I explained how the petrodollar is, perhaps for the first time since 1944, in jeopardy of losing its status as a risk-free asset, an event that will have dire consequences for every American and, indeed, for every person, business and government in the world.

On January 31st 2022, my best friend’s wife was miraculously able (in my view) to give birth to their twin boys. The apartment they lived in became too small for their larger family of five, as they also parent a 6-year-old daughter, so they moved from the 9th floor to the 15th floor of the same building to a bigger apartment.

“This is the beginning of the new beginning,” said NASA administrator Bill Nelson, who was sworn in this past May. He was talking about Artemis 1, which we’ll get to. In 2022, the race to space was boosted by thrust and ignition, with private players and government alike all competing for first dibs on the universe.

In the near future, we could all wake up to the sound of sirens, breaking news, and the early stages of WW3, so unlike in the days of the original Pearl Harbor, I want to lay out how a Chinese invasion of Taiwan could go. To me, this possibility seems like a last-ditch effort in a long line of alternative political, economic, and diplomatic plans that could fail and leave the Chinese fresh out of other ideas and without much to lose, forcing them to choose the riskiest and deadliest of all military strike blueprints.

In 2010, my good friend wanted to begin accumulating real estate in Florida. To do that, he began researching key areas, cities, demographic trends, companies expanding in the region, tax incentives, government programs, financial statistics, leading industries, rental prices, and major advantages.