tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13067159979660491332024-03-03T17:50:47.800-05:00Running RabbitDon't Tell Me What To Do.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger473125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1306715997966049133.post-60786554423392084852024-03-03T17:49:00.003-05:002024-03-03T17:49:47.186-05:00Still AliveI am still out here, just doing my commentary in other places. At times, not very often, but, at times I think about making this blog a regular activity. Maybe later. After I am retired and I have a good handle on all of the projects for my home under control. As if, right?Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1306715997966049133.post-70035438723392063992023-10-01T11:14:00.000-04:002023-10-01T11:14:11.784-04:00Irving Finkel I recently discovered a series of YouTube videos by a curator at the British Museum. Fascinating stuff.And, this being October, I refer you to find the one about the first written mention of ghosts.A search page showing a number of these videosUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1306715997966049133.post-39015861149569600452023-05-14T18:45:00.006-04:002023-05-14T18:45:40.916-04:00A Rough Period. I am in my last year of my seventh decade on this Earth. And, I learned in the first week of May that I can not tolerate a bad diet as well as I once did. A client reminded me it was Cinco de Mayo, and I wasn't going to eat Mexican food to celebrate until I realized I had a box of frozen jalapeno poppers in the freezer. Because I have not yet changed my ways when it comes to eating Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1306715997966049133.post-1853640030440094792023-04-24T11:36:00.005-04:002023-05-14T18:33:41.782-04:00Florida Unclaimed Property So, mea culpa. I was warned. And, failed to act in time.I have, or had, IRAs at two institutions. Both Traditional. One is with a local Credit Union, the other from another region of the State which I rarely have visited in recent times. My last wife came from there, and she got me in that CU when we got married, long ago. So, it became an account I no longer contributed to, all my Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1306715997966049133.post-64081543098397372892022-11-22T17:55:00.001-05:002022-11-22T17:55:05.663-05:00Expanding Your World "We had always thought polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons were primarily
formed in the atmospheres of dying stars," said Brett McGuire, Assistant
Professor of Chemistry at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
and the Project Principal Investigator for GOTHAM, or Green Bank
Telescope (GBT) Observations of TMC-1: Hunting Aromatic Molecules. "In
this study, we found them in cold, darkUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1306715997966049133.post-35613229998038488112022-11-22T17:32:00.004-05:002022-11-22T17:32:48.975-05:00In 1868 We Still Cared For Civil Protections Posse Comitatus Of 1868A search result page, just links about an important measure taken to ensure the military does not rule the people. Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1306715997966049133.post-42299264195109042462022-11-22T17:28:00.002-05:002022-11-22T17:28:16.608-05:00Roger Kimbal Discusses The Merits and Foibles of a Reality Czar To the sane people I know the idea causes a sense of relief until they think about it the wrong hands. Then they become stressed. Because, who among us is at once wise enough and impartial enough to act as the arbiter of truth from fiction? I am sure you think about yourself in this moment, can you honestly say to yourself in those quiet moments that you have the qualifications. Of course, Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1306715997966049133.post-334474918747046592022-11-22T17:17:00.001-05:002022-11-22T17:17:12.244-05:00Echoes of Nuremberg- Not All Military Orders Are Legal "In March 1968, a U.S. infantry platoon under the command of 2nd Lt. William “Rusty” Calley conducted a raid of a hamlet called My Lai"The first line from a 2017 article discussing When A Soldier Can Disobey an Order. Posted as a reminder, and as proof, of the essential goodness of our Nation in spite of the occasional actions of the few.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1306715997966049133.post-5940768578630331292022-11-22T17:11:00.001-05:002022-11-22T17:11:33.208-05:00Mark Steyn Remembers Rush Limbaugh The linked article is from February, 2021 and is a tribute to the late and great radio host. I should have posted this a long time ago.Btw, it seems longer than twenty one months since Rush left this world. His voice is missed.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1306715997966049133.post-81447940072935653662022-07-24T09:50:00.003-04:002022-07-24T09:59:24.219-04:00Agreeing To Disagree On Comment Boards So, to introduce this, let's start with the premise that comment boards, messaging boards, social media in general are fraught with danger if you disagree. Many people are not equipped to listen, and if they are putting their thoughts out for all the world to see, do not want to be shown up.That said. Sometimes you come across someone who has a genuine respect for the well presented notice Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1306715997966049133.post-50896893907808049862021-12-27T19:23:00.000-05:002021-12-27T19:23:37.767-05:00On Hearing The Wrong Words I recently read an amusing story about someone who spent most of his youth under the impression that the quote "Knowledge is power" was the first half of a paired concept with France is bacon being the appropriate follow up. Two concepts? Or, the second supports and explains the first half? Hearing it allowed for a confusion that was only remedied, as the story went, when finally it was Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1306715997966049133.post-82935067120113010822021-12-06T17:35:00.001-05:002021-12-06T17:54:52.999-05:00Years go by faster now I haven't been active here for quite some time. March 2021? I would explain my absence as a symptom of disbelieving I have an impact. Or, I might say I would find anything I might say in effective. And, if you did not respond, at least in your own mind, that I seem to have repeated myself we should both feel a sense of loss.Speaking of loss. In this past year my baby sister died. Though sheUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1306715997966049133.post-32125388955548958952021-03-19T15:50:00.002-04:002021-03-19T15:50:38.094-04:00Joe Biden Does Denisovan Thinking. Our so-called President has decided to call fellow Americans Neanderthals. Or, at least he says they think like Neanderthals, (because they seek freedom and self-determination.).That makes him a Denisovan, a distant extinct relative to both modern humans and Neanderthals. They roamed across Asia, where China is located. He loves China, he wants to rule like the Chinese. He hates people who Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1306715997966049133.post-87356957600279122302021-02-21T09:47:00.001-05:002021-02-21T09:47:34.991-05:00The Court Martial of Andrew Cuomo I will presume the reader is aware of the scandal involving New York Governor Andrew Cuomo? Perhaps, given the one-sided reporting in the media these days that is too much to ask. In essence there is an ever-growing demand for accountability toward Cuomo over his mandate requiring retirement homes being forced to take in Covid-19 positive patients, even against the remonstrance of the staffUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1306715997966049133.post-39897376644774928532021-02-18T08:08:00.001-05:002021-02-18T08:08:37.658-05:00The Echo Chamber of the Left Shouting down dry holes.Because the Left is stupid I explain those four words.Shouting down- In this case refers to the act of speaking out, not the act of silencing your enemy. Read as Shouting, then look at the remaining words down dry holes as a descriptor of the futility with which they shout about causes without perspective or solutions. The writer is not saying to silence dry Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1306715997966049133.post-51606343908272265692021-02-18T07:03:00.002-05:002021-02-18T07:39:56.794-05:00Talent Returned Yesterday. One piece of news dominated the day. It wasn't reported until just after noon. It was talked about for the rest of the day and is still being discussed.People from all walks of life commented on it. It was that important. Perhaps it will not become one of those times when we can say where we were when we heard. For me those times have been JFK's death, the Challenger Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1306715997966049133.post-11139702438512571072021-02-08T15:29:00.000-05:002021-02-08T15:29:01.632-05:00My SB LV Prediction So, I was prompted to think about the outcome of this year's Super Bowl when watching Fox and Friends Sunday morning. The hosts asked the audience to email in their predictions. Given that I don't watch Pro Football since the all the Un-American kneeling took hold, I wasn't of a mind to make a prediction until said prompting.But, it took only a few seconds for the correct response. I Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1306715997966049133.post-63051711915131600602021-02-04T17:08:00.000-05:002021-02-04T17:08:05.930-05:00Remembering the Day After The Music Died. I
remember the day after. Our neighbor's daughter was out on the swing
set inconsolable. We were visiting and her Father led me out there to
help cheer her up. I didn't know who Holly was or what rock and roll
music was at six, she was older than me and deeply affected by his loss.
Clearly as he said it yesterday I remember Mr. Peters saying, "well you
still have Fabian. right", he Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1306715997966049133.post-80396377792277230832021-01-08T14:33:00.001-05:002021-01-08T14:33:39.521-05:00Biden's Banana Republic Coming Soon To A Town Controlling Your Life I had a Facebook account for a time, at the urging of a friend who lauded the site, I accessed and signed up. I never posted to it, (do they call them posts?), I never even looked at my profile options and never once had an urge to create a profile. So, basically, what I am saying is I have never used a social media account.No to Twitter. No to Facebook, (again I admit to once having an Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1306715997966049133.post-61432485547618216462020-11-18T10:13:00.000-05:002020-11-18T10:13:17.529-05:00Exercising Free Speech (while we still have it) If you are puzzled by the title of this post; then you are lost, lost to me, and ignorant of the world we live in. If you see the title and pretend to be puzzled then you are the problem.So, today was my standing golf with the guys day. While my group was waiting for our opposing group to finish we had to time to talk. As soon as it turned to the election results I went into assertive mode.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1306715997966049133.post-90590513533503852832020-10-31T07:23:00.001-04:002020-10-31T07:32:30.227-04:00Twitter Lifts NY Post Ban In Time For Leftist October SurpriseTwitter has not had an awakening. They have not seen the error of their ways. They lifted the ban on the NY Post and realigned their censorship standards in order to be able to allow the Left to publicize the coming smear against Trump. They changed their rules because they have been told the coming smear won't stand up on its own,
it will in fact over time be found to be false, and they must Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1306715997966049133.post-49394408313878185252020-10-29T07:46:00.002-04:002020-10-29T07:46:36.288-04:00The Poll Takers Worry About Their Future Recently Frank Luntz remarked to the effect that should the pollsters get the Presidential election wrong in 2020, as they did in 2016, they should get out of the business. A move few believe they can feel the shame to actually fulfill. Because, for the pollsters, it isn't about the results except that increased accuracy increases their earning power. Polls are about two things, (1 Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1306715997966049133.post-21150390427913490742020-10-19T16:32:00.002-04:002020-10-19T16:32:25.020-04:00Show The Algorithm Source Code On Internet Search Engines Google it.We all used to say that, they were at the forefront of searching the internet. The term became as universally used as the name Kleenex for facial tissue.These days there are legitimate worries about bias in search results. Agendas ruin beauty.Initially, as I understood it, Google promised us a simple non-biased formula; the most commonly searched results were shown at the top of Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1306715997966049133.post-75712659828523415322020-10-19T15:43:00.002-04:002020-10-25T21:05:50.327-04:00The Covid Expert's Advice And A Carton Of Milk Both should come with an expiration date. Milk already does. The Covid expert's advice does not, though in reality, circumstances force an expiration upon so much of what they tell us.This is a unique virus, we are told. So, it should not be a surprise when the best guess made with the most current information is revised or contradicted later. The first and perhaps most obvious exampleUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1306715997966049133.post-80900903290019936772020-10-19T15:23:00.005-04:002020-10-19T15:23:54.072-04:00Vet The Moderator Here comes the final Presidential Debate of the 2020 campaign. Days away. And, only now is it coming forth that the so-called moderator has significant Democratic ties, and is a well known left leaning member of the media. Such a surprise.I suggest that in order for the President to receive a fair shot at presenting his ideas that an effort be made to vet the moderator ahead of the Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0