Hendrix's Eccentric Commentary

Eccentric and Idiosyncratic Commentary on Current and Military Affairs

Category: Politics

  • Tariff Addendum

    4/3/2025 Donald Trump has published an addendum to the tariffs that were announced yesterday: cancel the scraps for the beggars and orphans, no more merciful beheadings, and call off Christmas.


  • Thought for the Day:  Elon Musk and DOGE

    3/21/2025 Elon Musk and DOGE are doing one great thing:  They are demonstrating the truth of the old saying that for every complex problem there is a simple solution:  one…


  • Unpleasant Thought of the Day:  Maybe it is time for liberals to start buying guns.

    The MAGA movement has developed a violent edge and armed confrontations no longer seem impossible.  Liberals need to consider the possibility of both general violence and personal threats and frankly…


  • Random Thought of the Day:

    3/7/2025 I wonder where the Ukrainians will test the secret nuclear device (if they don’t already have a program going they should start immediately) that they will want the world…


  • Question of the Day

    3/6/2025 Do the recent actions of the Trump administration, particularly those of the so-called Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) more closely resemble: a)  An attempt to better serve the public,…


  • If Trump was President in 1940

    2/28/2025 If Trump had been president in 1940: “Winston, Germany didn’t invade Poland, you did. We’ve spent too much money, and you haven’t said thank you enough. Hitler is offering…


  • European Self-Defense

    2//24/2025 Donald Trump and MAGAworld have been screaming their heads off that Europe and NATO are dependent on the Unites States for their defense, and have not been spending enough…


  • I am the State

    2/24/2025 Donald Trump has already quoted Napoleon, declaring that “He who saves his Country does not violate any Law.” Up next? Perhaps Louis XIV “L’etat c’est moi?”


  • Crisis or Coup

    2/21/2025 Purge among the Joint Chiefs of Staff and other senior military leadership. When do we stop talking about being on the verge of a constitutional crisis and admit we…


  • 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…


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