Thursday, April 25, 2024
Wednesday, April 24, 2024
Linky Links
Stuff I found interesting or amusing and thought I'd share.
- Javier Milei announces Argentina's first budget surplus in 16-years. Queue the meme that says. "Lord I saw what you did for them and I want it for myself."
- Harvard announces reversal and WILL require standardized test results in order to gain admittance.
- Good news! NASA announces Voyager 1 back online.
- Why a housing shortage exists despite more houses per person. (HT Steve Landry)
Wednesday Flotsam and Jetsam
Have a new miscellaneous thoughts and observations post up on Substack.
They say many a truth is said in jest. This may be a perfect example. Have long said that we're seeing new media replace the influence of corporate media in real time. We may be seeing the death of the Ivy League in real time too. As always - please Subscribe, hit the Like button, or share the Link. Thanks!
Quotes for Today
Some quotes I hope may resonate with you.
Have a new Quotes for Today up on my Substack. As I've mentioned doing this as a way to thank those who have Subscribed. If you are a Subscriber - you should have received an email. Thanks!
Tuesday, April 23, 2024
More Linky Links
More stuff I found interesting or amusing and thought I'd share.
- Nadia Schadlow on the Pentagon's budget. A mind-numbing cycle of too many studies. Her recommendations should be followed.
- Terry Anderson, who was kidnapped and held captive in Lebanon for 7-years, has passed aged 76. RIP.
Linky Links
Stuff I found interesting or amusing and thought I'd share.
- Patriots owner Robert Kraft no longer donating to Columbia U due to their pro Hamas stance and protesters. Ivy League college was once had Dwight Eisenhower as President now their president says terrorism "is a form of protest."
- AI method identifies new Parkinson's treatments (HT Steve Landry)
Tuesday Flotsam and Jetsam
Have a new miscellaneous thoughts and observations post up on Substack.
Yesterday was Earth Day. Originally Earth Day was a way to thank actor Eddie Albert on his birthday for all his environmental work but that's mostly forgotten as the day has largely become a marketing money grab. Still say that we should re-emphasize Arbor Day as a holiday because planting trees is much better for the Earth. Much better. As always - please Subscribe, hit the Like button, or share the Link. Thanks!
Quotes for Today
Some quote I hope may resonate with you.
Have a new Quotes for Today up on my Substack. As I've mentioned doing this as a way to thank those who have Subscribed. If you are a Subscriber - you should have received an email. Thanks!
Slavery
It has been reported that there's more people in slavery today then there were at the time of the Civil War. Have long said that the US should drop out of the UN if they refuse to expel any country still allows slavery.
Monday, April 22, 2024
More Linky Links
More stuff I found interesting or amusing and thought I'd share.
- What is factually wrong with what is said here? Joe Biden cannot run on his record because America remembers.
- VDH on war between Iran and Israel and the Biden Administration's position.
- Remembering Pat Tillman 20-years after his death.
- Did science just find evidence for the theory of evolution?
Linky Links
Stuff I found interesting or amusing and thought I'd share.
- Average lifespan of mammals.
- Analysis true! But it does make sense when you realize his press secretary makes his Tweets.
- Bari Weiss on anti-Semitism on college campuses. The problem is only growing bigger.
- Greenpeace's war on the poor. They exist solely to trick you out of your money these days. Article is from last summer but new to me.
Monday Flotsam and Jetsam
Have a new miscellaneous thoughts and observations post up on Substack.
Think most organizations would more accurately be said to have a marketing department or marketing director than a public relations (PR) or press secretary. Even more accurate to say these organizations usually have a propaganda department or spin doctor. As always - please Subscribe, hit the Like button, or share the Link. Thanks!
Quotes for Today
Some quotes I hope may resonate with you.
Have a new Quotes for Today up on my Substack. As I've mentioned doing this as a way to thank those who have Subscribed. If you are a Subscriber - you should have received an email. Thanks!
