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Always ready to spotlight instances of government waste and folly, Adam and Jeff turn their attention to the boondoggle that is the government effort to purchase electric mail delivery vehicles from a defense contractor that has never built trucks for the civilian market.  As about only 612 vehicles have been delivered at a cost of $3 billion, which is equal to a price of almost $5 million per vehicle, Jeff and Adam wonder if there is a better way to deliver the mail.  They consult the want adds and find out that there are numerous lightly us...

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Adam and Jeff discuss whether they think Congress should spend its time promulgating non-binding resolutions.  A recent resolution passed by the House condemning the horrors of socialism is considered.  Adam and Jeff wonder if the Congress might have better spent the time on other things such as ending the recent 6-week government shutdown.  They also discuss whether it makes any sense for Congress to concern itself with something that is not legally binding as there is already so little time for members to devote their attention to matters of great importance such as the...

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Cultural anthropologists and nude volleyball magazine collectors Adam and Jeff gather at the desk of the Omaha Bugle to talk about those people who yearn for the “good old days.”  As most people who yearn for the fun of subsistence living and widespread disease and death have no idea how bad things were back then, Adam and Jeff waste no time in describing some of the fun when life was “nasty, brutish and short.”  They also point out that everything in the good old days took so much time to do whether it involved c...

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Noted coinage experts Adam and Jeff convene in an effort to calm down the public, which is panicking over the halt in production of the penny after 232 years. Jeff points out that there are almost 300,000,000,000 pennies floating around and that there is very little likelihood that we will run out of pennies anytime soon. Adam also notes that younger people do not use cash much at all, preferring to carry out their financial transactions with debit and credit cards.  As the end of penny production will save an estimated $56 million per year, this a...

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Noted government shutdown experts Adam and Jeff offer their opinions as to who won the most recent government shutdown.  Jeff points out that most shutdowns accomplish very little because they are typically instigated by the party out of power who then must bear the wrath of the public when they are unable to secure any concessions in short order.  Jeff points out that the Democrats, who won several elections a couple of weeks earlier, decided that there was nothing more to gain and had several senators not up for re-election next year vote to...

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Adam recounts the story of a man who was released from prison after 26 years for having stolen a gold chain and a wedding ring.  The sole witness against him was a repeat offender who had various drug and alcohol issues that caused his credibility to be called into question--but apparently not enough to secure the release the accused.  Jeff talks about how District Attorneys have enormous discretion and the full power of the state so that they can secure an indictment against anyone for almost any offense.  He points out that ordinary people hav...

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Recent proposals that lenders be permitted to offer 50 year mortgages to help make housing more affordable to homebuyers has sparked intense debate.  Never ones to shy away from wandering into the crossfire, Adam and Jeff consider the pros and cons of having an exciting new loan product that can encumber your property for your life, your childrens' lives and, possibly, much of your grandchildrens' lives.  Jeff admits that he is concerned about the fact that the monthly payment on a $500,000 loan at 6%, for example, only drops by about $300 a month if the borrower ch...

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Noted White House historians and French postcard collectors Adam and Jeff offer their thoughts on the recent demolition by the Trump Administration of the East Wing of the White House to make way for a grand ballroom.  Jeff points out that renovations are nothing new to the White House as it was first completely gutted when the British burned it down in 1814.  Other improvements followed such as the construction of the East Wing during Franklin Roosevelt's administration where First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt could be housed in an office as far away as possible fr...

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Both Adam and Jeff retrieved their Nancy Pelosi t-shirts to honor her legacy as both the first female Speaker of the House and one of the foremost stock traders of all time.  Adam pointed out that Mrs. Pelosi had begun her political career in 1987 with about $700,000 in stocks and bonds, most of which were jointly-owned with her husband, Paul.  By the time she announced her retirement earlier this year, the value of her portfolio had increased more than 160-fold to over $130 million.  Jeff and Adam applauded her stock picking prowess, noting that she had...

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Listeners of the Omaha Bugle who enjoy working with masonry products will enjoy this learned discussion by Adam and Jeff about the BRICS organization--an international collection of "bad actors" who have tried to set up an alternative banking and trading system.  Although founded by Brazil, China, Russia, India and South Africa, BRICS is dominated by China, who wants to supplant the United States as the numero uno actor in the global trading system.  More to the point, BRICS wants to replace the U.S. dollar with some sort of alternate currency such as th...

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Having completed a review of numerous academic periodicals that feature thought-provoking articles and scantily-clad models, Adam and Jeff offer their insights as to how best to end the war in Ukraine.  Jeff points out that the so-called security guarantees being bandied about by England and France are not necessarily cast in stone but are "situational" and can disappear when a new government is elected or the existing government simply weasels out of its obligations by claiming that the guarantee does not apply to a particular situation.  Adam and Jeff discuss the 1994 Budapest Memorandum in...

