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The Omaha Bugle-Global News Network
A thought-provoking look at the news--offering entertaining insights into politics, economics, and popular culture--which are occasionally grounded in actual facts.
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Part One: Interview with Chris Eddy, Candidate for Florida's 25th Congressional District 18.11.2023 36:02
Send us Fan Mail The Omaha Bugle continues its efforts to carry the torch of Western civilization by sitting down with retired Brigadier General Chris Eddy, who is running for Congress against incumbent Debbie Wasserman Schultz--well known for her innovative hair styles and her inability to keep up with her laptop. Chris states that he is running on a fiscal responsibility plank because the growi...
Market Manias: How People Go Cuckoo for Coco Puffs (or Tulips or Beanie Babies or Crypto or Whatever) . . . Do Extra Low Interest Rates Really Help the Economy? 13.11.2023 25:23
Send us Fan Mail Always on the cutting edge of all important cultural trends, Adam and Jeff talk about the recurring tendencies of otherwise intelligent people to become caught up in manias in which they will pay almost any price to purchase an item that a 5-year old child would think is worthless. Jeff points out that humans have an infinite capacity to rationalize incredibly stupid decisions wh...
Part Two: Adam Von Romer Offers Additional Policy Positions and a Few Veiled Threats for His Benevolent Dictatorship 13.11.2023 40:16
Send us Fan Mail In the hopes of saving the United States from the clutches of the highly-degreed overlords who know very little about actual governance and appear to be completely devoid of common sense, Adam offers additional policy positions for his benevolent dictatorship. In short, Adam explains how he would end our dependence on foreign oil, pursue a foreign policy that avoids costly nation...
Part Two: Interview with Chris Eddy, Candidate for Florida's 25th Congressional District 13.11.2023 49:08
Send us Fan Mail In the interest of helping to elect candidates who should not be locked up in rubber-walled rooms, Adam and Jeff continue their interview with Chris Eddy, Republican candidate for Florida's 25th Congressional district. They talk about the need to secure the southern border with Jeff pointing out that borders can be easily secured as shown by East Germany. Of course it is ea...
The Incredible Shrinking American Navy . . . Is Freedom of the Seas Dependent on American Naval Power? 01.11.2023 27:59
Send us Fan Mail Distinguished maritime strategists and self-mutilation hobbyists, Adam and Jeff, consider the alarming 50-year trend in which the United States Navy has shrunk from nearly 1,000 ships to less than 300 ships today. Jeff points out that the freedom of the seas that we take for granted and which permits enormous quantities of commodities and goods to be shipped around the world is r...
How Does Israel Respond to the Terrorist Attacks by Hamas? . . . Can Israel Live in Peace With People Who Want to Exterminate All the Jews? 27.10.2023 29:27
Send us Fan Mail Noted geopolitical analysts and tequila enthusiasts, Adam and Jeff, turn their collective attention to the recent slaughter of more than 1,500 Israelis by Hamas terrorists crossing into Israel from the Gaza Strip on October 7th. Jeff points out that that mainstream media beacons of journalistic integrity in the United States such as the New York Times and the Washington Post se...
The Wild World of Real Estate: Evaluating Your Property and Getting a Loan 22.10.2023 33:15
Send us Fan Mail In yet another thought-provoking discussion about the do's and don't of investing in commercial real estate, Adam and Jeff talk about how a buyer who has put a property under contract may not wish to trust the seller's assurances that the property is "fabulous!" but instead bring in some professionals to evaluate the property. There are a number of compa...
Part One: Adam Von Romer Announces his 2028 Bid to Become Benevolent Dictator of the United States 21.10.2023 52:10
Send us Fan Mail In a move that has shocked both the political world and the corporate board of the Omaha Bugle, Adam announced the start of his 2028 campaign to become benevolent dictator of the United States. Because the word "dictator" can have unpleasant connotations due to misunderstood historical figures such as Hitler, Stalin and Mao-- who were collectively responsible for the de...
