@capemaydave.bsky.social
Born in the 60s. Physics/Philosophy major. Retired Wall St. derivatives trader. A guy who believes the US experiment in self-government is a less than 50/50 proposition going forward, but will die on that hill. #231273
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04.03.2026 21:17 — 👍 6 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
#EconSky
Bing 👇
Trump said Gaza could be the “Riviera of the Middle East.” Well, I don’t share his vision in that regard. I believe that Gaza should be led by Gazans, and they should rebuild based on what they want without corruption and terrorism. The same with Yemen, the same with Syria, the same with Iraq. All of a sudden, you can imagine a Middle East where you land in Dubai, and you make your way to Beirut, down to Tel Aviv, to Gaza City, to Cairo. It’s like the domino theory, but in reverse. Yeah, yeah. Exactly.
That was hysterical.
04.03.2026 20:28 — 👍 8 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 1
I spent a good portion of the 90s as an expat in various countries and a message like this would have terrified and angered me.
I was in Jakarta during the uprising that took out Suharto and our Embassy there was far better prepared for that than our current State Dept. is for this war of choice.
It takes somebody who has no idea how to run a state to think this idea of "pick a leadership group out of a hat" plan will ever work.
03.03.2026 17:19 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Very pleased but not surprised to see Ukraine on the forefront on drone tech.
Neccessity being the mother of invention.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
They change the facts on the ground at everywhere they are aimed.
Drone Warfare is next gen.
But I get your point.
Anyone who's watched the effect drones have had during Russia's invasion of Ukraine should have understood the economics of drone warfare.
They are cheap to make but very expensive to shoot down.
This is madness.
So much of what comes from the WH will come to be seen as propaganda for some insider dealing.
Even the military actions.
Hang in there.
02.03.2026 17:16 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0ouch... no fusion, right?
02.03.2026 16:29 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0Bummer, what kind?
02.03.2026 15:37 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0cosigned by Sen. Collins of Maine
02.03.2026 15:34 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Total speculation here (fair warning): For the most part Iranian leadership up to the recent decapitation was measured. There were warnings given to US bases, etc.
That so may leaders were above ground to be hit is very fishy.
Surely clears the way for a more robust Iranian response though.
Accept the grandiose vision of myself I project or die like dogs.
01.03.2026 16:57 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Instead they will all be handsomely rewarded with jobs at the various Ellison media empire outlets.
28.02.2026 17:40 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Ha. The dwarf lords chanting in fortran and cobol.
Written in runes.
A friend of mine is one of those few who know not just the old languages but the methods that predated object oriented code.
He keeps trying to retire they keep raising his hourly.
very cool
27.02.2026 21:51 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
When her Fox gig pans out, Maria will always have a place at RT.
youtu.be/ujQp192AueM?...
Optimist.
27.02.2026 20:11 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
American oligarchy may not be a sustainable political equilibrium.
27.02.2026 20:05 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
#EconSky
I wonder if the Egyptian Priesthood ever got greedy and kept the Nilometer's secrets to only a few, to boost their income?
www.atlasobscura.com/places/nilom...
#ElonMusk #JeffBezos and the various super rich geniuses with their #AI and their super computers seem to find space travel so much trickier than a bunch of engineers making the equivalent of low 6 figures today.
Maybe doing your own math is a good thing?
www.npr.org/sections/ed/...
and so many very rich people willing to pay them to do so
27.02.2026 14:56 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