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Kamala Harris' recent announcement that she would not be seeking to become the next governor of California was not a total surprise given the shellacking she suffered in the 2024 presidential election coupled with the squandering of a $1 billion campaign fund in 3-months.  Many anonymous donors have said that they do not view her as a viable candidate for future presidential runs but acknowledge that she would be the leading candidate for governor in California due to her name recognition and the fact that she is unburdened by what has been and what will b...

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Would-be Fed governor applicants Adam and Jeff consider whether the incessant demands by American presidents that the Fed lower interest rates really makes any difference.  Jeff points out that the historical interest rates for the past century or so have averaged around 6% to 8% with a few outliers in which rates were extraordinarily high or low.  Politicians want lower rates because it reduces the costs of borrowing which theoretically causes people to borrow more money to build homes and factories and improve productivity.  Or maybe it does nothing at all in the end.  Adam, who...

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In the wake of the American bombing of Iran's nuclear facilities, Adam and Jeff discuss the apparent lack of response by either Russia or China to the attack.  Adam believes that the lack of response is due to the reluctance of both countries to call attention to themselves due to their failure to respond in any meaningful way.  Jeff suggests that neither Russia or China have any type of mutual defense treaty obligations with Iran, because they would both be concerned that Tehran would pull them into a war with Israel and the Un...

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Adam and Jeff turn their attention to a recent report that the United Nations has lowered their predictions that the global population in the year 2100 will be at least a billion less than past estimates.  Adam and Jeff return to a recurring theme that demographers, like everyone else, get caught up in the trends and forget to question the long-term viability of those very same trends.  Jeff points out that many demographers take a bird's eye view of population trends whereas others ask individuals about their preferences and draw their own conclusions.  In sho...

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In an attempt to reach listeners who are not necessarily interested in the pseudo-fact news stories that are typically featured on the Omaha Bugle, Adam and Jeff talk about Jeff's recent trip to Iceland.  Jeff provides an account of some of the "touristy" things that he and his family did while roaming through southern Iceland including venturing into warm mineral springs baths, shopping and dining in the capital city of Reykjavik (where absolutely no bargains are to be had), and roaming around the countryside.  Although Iceland is about the size of the state of...

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Noted trade experts Adam and Jeff discuss the new American trade policy of greatly increasing tariffs on most foreign imports.
They debate whether across-the-board increases in tariffs on imported goods is a strategic action or simply a blunt instrument approach to cutting down America’s enormous trade deficits. Jeff points out that the current policy is prompted by the desire to reshore industries and rebuild our domestic supply chains. Adam sees the increases in tariffs as a strategy to force other countries to build their products in the United States so that the...

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Anxious to display their recently acquired knowledge about all things Greenland, Adam and Jeff address whether the United States should take over Greenland and the means by which it should do so. They talk about the fact that Greenland is heavily subsidized by Denmark and that if the United States should take it over, it will inherit that same open-ended obligation to keep the Greenlandic economy, afloat for years and years to come. They also talk about past efforts by the United States to buy Greenland outright from Denmark for cash. However, Jeff...

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Adam opens the show solo because Jeff is on assignment overseas with a group of cartographers mapping the tunnels underneath the Gaza Strip for a new travel guide.  Jeff discusses the workplace hazards in Gaza as he and his colleagues make their way through boobytrapped tunnels, losing the occasional finger or toe to an explosive device.  Adam and Jeff then turn to the theme of the show which looks at some of the major policy changes that have taken place in the first 100 days of the second Trump presidency--most notably immigration.  Adam points out...

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Adam and Jeff discuss some of the more recent executive orders signed by President Trump and suggest that the sheer number of these executive orders may be diluting their effectiveness.  One order which directs that Washington D.C. be made safe and beautiful is little more than a directive that the relevant officials do whatever they can to make Washington D.C. great again.  As with other orders such as one which directs that bank payments be made safe and efficient, many of these orders appear to be more aspirational in nature instead of...

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Never shy about foisting their views on others, Adam and Jeff invite Chris Eddy, the retired general and recent GOP candidate for the 25th U.S. Congressional District in Florida to talk about what went right and what went wrong in his election bid.  Chris provides a statistical analysis of the early voting and election day voting and focuses on some of the  factors that may have prevented him from unseating the incumbent in a very tight election.  Jeff asks Chris why Democrats appear to be willing to "die on the hill" for var...

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Always happy to offer their opinions to the public free of charge, Adam and Jeff convene to discuss the enormous number of executive orders executed by President Trump during his first few weeks in office.  Some of them such as the banning of paper straws in federal agencies seem to be silly (except to those who have accidentally swallowed a soggy paper straw) while others such as the reaffirmation of the Second Amendment seem redundant since the Constitution (assuming we still have one) protects the right to bear arms.  But Jeff and Adam su...