Atomic Habits by James Clear
Sunday, April 21, 2024
Some Memes You Might Enjoy
The Raymond Chandler Papers
"I had an idea for some time back that I should like to do an article on The Moral Status of the Writer, or more frivolously, The Hell with Posterity I Want Mine Now. Not a frivolous article really it seems to me that all this yapping about writers selling themselves to Hollywood or the slicks or some transient propaganda idea, instead of writing sincerely from the heart about what they see around them - the people who make this kind of complaint, and that includes practically every critic who takes himself seriously, overlooks the point (I don't see how they can, but they do) that no writer in any age got a blank check. He always had to accept some conditions imposed from without, respect certain taboos, try to please certain people. It might have been the Church, or a rich patron, or a generally accepted standard of elegance, or the commercial wisdom of a publisher or editor, or perhaps even a set of political theories." - Raymond Chandler (from a 1947 letter)
Sunday Flotsam and Jetsam
Have a new miscellaneous thoughts and observations post up on Substack.
Slice of life: old man in a sauna in a men's locker room thinks, "All this young guy needs is a pair of sneakers" when he see the guy sweating while wearing a bathing suit and a T-shirt. Young guy thinks, "Why is this old guy naked?" As always - please Subscribe, hit the Like button, or share the Link. Thanks!
Quotes for Today
Some quotes I hope may resonate with you.
Have a new Quotes for Today up on my Substack. As I've mentioned doing this as a way to thank those who have Subscribed. If you are a Subscriber - you should have received an email. Thanks!
Cause of US Military Deaths
Prior to WW II most deaths didn't happen on the battlefield. Would be curious to find out when suicide became such an epidemic among military personnel. (Via)
Saturday, April 20, 2024
Linky Links
Stuff I found interesting or amusing and thought I'd share.
- VDH on the epidemic of of violent, crybaby protestors. Agree 100%.
- Scientists are making food from thin air. Article is a few months old but new to me.
- Created an online petition to change NPR's new CEO Katherine Maher's first name to Karen. Please sign the petition. Thanks!
The Raymond Chandler Papers
"I do not write for you, for money or for prestige, but for love, the strange lingering love wherein men may think in cool subtleties and talk in the language of almost forgotten cultures. I like that world." - Raymond Chandler from a 1945 letter)
Enjoying the book so far. Learning a lot about Chandler, the writing business, and the writers of his day.
Saturday Flotsam and Jetsam
Have a new miscellaneous thoughts and observations post up on Substack.
Seems to me that writers like JK Rowling who defend what they believe normally put out good work. Writers who attack her normally put out work they hope will be popular and sell. Those people are usually wrong but they never apologize for their views or work. As always - please Subscribe, hit the Like button, or share the Link. Thanks!
Quotes
Some quotes I hope may resonate with you.
Have a new Quotes for Today up on my Substack. As I've mentioned doing this as a way to thank those who have Subscribed. If you are a Subscriber - you should have received an email. Thanks!
Friday, April 19, 2024
Linky Links
Stuff I found interesting or amusing and thought I'd share.
- VDH on the 2024 Presidential Election. He fails to mention RFK Jr. and how his campaign could siphon off a significant amount of Biden supporters.
- You learn something new every day.
- Allman Brothers' Dickie Betts has passed aged 80.
- The scaffolding is coming down off Notre Dame de Paris. The cathedral is scheduled to reopen to the public in December.
Bill Burr on the NFL Draft
Ever since I first saw this I haven't watched the draft. You know most mock drafts are just made up guesses and as Bill Belichick points out most of the pre-draft info you see from "insiders" is coming from player agents. Don't waste your time.
Friday Flotsam and Jetsam
Have a new miscellaneous thoughts and observations post up on Substack.
My posts have become more political recently but that's not by design. There's many issues I don't even mention - like Laken Riley's killer being illegally pardoned by the Department of Homeland Security, Mark Milley intentionally standing down on Jan 6th, or Trump's NYC trial jury selection. These topics are both sad and exhaustion and probably like you I already know what I think about the subjects. As always - please Subscribe, hit the Like button, or share the Link. Thanks!
Quotes for Today
Some quotes I hope may resonate with you.
Have a new Quotes for Today up on my Substack. As I've mentioned doing this as a way to thank those who have Subscribed. If you are a Subscriber - you should have received an email. Thanks!
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