The world is a different place from when Reagan left office. Just a few years after a long series of events, Russia and the US ended the Cold War under George HW Bush. Since then, three presidents—two Democratic and one Republican—have had double terms. Now, it doesn’t so much matter whether arming-up is right or wrong, but that arming-up makes sense now when it didn’t 25 years ago.
Russia has been more and more aggressive, retaking an old militarily strategic part of the Ukraine. China is getting ready to launch aircraft carriers with a 30 year vision to become a global power. While no decision has been announced, the US is getting ready for a Cold War era “standby” of nuked-up bombers ready to launch at a moment’s notice. North Korea’s fate will be the soonest test of whether the move was wise.
All the nuking up with Russia and the old enemies came up in the Mueller investigation. It’s starting to look like the Obama administration, along with the Clintons and an interesting list of others, made it possible for North Korea to get the nukes it did. Russianewsgategate backfired, just as Symphony suspected.
The NFL is also continuing to slip. For too many years, business theory touted the virtue of cow-towing to any and every form of criticism from everywhere and anywhere. If a mouse doesn’t like the cat food, the cat food company must change its formula. It happened with Limbaugh’s sponsors, now it happened with the NFL. By catering to demands from the wrong people, the backbone customers felt betrayed and took their business elsewhere. If you don’t stand for something you’ll fall for anything and the NFL, even for a brief moment, chose not to stand. Now, the NFL seems to be truly becoming historic, in more ways than one.
EXCLUSIVE: US Preparing to Put Nuclear Bombers Back on 24-Hour Alert | Defense One
Russianewsgategate
Russia tables turn, roping Clinton, Obama, Holder, not Trump | WA Times
Judging by Mueller’s staffing choices, he may not be very interested in justice | The Hill
Political Theatrics
Army Sgt. Bergdahl pleading guilty to desertion, misbehavior | Yahoo – AFP
Ahead of Halloween, universities nationwide tell students what not to wear | College Fix
Illegal alien accused of murdering 18-year-old student was in DACA program | Fox News
Senior Homepage Editor Reveals Biased Political Agenda at New York Times | Project Veritas
US judge blocks latest Trump travel restrictions to the US from eight countries | CNBC
Drudge, Facebook, NYT readers could face libel suits for sharing ‘fake news’ | Examiner
NFL
Jaguars apologize to local military for anthem demonstration | Sun Herald
Jerry Jones Confronted by Protesters While Entering the NFL Owners Meeting | NKT Network
Protests at hotel before NFL owners open fall meetings | WSJ
US-shaped flag unveiled ahead of San Francisco 49ers game | The Hill