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Adam and Jeff return to the air after receiving pre-emptive pardons from out-going President Joe Biden for any crimes they might have committed while not in the employment of the Biden Family Business or for any actions they might have taken while not serving on the J6 Committee.  Adam and Jeff pay homage to the recently-passed President Jimmy Carter and point out that he was a decent person who was caught up in challenging events that defined his presidency in a negative way.  To his credit, Adam notes that Carter never weaponized the go...

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In discussing the outcome of the 2024 election, Adam and Jeff said that they were surprised  by both the speed with which the winner of the election was decided and the almost complete lack of dirty tricks on election night.  Indeed, they were expecting that a dump truck load of ballots would be found on a country road in Pennsylvania or Michigan or any other swing state.  They also suggested that the Harris campaign suffered from several almost insurmountable challenges--not the least of which was the fact that Vice President Harris was the running mat...

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Adam and Jeff return to the airwaves after an unexpected hiatus of several weeks that was prompted by a storming of the Omaha Bugle headquarters by local college students who occupied the broadcasting center and shut down operations to underscore their support for free speech.  Fortunately, the students eventually left when they ran out of snack foods and energy drinks in the break room.  However, they still vandalized the building and sprayed graffiti on all of the cars in the employee parking lot (except for the car owned by Jeff which was in a...

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Adam and Jeff welcome a good friend of the Omaha Bugle, Chris Eddy, back to the program, for an unprecedented third appearance--an honor that would typically be reserved for presidents, kings and deep-pocket program sponsors.  Chris provides Adam and Jeff with an update of his campaign to win the 25th Congressional seat in the U.S. House of Representatives.  In particular, he talks about his recent win of the GOP nomination and his upcoming electoral battle with his Democratic opponent.  Chris discusses the importance of bringing common sense to Washington, D.C., and rep...

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The third and final installment of the epic discussion of artificial intelligence by Adam and Jeff marks yet another towering contribution to the intellectual legacy of Western civilization.  Adam points out that artificial intelligence has merely accelerated the trend toward greater technical sophistication while increasing the vulnerabilities of nearly every aspect of modern society.   Jeff argues that our computerized world is increasingly vulnerable to unauthorized users who are able to inflict massive damage to databases and electronic systems alike.  The fact that an electric power grid could be disabled by high-school aged hackers play...

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In their continuing efforts to point out that artificial intelligence has nothing to do with preservatives and food dyes, Adam and Jeff continue their discussion regarding various issues posed by recent advances in the field.  Certainly they are both keenly aware of the fact that AI has helped to create a self-generating surveillance state in which everyone with a phone can collect photos and data and essentially provide enormous amounts of information to virtually anyone who might wish to access that information--whether for good or evil.  As far as the ability of AI to...

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Never reluctant to showcase their artificial intelligence about matters of culture and politics at fancy cocktail parties, Adam and Jeff consider some of the pressing concerns about the brave new world of artificial intelligence.  They also discuss the fine line between extremely sophisticated calculators and sentient machines that are able to reason independently of any inputs or commands.  They point out that many pioneers in the AI field want to restrict or limit its use even though it is likely that bad actors and bad governments would evade or simply ignore any global tr...

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Having returned from their worldwide concert tour as the opening act for Taylor Swift, Adam and Jeff discuss the idea proposed by both Joe Biden and Kamala Harris that college be made free to everyone.  They consider the staggering amount spent each year for post-secondary education and the number of households filing tax returns to determine that the actual bill for "free college" for each taxpayer each year would amount to thousands of dollars.  Jeff points out that a government mandate that everyone be able to attend college for free would simply result in...

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Presidential politics experts Adam and Jeff offer their opinions as to how Joe Biden could be enticed to leave office.  This podcast was recorded before Biden decided to end his quest to be the 2024 Democratic nominee and subsequently misfiled by an intern who happens to be the daughter of the chairman of the board of the Omaha Bugle.  The intern was subsequently promoted to news bureau manager and the podcast is being posted for its historical value.  Also of interest is the fact that the podcast was recorded in the Omaha Bugle bomb she...

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Noted political analysts and green belt judo students Adam and Jeff compare notes on the first 2024 presidential debate between Joe Biden and Donald Trump.  Adam managed to sit through the entire debate believing that he had stumbled onto an hour-long parody on the Comedy Channel.  However, Jeff was more fortunate, having elected to go to an all-you-can eat buffet while the debate was on and thus missing the entire performance.  However, both correspondents drew similar conclusions:  Joe Biden was floating around in space and Donald Trump was shadow boxing and no one in the...

