My personal opinions about things transpiring in the world
23 May 2026 3 minute read 2 comments Cje95
Over the weekend, USA Today published an article that highlighted Edwin Diaz's ties to cockfighting in PR. Previously, cockfighting, while illegal, had a legal loophole for PR that allowed people who were caught doing it to not be punished. That loop...
6 Mar 2026 4 minute read 3 comments Cje95
I have become more and more leery of "leaked" internal letters or memos from companies and the government given how they have tended to play out in the public. However, I do not think that is the case when it come to this letter given how pointed and...
11 Feb 2026 5 minute read 3 comments Cje95
Over the last few weeks/months I have seen so many articles, analysis, and claims on how China has the US pinned down and how the trade war is over with the US taking a beating. Most of the arguments for this fall under the idea that the rare earths...
29 Jan 2026 3 minute read 1 comment Cje95
Just last week if you had asked anyone if there was going to be a government shutdown the answer from both sides was a clear no. Yes there were Democratic Senators who were going to vote against it but breaking the 60 vote threshold was practically a...
13 Jan 2026 5 minute read 5 comments Cje95
Since the start of the 21st century protests in Iran have become increasingly common. However, it has only been in the last 5 years that these protests have really ratchetted up to another level. The 2021-2022 protests centered around a vital thing f...
27 Nov 2025 3 minute read 3 comments Cje95
Today to put it plainly was a tough day. When the attack first started making it the rounds and when I first saw the videos and photos I have to say I though the two National Guardsman were dead. So when the news broke a little later saying that they...
10 Nov 2025 2 minute read 1 comment Cje95
I have to admit I was amazed that a deal came together as quickly as it did this weekend given the Democratic attitude coming out of their caucus meeting last week. To me there was no way that this wasn't going to run at least another week when FAA r...
5 Nov 2025 3 minute read 1 comment Cje95
It turns out all the noise that Brave Browser's Research Team made with its disclosure of AI Browser issues caused OpenAI to come out and address this after announcing the launch of their browser. OpenAI's Chief Information Officer Dane Stuckey Twitt...
10 Oct 2025 5 minute read 2 comments Cje95
Situation Instead of focusing my morning reading on the US government this morning I have been trying to digest and catch up on all of the wild news out of France that has emerged over the last 24-48 hours. I was aware and had posted about how Fran...
7 Oct 2025 3 minute read 0 comments Cje95
Yesterday the WNBA was absolutely clowned on by one of their star players Napheesa Collier. While the WNBA is still subsidized by the NBA I do not think it is crazy to say they have moved in the right direction the last two years with Caitlin Clark r...