Should the Fed Set Up A Digital Currency? . . . Could A Digital Currency Lead to A Chinese-Styled Social Credit System? 11.10.2023 29:10
Send us Fan Mail Adam and Jeff demonstrate their intellectual versatility by venturing into the Orwellian world of digital currencies. More specifically, they wonder what good can possibly come from the government, discontinuing actual, tangible dollars in favor of a digital currency that is controlled by the Federal Reserve. They argue that digital currencies may be a solution in search for a pr...
Uncle Sam Wants Your Gas Appliances! 11.10.2023 30:09
Send us Fan Mail The Omaha Bugle‘s senior correspondents, Adam and Jeff, examine the wisdom of the government’s latest efforts to convince people to give up their comparatively efficient gas appliances in favor of electrical appliances in order to save the world from a global climate catastrophe. Or at least make them feel more socially virtuous for a while. The use of efficiency mandates promu...
The Wild World of Real Estate: Should You Invest Your Children's College Fund in Apartments, Office Buildings, Warehouses or Lottery Tickets? 16.09.2023 36:58
Send us Fan Mail Always eager to show off their knowledge of all things related to real estate, Adam and Jeff continue discussing basic considerations for investors anxious to buy income-generating property. They point out that it is dangerous to make sweeping statements about real estate investing because there are numerous markets throughout the country and various product types (multi-family a...
The Wild World of Real Estate: The Eternal Search for Idiotic Sellers and Stupid Buyers 16.09.2023 38:53
Send us Fan Mail In continuing their Award-winning series on commercial real estate as recently recognized by the Azerbaijan Academy of Arts and Sciences, Adam and Jeff discuss the sad fact that there are not very many sellers who seriously underprice their properties. Unfortunately, there is also an acute shortage of stupid rich buyers who will happily overpay for any nondescript piece of real e...
The Wild World of Real Estate: Learning About Your Property Before You Take the Plunge 05.09.2023 40:02
Send us Fan Mail Adam and Jeff, who pride themselves on knowing almost everything about everything, turn to the wonderful world of commercial real estate and take their listeners on a gripping, scintillating trip through the due diligence process buyers use to investigate prospective acquisitions. Adam points out that sometimes sellers exaggerate or even outright lie about the features and charac...
Is China's Economy Shrinking? . . . Is China the Latest Ten Foot Tall Illusion? 26.08.2023 33:06
Send us Fan Mail Adam and Jeff, who are both known for their fondness for Chinese cuisine, wander into the debate over whether China is fudging its economic statistics to puff up its presence on the global scene. They discuss how the media and the government have sounded the alarm about a series of ten-foot-tall adversaries beginning with the Soviet Union in the 1950s, Japan in the 1980s and Chi...
Who Wants to be a Victim? . . . DEI vs. ERG--Which is Better or Worse? . . . How to Destroy Your Customer Base 25.08.2023 30:51
Send us Fan Mail Noted social activists and corporate apologists Adam and Jeff talk about the prevalence of identity politics and the way in which it has caused certain groups to overreach and thus alienate much of the general population. They discuss the Bud Lite fiasco where the company's marketing geniuses essentially ignored their core audience by hiring a trans spokesperson to try to re...
Adam and Jeff Talk About Their Favorite Cars and Trucks. . . . Taylor Swift Holds Out for More Money 19.08.2023 36:56
Send us Fan Mail In a departure from the usual hard news format at the Omaha Bugle news desk, Adam and Jeff talk about some of their favorite cars and trucks over the years. Adam gets misty-eyed talking about several of the pick-up trucks that he enjoyed in his earlier, carefree years, before having to shoulder the burden of media superstardom. Jeff also talks about some of his favorite and not-...
Is the Real Estate Market About to Collapse? . . . Can A Developer Avoid the Business Cycle? 14.08.2023 31:13
Send us Fan Mail Always ready to pass their wisdom onto the millions of listeners who hang onto their every word, Adam and Jeff discuss how the the real estate market and, indeed, the economy as whole, goes through 7-10 year business cycles over and over again. Jeff points out that lower interest rates do not necessarily lead to better deals because crafty buyers simply raise the prices of their...