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Adam and Jeff, who know almost everything about everything and are not reluctant to regale their listeners with endless facts and opinions, consider why the U.S. military continues to shrink even as the defense budgets continue to rise.  Unfortunately, there are fewer and fewer defense contractors available to bid on weapons systems that are increasingly complex and costly.  Jeff points out that high-tech weaponry is also more vulnerable to technical glitches and may not be as durable as older weapons systems in battlefield conditions.  The Pentagon has also outsourced much of its man...

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The recent visit of several Russian ships to Cuba strikes Adam and Jeff as nothing more than a tit-for-tat move by Putin in response to President Biden's recent decision to allow Ukrainian troops to fire American weapons into Russian territory.  Of course there is not much tit or tat because Putin started the war in Ukraine and has disingenuously proclaimed that the Russian ships are in America's backyard due to America's aggression against Russia.    Adam and Jeff talk about Cuba's dependency on foreign benefactors such as Russia and Venezuela  in the past and the...

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Adam and Jeff consider the increasingly blurred line between science and theology in the climate change world where many people--regardless of whether they are actual scientists or people who like to hang out with scientists--assert that humanity is in global warming death spiral.  They point to the past two centuries beginning in 1800 with the start of the Industrial Revolution during which time the global temperatures have ticked upward between 1 to 2 degrees.  However, Jeff notes that two centuries is a tiny blip in the 4 billion year life of planet earth and that we should be...

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Noted political analysts and knick-knack collectors Adam and Jeff offer their opinions about what they view as an appalling display of prosecutorial, judicial and jury bias in the New York case in which Donald Trump was found guilty 34 times for the same expired misdemeanor that had somehow been magically bootstrapped into a federal election law violation.  Because the district attorney, Alvin Bragg, managed to stretch the limits of the law out beyond the orbit of the planet Pluto, Trump was found guilty by a jury of his quasi-peers who were drawn from a p...

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Alway happy to meet up-and-coming power brokers, Adam and Jeff welcome Chris Eddy back to the show to provide an update as to where things stand with his candidacy to seek election to the 25th Congressional District of Florida.  Due to Chris's background with the intelligence community, Adam and Jeff pepper him with questions about the current administration's decisions on a variety of topics including the continuing open border, exploding government deficits, the politicization of the Justice Department, and possible solutions for what appears to be an increasingly incompetent federal government.  Happy to le...

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Never reluctant to let actual facts or expert opinions get in the way of their own views of the world, Adam and Jeff offer their predictions for the next year about a variety of international issues.  Even though neither Adam nor Jeff have ever been to Ukraine  nor eaten in a Ukrainian restaurant,  they both believe that the war against Russia will continue to be a stalemate with comparatively few changes in the battlefield lines.  Russia currently occupies the eastern band of Ukraine as a "buffer" against "Ukrainian attacks" even though Russia boasts thre...

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As both Adam and Jeff have apparently not made the final cut for consideration as Donald Trump's vice presidential running mate, they have decided to evaluate the most likely prospects to see who would help the presumptive GOP nominee the most in the November election.  Adam points out that Trump's biggest problem seems to be his inability to connect with many women voters because many women voters do, in fact, detest him.  Because Trump has made significant inroads with various minority voting groups, Adam and Jeff evaluate a number of candidates based upon th...

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In a switch from the usual hard-hitting news program that millions of listeners have come to expect from the Omaha Bugle, Adam and Jeff carry out their very first cooking show.  Adam is the actual chef who describes how to prepare a German recipe for green bean soup.  As Jeff is kitchen-challenged and has never ventured far beyond burning toast and overboiling eggs, Adam does not confer the coveted status of sous chef upon Jeff but tries to keep him at arm's-length in order to avoid a kitchen fire.  Adam points out that thi...

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Anxious to avoid cliche´d January 1st predictions for the New Year, Adam and Jeff kick off their first annual prediction show on April 25th and offer a few ideas about what will happen in the upcoming 12 months with regard to inflation, the presidential election, and  housing prices.  Jeff points out that inflation can increase or decrease however much you may desire so long as you construct the index properly.  So if you want to avoid a lot of inflation, you can load the index up with items that are either stable in pric...

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Somewhat alarmed at the extent to which President Joe Biden seems to get lost on stage or while reading a teleprompter, Adam and Jeff discuss whether he might be replaced by another candidate prior to the November election.  Numerous polls show that Biden is trailing prospective GOP nominee Donald Trump, prompting many Democrats to begin whispering that a change at the top of  the ticket might be in order.  But who would be the best replacement if you do not consider Dr. President Jill Biden Ph.D+++.  The most likely possibility would be Vice...

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Not to be outdone by the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show, Adam and Jeff bring the first annual Omaha Bugle Dog Show to their millions of adoring fans.  Because podcasts lack a visual component, however, they decide to tell stories about some of their favorite dogs.  Jeff is proud to point out that he is solely in the dog corner after having flirted briefly with the dark side of cat ownership.  Adam questions the idea that anyone can "own" a dog since the so-called "owner" is generally at the beck and call of the...

