran with…