Is the United States Becoming A Banana Republic? . . . Indictments are Available for the Taking 11.08.2023 26:29
Send us Fan Mail In the wake of the third set of criminal indictments being issued against Donald Trump for his actions contesting the outcome of the 2020 presidential election, Adam and Jeff put on their thinking caps to discuss whether the American justice system has become irretrievably broken. They also talk about how the grand jury system works and the ease with which an indictment can be se...
Another Day, Another Indictment. . . . Whatever Happened to the First Amendment? 09.08.2023 27:57
Send us Fan Mail Noted constitutional scholars Adam and Jeff discuss the latest twists and turns in the on-going series of indictments being filed against Donald Trump. Jeff points out the inconvenient fact that a losing candidate can seek to overturn an election through legal means without being indicted for "attempting to defraud the United States." They both wonder if these indictme...
The Continuing Saga of the Trump Indictments. . . . Is It Un-American to Contest an Election? 09.08.2023 29:44
Send us Fan Mail In their exhaustive efforts to find clarity amidst the muddiness of the various Trump indictments, Adam and Jeff suggest that the legal salvos being fired by both the New York State Attorney General's Office and the Department of Justice are less about actual legal claims against Trump and more about exhausting his re-election campaign--at least in a financial sense. Indeed,...
Etiquette Classes for America's Employees. . . . Why do People Need to Learn Manners? . . . You can now work in a Barbie Pink Office! 31.07.2023 26:43
Send us Fan Mail Noted etiquette experts and taxidermy hobbyists, Adam and Jeff, discuss the vast profusion of etiquette courses for "couth-challenged" employees in corporate America. Employees are being taught how to make polite conversation and write professional (e.g., coherent) emails because they apparently missed those lessons at school. Jeff believes that many younger workers ar...
Has U.S. Industrial Production Been Flat For the Past 15 Years? . . . Does Massive Deficit Spending Result in More Stuff or Simply Higher Prices? 28.07.2023 28:01
Send us Fan Mail The Omaha Bugle's famed economic commentators, Adam and Jeff, discuss a recent article by David Stockman, former head of the Office of Management and Budget under the Reagan Administration, that industrial production has essentially been flat for the past 15 years. Jeff points out that the Industrial Production Index, known by the snappy acronym "IPI," has not chan...
The Big Mac Index: The International Measure of Purchasing Power. . . Could Big Macs Be A Viable Asset-Backed Currency? 20.07.2023 32:42
Send us Fan Mail Adam and Jeff talk about the Big Mac Index which was first introduced by The Economist to compare consumer purchasing power in different countries. This vaunted measure shows how expensive a single Big Mac is in over a hundred countries around the world to help Big Mac enthusiasts find the best deals for Big Macs and thereby hone their travel plans. Although Big Macs tend to be...
Yes, Virginia, There is Cocaine in the White House. . . . The Omaha Bugle Offers to Investigate the Cocaine Incident 20.07.2023 31:00
Send us Fan Mail The recent discovery of a baggy of cocaine in the White House is analyzed by Adam and Jeff. They are concerned about the apparent lack of concern expressed by the Secret Service which has declined to interview the nearly 500 person list of suspects . Because the amount of cocaine is such that it would only constitute a misdemeanor, the Secret Service does not seem to feel the ne...
Does Anyone Other Than Cows and Chickens Think Lab-Grown Meat is a Good Idea? 11.07.2023 37:47
Send us Fan Mail After enjoying a fine meal at the local steak house, Adam and Jeff discuss the newest craze in the food industry--meat grown in laboratories. They consider the pros and cons of lab-grown meat and are unsure whether children will fight over the six drumsticks of a Thanksgiving turkey grown in a metal tank. They also wonder if lab-grown meat is another form of virtue-signaling whe...
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