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Noted Ukraine boosters Adam and Jeff turn their attention back to the ongoing war in the Ukraine.  Jeff suggests that Russia's image as a military colossus has taken an enormous hit due to it having become bogged down in a war of attrition in the Ukraine over the past two years.  Although Russia managed to seize about 20% of Ukraine's territory in the early weeks of the invasion, Ukraine has fought back valiantly and essentially held the Russians in check for nearly two years.  Jeff and Adam are in favor of new military aid pac...

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Both Adam and Jeff are surprised that President Biden chose to celebrate America's newest heartwarming holiday--transgender visibility day--on Easter Sunday.  Even though Hallmark has not yet issued a set of holiday cards to commemorate transgender visibility day, Adam and Jeff do not feel that this holiday will enjoy the enduring popularity of  Christian holidays such as Easter and Christmas unless transgender advocates can come up with some catchy traditions such as a anthropomorphic mascot that leaves baskets of candy behind for sleeping children.   Adam considers Biden's proclamation of transgender visibility day on Easter Sun...

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Adam and Jeff consider the merits of an immigration moratorium despite their concerns that stricter immigration laws might crimp the supply of low-priced gardening talent to tend the grounds at the corporate headquarters of the Omaha Bugle.  They discuss the current situation in which millions of largely unvetted migrants have been allowed to enter the United States courtesy of the Biden regime and debate whether the country has been benefited as a whole from this massive influx.  Because the government continues to run enormous multi-billion dollar deficits each year, it is hardly in a...

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Always anxious to impart their vast knowledge about everything that matters to their millions of listeners, Adam and Jeff turn their attention to the Federal Reserve and its repeated insistence on flooding the economy with dollar bills in order to prop up asset prices and, purely coincidentally, the fortunes of the poor, starving 1 percenters--who might otherwise have to sell their megayachts or fifth summer houses.  They also talk about whether a house can be considered an investment or a money pit or both.  Adam suggests that prospective condo-buyers may want to buy a un...

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Despite their vast knowledge about many important topics, Adam and Jeff are forced to admit that they know virtually nothing about supply chains and the logistical networks that facilitate the transport of goods from point of manufacture to point of sale.  As a result, they have called upon eminent supply chain and ocean shipping tech space expert Caroline Weaver (who coincidentally has the same last name as one of the hosts) for an explanation as to how supply chains work.  There is a special urgency to this podcast as several containers of highly de...

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In continuing their review of what was arguably the most politicized and, perhaps, loudest State of the Union speech in recent memory, Adam and Jeff considered the many tidbits of wisdom and warmth offered by President Biden.  Jeff points out that Biden once again called for all wealthy people to pay their fair share of taxes but failed to define what amount or percent would be fair--even though the top 1% of earners reportedly pay nearly 50% of all income taxes.   Biden offered all sorts of fantastical statements such as claiming 15 million jobs had been rec...

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Although Jeff was the only member of the Omaha Bugle staff who was  fortunate enough to watch the entire State of the Union address given by President Biden, he was happy to share the many profound insights offered by the President with the listening audience.  Adam, for his part, found his time to have been more profitably spent preparing a rib roast dinner and reviewing the White House transcript of the speech afterwards to uncover any nuggets of wisdom or truth.  In both cases, however, Jeff and Adam were struck by the wide ran...

Experts in all things that matter, Adam and Jeff consider the argument that the rule of law is a foundational requirement for any successful democracy and, indeed, any successful economy.  Jeff points out that the rule of law provides certainty and predictability that encourages entrepreneurs to invest money to start businesses and hire workers.  If you live in a country governed by a dictator, however, the rules that govern your business can be changed overnight and you can find your business suddenly unable to compete or even operate.  More generally, the rule of law offers stability and provides incentives to...

Always ready to solve the problems of the world, Adam and Jeff argue that the federal government's endless trillion dollar deficits are creating an inflationary cascade throughout the economy and putting housing, cars, and, indeed, all types of goods and services out of reach of more and more citizens.  Jeff likens the CPI to a "window dressing" measure of inflation which is designed to minimize the bad news as to how expensive nearly everything has become over the past 20 years as the CPI does not fully take into account such things as the costs of housing, automobiles, health care a...

The Omaha Bugle sends Jeff out on the road with a pre-teen focus group to test the response of this previously-overlooked demographic group to a riveting discussion about the race for the GOP nomination.  Adam talks about the pheromone-laced personal care products that he is now wearing and the near-hysterical attention that he is receiving from both sexes.  Jeff suggests that the fact that no-frills flights in which you get nothing if you refuse to pay for anything more than the ticket itself can be strangely liberating because you do not have to make any choices (e.g., what fo...

