Just a thing to ponder… Subjects are controlled by their government (King, Council, Parliament, Proconsul, Congress, what ever) Citizens control their government. Dumb-funnies are those who (among other things) wonder aimlessly and planlessly into the capital building thinking, thereby, to take over the government. Or perhaps believe they will “start Read more…
You know the difference between a Pirate and a Privateer? Not that we have privateers any more (sort of), though we do still have pirates. (Look it up, if you don’t know about this; pirates still operate and they are neither romantic nor fun, nor do they have even a Read more…
EULA: end user license agreement. You know: that annoying thing you have to agree to after you have purchased what ever it is? A computer. A piece of software, etc. End User License… But you already purchased it! That’s an implied contract. You already have the right to use what ever Read more…
The Senate voted down a bill that would have put a price cap on insulin. Specifically the Republican party-line blocked the bill. Insulin, of course, is the primary treatment for all forms of diabetes, which, due to the nature of the standard food supply, is among the leading health disorders Read more…
I’ll keep this short. “Important security updates” and all they can tell you is “something went wrong”? Are you kidding me? Ah, but! Here’s the good news: there’s really no chance of Microsoft ever inventing Artificial Intelligence, is there? Not when this is the best they can do! I’m a 45 Read more…
Here’s a question to ponder. Hopefully deeply. Would you want Fox News(1) judging your life? Your private life, versus your professional (i.e., day job) life? I wouldn’t. There’s quite a bit there that could easily be taken out of context and turned into “scandal.” I’ll bet real money there’s such Read more…
Please don’t pretend for one instant to be surprised or amazed by the weather this summer. I and a million other voices have been shouting it for over 50 years. Charts, graphs and rigorous logic have all been rigorously ignored. 50 years ago this could have been easily avoided. Fixing Read more…
“Neither Left nor Right, I’m just staying home tonight, Getting lost in that hopeless little screen” ~ Leonard Cohen Democrary is Coming to the USA Besides “rules,” I also don’t do political parties or political affiliations. “A Pox on Both Your Houses!” ~ William Shakespeare Romeo and Juliet I’ve Read more…
Yesterday was a bad day. I believe future history books(1) will show 24 Jun 2022 as the day America finally died. The dream is dead. A government of, by and for the People has been replaced by a religious oligarchy(2), using illegal tactics, coercion, lies and propaganda to stack the Read more…
Telemarketers have become a fungus on the planet, a disease with no cure. A Toxin in the culture of every nation, not just America the Incredibly Gullible. Ok, that’s harsh, maybe [and maybe not], but let me explain. Everyone of you who calls someone uninvited (there’s the key word) can Read more…
Here’s one “easy” partial solution to the problems of government everywhere. World Wide, really, but in America in particular. To get into any public office (elected, appointed, hired, doesn’t matter, city, county, state or federal) you first have to pass a test. A basic competency test for Public Office in Read more…
Heard a phrase today, “Happy Wife, Happy Life.” Every guy in the room nodded his head in agreement. After thinking about this for a bit, here’s a simple yardstick for you, gents. A “Wife” is not a possession. She is not a way to perpetuate “the family name” (which is Read more…
So there I am, working on a computer, and I’m in the updates (the never-ending, interminable updates) and up pops this “ad” (update now or else, sort of thing) saying I can now take this computer to Windows 11. Ok. Groovy, even. (As they used to say.) EXCEPT, the way Read more…
I get (a little) annoyed with Americans and especially American Politicians (who ought to be professionals in their craft) who talk about their “democracy.” It’s not a democracy. It never was. It’s a Constitutional Republic. Completely and totally different animal. My opinion is that any one who doesn’t know that Read more…
A collage (or collision) of three items that struck my attention this morning. Thought the First: Just read an article where some folks(1) are hacking the Google and Alexa “home” stuff and can listen to everything going on in the home, and can even talk back, and carry on a Read more…
Every time I pick up a Mr Coffee coffee pot and it dribbles all over the table, or every time I go to put a special sheet of paper in the printer to find the paper already in there is no longer properly in place and has to be adjusted before Read more…
When I was a kid (a century or so ago(1)), and there was a Good Program coming on TV (there actually were some, occasionally — just like now), I can remember my Mom and I in the kitchen, making a snack or washing dishes, and watching the clock get toward Read more…
If it’s not good for at least 100 years, why did you design it, build it, sell it or buy it? Why? Imagine how much bounty the Human Race (and the God-Zillions of other critters we share this planet with) could have if every thing we made or did was Read more…
Not mine, I’m reposting it here. You know the expression; those who fail to learn from History, blah blah etc. Read this carefully. You are living in Interesting Times Learning to live in fear. After looking out the window I could see all the trucks and cannons go by, This Read more…
I get unbelievable junk mail every day. Such stuff that I can’t figure out who is the more foolish: the person who sent it hoping to steal my money, or the people who fall for it, not noticing the many things wrong with it. For example (I received this in Read more…