Recent content by jazzeum

Maritime law is a different kettle of fish than regular civil law. Early in my career I argued a couple of cases before a federal judge (and won by the way). Twice was enough.

Saw this great ad for an upcoming Metallica concert in Poland.

Technically, Lebanon is not an Iranian ally but Hezbollah, which has an outsized role in Lebanese politics, is. Be that as it may, Pakistan and Iran insist that Lebanon was included in the ceasefire but the US disagrees. I don’t know if they reduce these agreements to writing but that is a...

There are no winners here, as in most wars. The US Israeli relationship is probably damaged some and living/investing in places like Dubai or Qatar is not as safe as it used to be. Image of US, shaky already, is further damaged. I could go on but no need.

Usually the location of an item is where a seller is located. I’d ask if the seller is located in your town and perhaps offer to pick it up. On my auctions I offer local pickup.

It is never a good negotiating tactic to threaten and then back off. He doesn’t know how to negotiate as I’ve delineated earlier. The employees at the State Department are trained in how to negotiate, his son in law isn’t. These are complicated matters. The problem is that he’s probably fired...

Yes, but I’d like to think there is a difference between the US and a repressive regime like Iran.

You can’t keep making threats and then back off. He now has no credibility. Again, it’s amateurish negotiating. His threats may work with spineless US politicians but will not work with people as crazy as he is. In the Middle East neighborhood the one who is the craziest has the upper hand.

The 2015 deal with the Iranians took a very long time to be negotiated. Nothing will be negotiated in two weeks time, especially if you have amateurs doing it. In addition, there appears to be no face to face negotiations taking place between the parties. If true, negotiations will take even...

Trump has threatened to destroy the Iranian civilization. If he follows through he will forever besmirch this country and join the ranks of the likes of Hitler and Stalin. While this country has never been always on the side of angels, we have never used our significant power to destroy a...

This situation is somewhat of Trump’s making as he cancelled the agreement that Obama made with the Iranians. It was not a perfect deal but the Iranians did make some concessions. The only reason he cancelled it is because Obama made it. Getting back to the present he’s dealing with an...

One thing that needs to be established is that he does not know how to negotiate. It’s a complete myth. I used to negotiate for a living and the mistakes he makes in negotiations — giving away points before he has to, for example — makes me shake my head. The NY real estate world is different...

Nicely done.

The ones with the background work best. They being out the excellent quality of the figures. Where did you get the broken fence pieces?

I was a teenager in those days (started college in 1969) but my recollection and my readings since then was that the reporters on the ground after awhile saw that things didn’t start to make sense with what the administration and military was starting to say — the credibility gap — and they...