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Seeking to answer the most daunting questions about the human condition, Adam and Jeff wonder why the American dream of owning a home is becoming more and more elusive.  But they are forced to admit that housing is only one of a wide variety of basic necessities (e.g., cars, food, fuel, hush money) that are becoming more costly and, in the aggregate, making the middle class lifestyle unattainable.  But why?  Jeff suggests that the answer lies with the massive expansion of the money supply that the government has foisted upon the citizenry ove...

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Diving into the morass of modern Anglo-American jurisprudence, the Omaha Bugle's senior correspondents, Adam and Jeff, discuss how the rule of law is absolutely crucial to the long-term success of any modern economy.  They point out that companies abhor uncertainty and chaos and are extremely reluctant to invest large sums of money in new plants or hire additional workers when they fear that the laws governing their operations might be changed at a moment's notice--particularly if they are operating in a worker's paradise such as Xi's China or Putin's Russia.  They also raise co...

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Adam and Jeff wonder why the citizenry has become so disenchanted with the federal government and conclude that much of its dissatisfaction stems from the failure of elected officials to do what ordinary people must do every day--namely, live within their means.  They are disturbed by the increasing tendency of the government to rely on open-ended continuing resolutions instead of actual budgets.  Indeed, the fact that a single piece of legislation running 500 or 1,000 lively pages or more can be dropped on the members of Congress to be voted on within a couple of da...

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Adam and Jeff delve into the vexing questions that arise when a spoiled diplomat's son who runs over a police officer directing traffic claims diplomatic immunity.  Jeff offers a scintillating history of the concept of diplomatic immunity--pointing out that it was devised to enable representatives of warring nations to confer with each other without fear of death (most of the time).  Adam points out that there is a sort of sliding scale of immunity from prosecution in the diplomatic world--ambassadors not only get to attend fancy parties but they are often immune from la...

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Due to the numerous mishaps that occur both in government and corporate America, Adam and Jeff wonder if the problem is due to the unbridled arrogance of many in the "credentialed class"--those individuals possessing advanced degrees from overpriced universities.  Indeed, Jeff offers a proposition that the quality of the decision-making in any large organization is inversely related to the number of credentialed individuals participating in that process--which he is offering to the world of knowledge free of charge.  Adam talks about the Bud Lite controversy in which a transgender spokesperson was hired to...

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President Biden continues to set dubious records with the recent report that the Border Patrol nabbed more than 250,000 illegal migrants trying to enter the United States along the pretend southern border in December 2023 alone.  Adam and Jeff talk about the so-called $100 billion proposal to link a new "border security" bill with continued funding for Ukraine and Israel; these funds were apparently found in a couch in the west wing of the White House by the cleaning crew and so should not cause any concern to the three people in Washington, D.C., who s...

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Noted baby care experts Adam and Jeff weigh in on the Kyte Baby controversy in which an employee with a 22-week-old baby in NICU sought to work remotely in order to care for her baby but was told that her services would no longer be needed by the CEO.  The CEO offered two apologies on Tik Tok after news of the firing went viral and, in the process, managed to anger mothers of young children throughout the country who called for a boycott of the company's products.  Adam and Jeff point out that co...

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Although still waiting for their nomination for the Nobel Prize in Economics to be announced, Adam and Jeff dismiss reports that the Pentagon has hired Taylor Swift  to serve as a covert political operative.  Aside from the fact that the story came from arch-rival Fox News which continues to flail away in a jealous rage at the ascending Omaha Bugle, neither Adam nor Jeff can understand why anyone with the personal wealth and sterling brand of an entertainer like Taylor Swift would become involved in a grubby political operation.  Adam and Jeff also dis...

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In an unusual departure from the usual format of Shakespearean prose and grade-school humor, Adam and Jeff talk with Dr. Fuxian Yi about his predictions that China will not be able to overtake the United States as the leading economic global power due to its rapidly ageing population.  Having polished up his command of the English language with 4 lessons from a computerized language course, Jeff reads Dr. Xi's written responses to Jeff's previously submitted questions about China's future.  In short, Dr. Xi predicts that China's population will decline from almost 1.4 billion now to le...

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Adam and Jeff infuse a little culture into the Omaha Bugle by talking with Virginia-based architect Richard Forbes, well-known designer to the stars.  In their usual hard-hitting style that has endeared them to millions of listeners, Adam and Jeff ask Richard if he is related to the publisher Steve Forbes.  They also talk about the ways in which architects are trained and how they differ from engineers, pointing out that both carry a heavy burden because one miscalculation can mean the difference between a building that stands for hundreds of years and one th...

