Hendrix's Eccentric Commentary

Eccentric and Idiosyncratic Commentary on Current and Military Affairs

Category: Current Affairs

  • A True Story

    2/20/2025 I have been seeing a nephrologist who is attempting to treat my hypertension and kidney disease.  As part of the attempt to control my blood pressure the doctor prescribed…


  • Telemarketers in Hell

    2/18/2025 Dante need to be reincarnated so that he can devise another circle of Hell specifically for telemarketers.


  • The 100 Days

    2/17/2025 I am awestruck:  I thought it would take Trump a couple of years to destroy the United States, but Trump has already made an impressive start in his first…


  • Peace in our Time

    2/13/2025 Apparently Donald Trump, President of the United States and Vladimir Putin, President of Russia are to meet and end the war in Ukraine. Ukraine is not invited.  I would…


  • Evaluating Trump and Musk

    2/12/2025 There is an old story, well known and beloved by most in the military and by military historians, and almost certainly legendary, that goes like this: Supposedly, the old…


  • Constitutional Moment

    2//9/2025 Big Thought of the Moment: We are not, as Senator Andy Kim, Democrat of New Jersey, has suggest, “on the cusp of a Constitutional crisis.” It is rather that…


  • High Holy Day

    2/9/2025 Today is the High Holy Day of my people. I am prepared to fulfill my obligations so as to merit the blessings of the Heavens. I have procured the…


  • Musk’s Role

    2/7/2025 There has been a lot of confusion over how to describe the role of Elon Musk in the Donald Trump presidency.  Some, pointing up the power the Musk wields…


  • My Measured Response to Trump’s Recent Actions:

    What the  Fuck! Are you out of your mind? That’s batshit crazy! No! Not just no but hell no! What you are suggesting and doing is either illegal or a…


  • Rant of the Day

    2/5/2025 Rant of the Day (A Reprise):  We can put a man on the moon;  we can build cars that drive themselves;  we can put artificial intelligence in computers;  so…


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