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The Quick Scan by Mike Ramey

 

THE BLACK STAKE IN DAVOS

      Back in the 1990s, there was a rather cute toon by the name of “Pinky and the Brain”.  Pinky was the dumb rodent; the Brain was super smart.  The running tag (or gag) line for the series floated this way: “Gee Brain, what do you want to do tonight?”  “The same every night, Pinky…try to take over the world!”

      I thought of that toon while watching an interesting gathering earlier in 2023.  In case you may have tuned in late, another annual edition of the Davos sh

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The Quick Scan by Mike Ramey

 

THINK TWICE ABOUT SIDING WITH THE OPPRESSOR

      Let me warn you up front.  You might want to get your smelling salts out, as we are going to take the ‘long way’ around the mountain on a very sensitive topic.  Please make sure that your trays are in an upright position and keep your torches and pitchforks among your carry-ons as we take off into the wild blue.

     Interesting thing about the purchase of Twitter by Elon Musk.  Not the fact that he had the money to buy the ‘Twitterverse’, but who

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