The State of the US and DJT

I really enjoy policy and strategy and teach and write on it, and have a lot to say regarding current events.

Giuliani is rumored for SecState.  Would rehabilitate him and probably HRC, given that incidents will happen and the SecState isn't responsible for embassy security, there will be recompense on the false claims about HRC as SS.

Conflicts of Interest.  DJT should really divest, and the kids shouldn't have national security access, because they could profit from or even initiate profitable official actions. Also, potentially, foreign powers could blackmail DJT over his foreign assets.  The security over this is lax though.  Cheney owned stock in Halliburton in a blind trust.  So what! His stock still profited from his official actions.

ISIS/ Russia Testing DJT.   Their objective would be to weaken the US's official resolve by making it seem weak. Russia's would be to raise public opinion against the US getting more involved in the Middle East or potentially the Balkans.   ISIS's endgame has been to get us and the West to converge on them in the Middle East, and for them to wage apocalyptic war, which so far we have been denying them.  

For example, the public and the propagandists raised up against NY trials of Guantanamo terrorists, because it would put us in the crosshairs.

Strategically, we are always in the crosshairs.  On offense, to move behind the efforts of other, especially Islamic countries, is ideal to deny ISIS the battlefield against us.  On defense, we want to be prepared for when they want to hit us.  The GWB treatment of Al Qaeda awareness/preparedness was awful, and we have to avoid hopeful ideology, like thinking Russia for some reason is our friend.  For deception, we actually would rather ISIS attempt a strike when we are best prepared for it, like during a marathon or a terrorist trial.  We also like exerting covert influence through drones and SpecOps in the Middle East.

     

McClellan

Note that the Bushies aren't hammering the facts that McClellan is laying out, they are attacking him as a person. It is typical of them; in this and many cases this means that the facts aren't in their favor.

No Go Today

Well I couldn't handle the 6x8:00 today, I realized I couldn't in the 3rd interval, so I stopped and will rest for today. Lots of gardening yesterday and I was tired. I ran 10 on Sunday, 3x10:00 on Saturday, my water class on Thursday, 8 easy on Wednesday, and 6x8:00 last Tuesday. A good week last week, but a tired start to this week...

Attack the Right from the Right

New Day

I ran 6x8:00, trying to keep up with a 1:40-1:48 pace but really only achieving 1:48 for the first half and dropping back to 2:00 at the end. Tired! This workout is about 9 miles in total! I read the Paleo Diet for the formula for a recovery drink.

The Weekend

I was in Newport for the weekend for a niece's graduation and it is beautiful country. I ran 3x10:00 at as best as 1:48 pace as I could imagine, I was on the road outside the hotel. I ran 2 hours to try to get as close to 10 miles as possible on Sunday. Farmland, turkeys and deer, salt air, just beautiful. Anyway I read Mackie Shilstone's Fat Burning Bible, drink Wegman's gatorade, and buy whey protein at Costco.

Keeping Up

I ran 5x5:00 on Tuesday at 1:40-1:48 lap pace with 3:00 easy in-between and a mile warmup and cooldown. I was tired from the weekend. I barely made the pace but I did! I am wondering if I am not successfully "training up" to this distance that I've been doing for 4 weeks now. I wonder if it is one of those overall capacity for work things, like when Lance Armstrong wasn't able to win until he went from 180 to 160 because of his body's maximum capacity for work endurance at each weight. I also can't expect what I'll feel like the same or next day. After this near defeat at the effort on Tuesday, I felt great the next day. But at night last night for an easy 8 miles, I eked out a walk and that was all. I lifted my one time a week in the morning, that was probably why. I DID do very well in intervals this morning. So much of the unexpected, maybe this is a favorable omen. I'm shocking my body out of the routine that's for sure. But it is definitely up for it. My legs aren't dead, that's different. I am only specifically tired for a particular workout and there is usually a specific reason (the last workout). I learned my neighbor is doing Washington like me and is trying to do 3:35. So I'll have a pace partner, another favorable omen. Jim is moving up to longer intervals, 6x8:00's and 3x10's, and so will I.