Hendrix's Eccentric Commentary

Eccentric and Idiosyncratic Commentary on Current and Military Affairs

  • Is there any actual Trump Policy?

    4/1/26 I posted the following as a reply to someone’s comment and I am impressed enough by my own brilliance that I am posting it here as well for anyone…


  • The Candidate comes First

    1/2/2026 With the New Year comes Zohran Mamdani’s inauguration as Mayor of New York City — and a significant part of the Democratic establishment is clutching their pearls at the…


  • French Army Atrocity

    December 29,2025 I recently came across a previously unknown atrocity committed by the French in World War I.  While reading a description of the Vivien-Bessiere Rifle Grenade, it stated that…


  • If it Looks Right it is Right

    December 28, 2025 Thought for the Day:  I was recently looking at pictures of the field uniforms of French soldiers at the beginning of the Great War in 1914 and…


  • Anger not Joy

    10/22/25 Reporting on the No King’s rallies held on Saturday, October 18, 2025, much has been made of the good humor shown, the people dancing, or in funny costumes, the…


  • Today’s Unpleasant Political Question:

    The “No Kings” protests today apparently had a huge turnout and stayed overwhelmingly peaceful. Is that enough? Malcolm X once said that: “”I want Dr. King to know that I…


  • What if the pendulum isn’t allowed to swing back, what if the thermostat is locked?

    9/15/25 Many Democrats and Liberals are comforting (fooling?) themselves with the argument that Democrats are almost certain to, at least, regain the House of Representatives in the 2026 election, given…


  • Operation Faux Masculinity

    9/6/25 It is becoming impossible to keep up with the craziness coming from Donald Trump and his administration, but it is worth pointing out that just blowing-up ships at sea…


  • Big Thought for the Day:  

    8/17/25 Fate’s stripper name is “Karma.”


  • Summit Spelling

    8/14/25 I cannot loose the fear that, after the summit meeting between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin, the spelling of C-Z-E-C-H-O-S-L-O-V-A-K-I-A will need to be changed to U-K-R-A-I-N-E and that…


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