Movin' on down the road

Howdy folks,  Some of you may have noticed that I've been MIA  the last month or so with an occasional drive by comment of great depth. Some of you probably haven't noticed or don't give a shit.  Anyway another adventure in a life of adventures took place. At 78 years old (some say 178 years...

A Moment in Time

Today I watched the services for John McCain and it brought me back in time. I'm now in my 78th year, so I've seen quite a bit of America over those seven plus decades.  My first remembrance of a political figure was President Harry Truman (Give'em hell Harry). In a small town in northern...

North Korea visit: Trump calls off Pompeo trip

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will not be travelling to North Korea in the immediate future after Donald Trump asked him to call off a planned trip. The president said in a tweet that insufficient progress was being made on denuclearising the Korean peninsula. And he suggested China was...

Inside the Daring Life of a Forgotten Female War Photographer

THE 36 HOURS before Dickey Chapelle leaped off a tower with the Screaming Eagles were terrifying. She was 41 years old and parachute jumping for the first time. But fear never lasted for the pioneering war correspondent, and she quickly proclaimed it among “the greatest experiences one can...

75 Years Ago The Only Land Battle Fought on American Soil Took Place - Attu, The Aleutian Islands Alaska

Modern armies had never fought before on any field that was like the Aleutians.... We would have to learn as we went along, how to live and fight and win in this new land, the least-known part of our America.Cpl. Dashiell Hammett, author of the Maltese Falcon American...

Why your next flight may go via China

Booking a flight from London to Sydney can paint a telling picture of the big change in global air travel in recent years. It is the same if you are looking to fly from Bangkok to Los Angeles. Or from Singapore to New York. In all three cases, the cheapest tickets these days are often offered...

Kroger partners with Alibaba in China grocery sales venture

(Reuters) - Kroger Co (KR.N) has partnered with Alibaba Group Holding Ltd (BABA.N) to sell nuts, supplements and other products in China, venturing outside the United States for the first time in what is fast becoming a fierce global battle to dominate online grocery sales. The Kroger...

Alaska seafood industry braces for China tariff pain

SEWARD, Alaska (Reuters) - Alaska fishermen are used to coping with fickle weather and wild ocean waves. Now they face a new challenge: the United States’ trade war with China, which buys $1 billion in Alaskan fish annually, making it the state’s top seafood export market. Icicle Seafoods...

China may end up inadvertent winner from Trump's aluminum tariffs

LAUNCESTON, Australia (Reuters) - It’s probably not what U.S. President Donald Trump had in mind when imposing tariffs on aluminum imports, but it looks likely that some of the big winners from the 10 percent import tax will be China’s producers. A worker checks aluminium rolls at a...

U.S. bond market takes looming Treasuries deluge in stride - Debt 120% of GDP

NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. government debt supply will likely continue to boom, but bond market investors seem to be taking it in stride. FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump departs after a signing ceremony with Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin at the Treasury Department in Washington,...