The Answer My Friend

This morning’s New York Times included a guest essay by retired marine general and former commander of the U.S. Central Command Kenneth F. McKenzie, Jr. In “Iran Got Trump All Wrong,” McKenzie lauds Donald Trump’s use of U.S. military power as an effective tool for tempering the influence and geopolitical agenda of the Iranian Islamic … Read more

Other People’s Lives

I want you to look at him in all of his glory: “Larry the Liquidator.” The entrepreneur of post-industrial America, playing God with other people’s money. The robber barons of old at least left something tangible in their wake- a coal mine, a railroad, banks. This man leaves nothing. He creates nothing. He builds nothing. … Read more

Six Degrees of Separation

Since the last DOJ release of materials under the Epstein Files Transparency Act, many celebrities has been engaged in a newly popular parlor game that could only be called, “Six Degrees of Separation from Jeffrey Epstein.” Largely due to the number of irrelevant newspaper and magazine articles included in the January 30 dump, individuals who … Read more

F*** the Epstein Files

Let’s go to the video tape! ~Warner Wolf/Sportscaster Two days ago, the Santa Fe New Mexican reported that the state’s attorney general was reopening an investigation into potential sex trafficking and other illegal activity at Zorro Ranch, the 7,560 acre property Jeffrey Epstein purchased in 1993 from then New Mexico governor Bruce King. This latest … Read more

Target Malpractice

I seldom create the title for a Deprogramming101 article until the content comes together. Then, I choose a header that is somehow connected to the conclusion or last sentence. Today is an exception. “Target Malpractice” could be applied to any number of current events. Immigration enforcement that promised to focus on violent criminals. Department of … Read more