On Monday of last week, I indicated that nothing much would happen in world affairs.  Today, I hint that the next five days will probably be more newsworthy. I was planning to feature President Trump and his success at returning to the peace discussions with Iran, but no news about this happening any time soon, so I'll spend this Memorial Day on my topics of interest.  First, I'll continue what I said yesterday about how Ukraine is devilishly now making like uncomfortable for Russia and Putin .  The U.S, has significantly reduced sending aid, but NATO has taken over.  According to Google AI: Ukraine manufactures thousands of drones daily by relying heavily on imported commercial parts (primarily from China), rapid 3D printing, and agile startup ecosystems. European NATO funding and joint ventures play a massive role in scaling this up. [ 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 ] Here is how the production and funding ecosystem works: 1. Supply Chain & Manufacturing Commercial Compone...

 Ah, it's Saturday, and I found a draft of a posting I never sent weeks ago.  I had already begun clearing out my desktop.   To the left, Sacha Baron Cohen, who was just nominated for the Oscar as Best Supporting Actor, playing Abbie Hoffman from  The Trial of the Chicago Seven , which got 90/91 ratings from Rotten Tomatoes.  I thought after his performance, he showed political potential, like Arnold Schwazernegger.  However, he and his family moved recently moved to Australia.  Maybe there, someday, he'll do something like that. Another from an actor who did get into politics. And about politics, what is legal or not is all semantics: Changing  the subject, this past year some of you were impressed by those drones, for they will someday soon replace fireworks, which are technically illegal from an environment viewpoint, and expensive.  You wonder if this will become another useful technology, or one which which  careens out of cont...