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In preparing for their annual reverse New Year's Eve party at the Omaha Bugle in which the consumption of champagne begins three days before the ball drops in Times Square and ends exactly at midnight on New Year's Eve with a traditional stomach pumping at the local hospital, Adam and Jeff consider the boasts of the Chinese Communist Party that it will soon bury the United States based upon China's long-term double-digit economic growth rate.  They point out that China, which has enjoyed an average 10 percent annual growth rate in GDP for more t...

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Having both dug themselves out of various piles of consumer debt over the years,  credit experts Adam and Jeff turn their attention to the massive $97 trillion in debt weighing down the global economy.  Adam points out that even though the United States has 1/3 of the world's debt totaling $33 trillion, it has accumulated most of this debt over the past four decades.  Jeff believes that our policymakers are suffering from "dissonance" in that they cannot comprehend the scope of the debt burdening the country and so they are unable  to do anything to rein it i...

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Adam and Jeff marvel about  how a Georgia jury managed to come up with a $148 million defamation verdict against Rudy Giuliani for exercising his right of free speech because the jury employed an innovative method of piling on duplicative damage awards over and over again in order to show that they do not like him very much.  Jeff wants to hire that jury to sit in on the numerous defamation suits that he and Adam are typically subjected to on an ongoing basis.  In  turning to the  Ukraine War, Jeff wonders  if the goal o...

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Although the Nobel Committee once again inadvertently omitted them from the list of candidates for the Nobel Prize in Economics, Adam and Jeff persevere in their efforts to educate and entertain the general public about all things financial.  They consider the inflation that has been experienced by the United States over the past two years.  They also discuss how all administrations try to spin any news about rising prices in the most positive way for their own political purposes.  Adam cannot understand how the Consumer Price Index (CPI) can only be 4.1% as proclaimed by...

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Noted non-banking experts Adam and Jeff continue describing the steps they will take to build up a bank that is too big to fail.  They regard their lack of banking experience as a solid plus and believe that through innovative contrarian actions, they can build up a bank that will be so huge that the federal government will be too terrified to let it go under in the next economic downturn lest it pull down the entire banking system.  New programs designed to fatten the bottom line include a never ending debit card th...

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Adam and Jeff talk about the views on inflation espoused by their pretend friend, David Stockman, the budget director for the Reagan Administration.  Like the brain trust of the Omaha Bugle, Stockman is not particularly enthusiastic about the way in which "Bidenomics" has caused inflation to spike throughout the economy, pushing prices up on almost everything at a rate not seen since the  late 1970s.  Adam and Jeff are also puzzled how the official CPI rate as announced by Biden's Press Secretary, Karine Jean-Pierre, has remained at 4.1% when nearly every component of the CPI...

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The Omaha Bugle's senior correspondents, Jeff and Adam, announce that the Omaha Bugle Global News Network is establishing a new kind of bank that will ultimately take a very unorthodox path to grow very big very quickly and thus become "too big to fail."  Once the Omaha Bugle National Bank & Trust or OBNBT (pronounced ob . neb . ta) opens its doors, it will offer CD and savings accounts rates that are far above its competitors while throwing in gifts to new depositors such as toasters, flat screen TVs, and thirsty cotton robes monogrammed with "O...

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Noted experts about everything, Jeff and Adam, consider the factors that caused several would-be challengers to America's global preeminence to ultimately fail.  The Soviet Union in the 1950s and 1960s, Japan in the 1980s and 1990s, and China in the 2000s and 2010s, all burst onto the scene with supercharged economic growth rates coupled with increasing populations.  From there, it was only a matter of time before the "declinists" (the Debby Downers of the American political and media establishment) decided that they could extrapolate the growth rates of each of these prospective rivals ou...

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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 growing national debt is now increasing by nearly $2 trillion per year.  Chris believes that the biggest issues are the lack of leadership and trust in government which stems from the inept mismanagement of th...

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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 whether they involve investing in absurdly overpriced assets or implementing government policies that have failed repeatedly in the past while hoping for a different outcome.  Adam suggests that the Federal Re...

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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-building in places where nations do not exist, modernize our national infrastructure, and limit graft and corruption in government to a few of his closest advisors.  Jeff points out that if Adam is in...

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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 easier to deter would-be border crossers if you shoot them but Jeff and Adam and Chris agree that actual physical barriers coupled with economic disincentives to illegal entrants could solve the bo...

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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 really a recent post-World War II phenomena.  Indeed, the high seas have historically been infested by pirates and other bad actors who have plundered ships from all nations.  Nowadays, nations such as China hav...

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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 seem to be content to rely primarily on Hamas press releases so that they can write their articles quickly and efficiently--without having to bother with annoying tasks like checking facts and possibly even talking to...

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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 companies that will help prospective buyers figure out whether the property is "fabulous!" or has one or more problems such as an unmarketable title or a stew of hazardous wastes on it that render it...

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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 deaths of tens of millions of people--Adam outlines some of the policies that he will immediately adopt once he is swept into office on a wave of public adoration and idolatry.  With an eye toward ma...

