The conservative influencer movement, otherwise known as “The Gay-Retard Alliance,� is whining about people wearing Apple Vision Pro in public. A conservo-slut on Daily Caller attacked the people wearing it. Go back three days, and you find this stupid whore, Kay Smythe, whining about people using AI to put clothes on women and remove their... Read More

Previously: Apple Offering Rare Discount on iPhones in China as People Choose Huawei It’s not just “economic slowdown� that leads to “longer upgrade cycles.� It’s the fact that nothing has fundamentally changed about the iPhone since the iPhone 6, except that they removed the button. Instead of preparing for a situation where people didn’t need... Read More

Introduction A few years ago, China’s CCTV aired its annual Consumer Reports program in which one of the topics was the products of Apple, Inc. Naturally, the Western media trashed CCTV for having the gall to challenge anything American, accusing the TV station of being “a government mouthpiece� wanting to destroy a foreign brand to... Read More

I want to make it clear from the start that I have no quarrel with Apple products. I am not an Apple fan, but millions of people love Apple products, mostly with good reason, and Apple has become a fad. However, there is a very dirty underbelly to all this, one that the Western and... Read More

"There is nothing new in the realization that the Constitution sometimes insulates the criminality of a few in order to protect the privacy of us all." -- Justice Antonin Scalia (1936-2016) After the San Bernardino massacre on Dec. 2, 2015, the FBI lawfully acquired the cellphone of one of the killers and persuaded a federal... Read More

I take perverse pleasure (note to self: discuss with analyst!) in parting company with my libertarian/lefty buddies on the issue of the FBI’s demand that Apple assist in accessing an iPhone phone of the San Bernardino shooter. The shadow of the People’s Republic of China—and the demands it plans to impose on US vendors of... Read More

People ask me why I am so negative on America. Not the least of my concerns is that U.S. corporations have long been splurging so much on buying back their own shares. Of course, investors love the trend and, as an investor myself, I know that buybacks often do wonders for a share’s short-term performance.... Read More

Apple‘s stock price is down nearly 10 percent from its September all-time high. Does this presage a fundamental change of direction or is the stock merely taking a breather before soaring to new highs? It is a big question with countless billions riding on the answer. I have been around long enough to know that... Read More