James Strong Show Podcast

On this Bobby Bonilla day we explore people and organizations that have so much money, they can throw it away. But what if they didn't? Listen here.

People use statistics to justify their stance of an issue. Sometimes, the figures don't add up. Our trade deficit is one of those things. Physical items are counted, but not technology. Widgets, not intelectual property. Also, many exporting from an international location are US companies. Chrysler is owned by Stellantis (French). Before that, Italian. Before that, German. See where I'm coming from. A candid look at the US trade imbalance.

Brian Wilson was the face and driving force behind The Beach Boys. He wrote, produced, mixes played and sang most of their songs. By age 22, he was a mental mess. By 24, could not regularly proform on stage. Drugs, alcohol, fast food and mental illness took him out of the public eye for years, sometimes a decade. When you consider that the Beach boys had few hit records after 1966, and were still relevant adds to Wilson's aura.

From 1988 to the early 2000s, Art Bell was the king of late night talk radio. He featured Area 51 whistleblowers, retired missle silo opperators and was even sent a fragment of a crashed ufo to analyze. It turns out that many, most or all of these were Pentagon plants with the intent of deflecting the true stories. The WSJ has uncovered what may be the source of the UAP mystery...the Pentagon!

The mañana mentality has never worked for me. If it's important, if it needs to get done, do it now, because tomorrow never comes. This goes for the enjoyable things in life as well as the necessary. A missed opportunity could cost you money, but you can make more money. If a missed opportunity costs you a unique life experence, that may never be repeated. Today's essay notes examples.