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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 problem because most people are fearful that the government could shut down the cash economy and then be able to control every transaction engaged in by every citizen.  Jeff declares that he is not a fa...

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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 promulgated by untouchable government bureaucrats is a basic strategy of the new green theology.  Adam and Jeff wonder if any of these green theocrats have ever thought about the consequences of their ac...

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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 apartments, office buildings, industrial properties, shopping malls, etc.) that can be a good investment in one market and a financial weapon of mass destruction (for the owner) in another market.  Banks like multifamily apartments because of the ma...

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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 estate.  Because both sides tend to arm themselves with financial and legal advisors and other buzz-killers, the parties to any commercial real estate transaction have to be willing to be realistic about the va...

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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 characteristics of their property but Jeff points out that mere puffery ("This is the best property on the block") is not a quantitative statement of fact.  Buyers of commercial real estate conduct physical inspections of the property to...

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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 China in the 2000s to prove that the United States is going down the tubes.  The fact that China reports steady growth year after year, decade after decade is...

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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 reach a younger, wine-sipping audience that has no real interest in beer.  The assault on women's athletics by biological male competitors is also considered with Jeff attributing the blame to the sanctioning authorities wh...

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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-so-favorite vehicles including one car that had a clairvoyant electrical system that would invariably shut down on interstate highways and another car that featured a lovely peeling si...

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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 real estate properties accordingly.  The problem with the proliferation of new apartment buildings throughout the country is that they are so expensive to build that the average fam...

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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 secured.  Grand jury proceedings are conducted in secret and orchestrated by the prosecutor. Jeff points out that there are also  fewer limits on the types of evidence that can be hea...

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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 indictments against Trump are nothing more than an on-going war of attrition being waged by the Biden Administration against its leading political nemesis.  They also see the danger of legitimate rights of protest being criminalized in all...

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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, the indictments seem to represent an effort by the government to criminalize the conduct of anyone complaining about the outcome of an election.  For many people, free speech seems to be a quaint id...

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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 are ill-mannered due to their isolation growing up when they spent most of their time by themselves gaming and writing political manifestos on the internet.  Sadly, they did not learn valuable social skills by playing games in their frontyards with the nei...

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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 changed at all since the end of 2007.  This result suggests that the industrial sector of the economy has not grown at all during this time.  Unfortunately, the government's propensity to overspend continued unabated during this same time per...

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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 more expensive in wealthier countries such as Switzerland, this index is not a foolproof guide for making all lifetime business decisions.  Jeff points out that Big Mac...

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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 need to carry out a full-scale investigation.  Adam and Jeff offer their services to pick up the slack and conduct a full-scale investigation of the cocaine incident, poi...

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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 whereby people who profess to love animals and hate meat can enjoy these products without all of the attendant guilt.  The costs of lab-grown meat are compared to those of...

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Adam and Jeff discuss the recent 6-3 decision by the U.S. Supreme Court to strike down the Biden Administration's plan to forgive $400 billion in student loans.  Unfortunately for the free-wheeling President Biden, the Court ruled that he does not have the authority to waive his magic wand and make loan obligations of up to 46 million borrowers disappear.  Because the U.S. Congress is empowered to appropriate money, the Court concluded that it is also the only branch of government that is authorized to forgive debts, particularly when they run into the hundreds of...

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Though currently embroiled in contract negotiations with the corporate brass at the Omaha Bugle,  Adam and Jeff continue with their discussion about the loan forgiveness plan proposed by President Biden which was recently struck down by the U.S. Supreme Court.  They view the Administration's cavalier attitude about adding another $400 billion to the national debt as symptomatic of a bigger problem in the D.C. bubble:  Very few people in power seem to care about the economic lunacy in which trillions of dollars are borrowed each year with little concern as to how it...

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The Board of Directors of the Omaha Bugle authorizes Jeff and Adam to offer $1,000.00 to Taylor Swift, an up-and-coming singer-songwriter, to compose a new overture for the show.  Adam even tries to sweeten the offer by offering to give Taylor a few master-class guitar lessons.   Jeff and Adam then discuss the recent U.S. Supreme Court decision striking down affirmative action programs in college admissions.  Jeff believes that this impact will be felt more at the most prestigious schools because most second-tier colleges are having difficulty simply filling up their classes and will like...

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Adam and Jeff discuss the recent settlement of income tax evasion charges by Hunter Biden in which he was given probation if he promised to try very hard to pay his taxes in the future.  Jeff acknowledges that Hunter Biden must have had very good lawyers because the typical outcome of a tax evasion charge is a lengthy trial with the attendant public ridicule followed by a few years in a federal prison.  Adam doubts that any member of the Omaha Bugle would have received such lenient treatment.  Adam and Jeff point out tha...