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Musings

My observations and thoughts on the state of the country and the world, both out-of-control, in need of a benevolent iron-fist to bring them out of the muck-and-mire of the dismal swamp into which both have sunk. I will provide corrective thinking and actions here. Thank me later. Resistance is futile.

Frivolity and Idle Amusement

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In the course of my meanderings around the web-o-sphere this rainy weekend, as I successfully avoided any-and-all coverage of the royal wedding, I came across a piece from Vanity Fair. I don’t think of the magazine, given its title, as a source of anything authoritative, although others seem to think it might offer insight into current culture and fashion. I was perplexed as to why this article was even published until a little research showed it fit into the 24/7/365 Trump derangement syndrome of its author, made obvious by the title, “Bill Gates: Trump is even dumber than you thought,” categorized under the webzine’s business section, with the very professional subsection/pre-title of “Dear God.”  Bear with me…

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No need for speed

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Revised 10/6/18; 1/19/19 I never understood the rush to be first to “report/break” a piece of info that may or may not be “news” the public at-large actually needs to know, without knowing it is factual. Such reportage is always rushed, always incomplete, and therefore usually wrong because full context and actuality/factuality has not been … Read more

The Olympics, geo-politics, and auto insurance

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So the Winter Olympics are (finally) over. I managed to watch not a single second of it as I refused to become part of a propaganda-fest dutifully presented by pliable American media to an even more pliable and gleefully ignorant public. Don’t waste your time telling me its all about the spirit of the world … Read more

Happy New Year?

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Sometimes you wake up in the morning with a clear sense of what you intend to do that day, so on you go to make it so. But I have an expression I use often when discussing the vagaries and risks of everyday life: I woke up this morning; all bets are off on what … Read more