Stuff I found interesting or amusing and thought I'd share.
- Niall Ferguson: Forward to Genesis.
- Immigration is a mess. Here's how to fix it.
Wednesday, November 20, 2024
Some Memes You May Enjoy
Poor Charlie's Almanac
"Now, this has been a very peculiar talk for some businessman to come in and give a law school - some guy who's never taken a course in psychology telling you that all these psychology textbooks are wrong. This is very eccentric. But all I can tell you is that I'm sincere. There's a lot of simple stuff that many of you are quite capable of learning. And your lives will work way better, too, if you do. Plus, learning it is a lot of fun. So I urge you to learn it."
"...I always knew that aiming low was the best path for me, so I merely sought 1) to learn from my betters a few practical mental tricks that would help me avoid some of the worst miscognitions common in my age cohort, and 2) to pass on my mental tricks only to a few people who could easily learn from me because they already almost knew what I was telling them."
Wednesday Flotsam and Jetsam
Have a new miscellaneous thoughts and observations post up on Substack.
If the federal government does spend $18 billion on classifying documents wouldn't that make it a prime target for DOGE if they are looking to curb spending and cut government waste? Can you imagine how popular a DOGE suggestion box for new targets to eliminate waste would be? So let it be written - so let it be done!
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Tuesday, November 19, 2024
Linky Links
Stuff I found interesting or amusing and thought I'd share.
- From the archive: David Sedaris on hothouse flowers.
- The Daily Coach on turning pain into progress.
- Trump should immediately stop federal agencies from hiding documents by needlessly marking them as classified. Agree 100%.
- Energy realism and climate pragmatism at the Department of Energy. I support Chris Wright.
Linky Links
Stuff I found interesting or amusing and thought I'd share.
- CMR Salamander: Behold the Red Sea clown show. Houthis delenda est!
- The influence of Bell Labs. Once we were giants.
- Douglas Murray: The profundity of evil. There is no "banal" evil - only evil. (HT Execupundit)
- Wow - the government really need new computers. Is this still true? (Via)
Tuesday Flotsam and Jetsam
Have a new miscellaneous thoughts and observations post up on Substack.
Have to wonder if when buying a bar you have to agree to "bar time" and set all the clocks ahead by 20-minutes. Is this written into the lease or purchase and sale agreement - or is it just a custom? Is this a local thing? What about states that have no closing time?
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Monday, November 18, 2024
Linky Links
Stuff I found interesting or amusing and thought I'd share.
- Think this place could make a fortune as an Air-B&B.
- The Case of Justine Bateman. Does seems like the election of Trump allowed her to break her silence.
- The allegations against Matt Gaetz are anonymous and do give off a manufactured Steele dossier vibe.
Monday Flotsam and Jetsam
Have a new miscellaneous thoughts and observations post up on Substack.
Donald Trump has named fracking pioneer Chris Wright as new Secretary of Energy to join earlier appointments RFK Jr., Pete Hegseth, Tulsi Gabbard and others. Look for the Obama quote that "elections have consequences" to be quoted by media outlets of all stripes.
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Sunday, November 17, 2024
Linky Links
Stuff I found interesting or amusing and thought I'd share.
- Do other countries do it? A simple litmus test for RFK Jr.'s ideas. Agree 100%.
- Stanford's Jay Bhattacharya top candidate to lead NIH. He was the first to speak out about the effectiveness of the vaccines and lockdowns. Love this choice.
- Via Recommendo - a Substack of occult history. I'll have to check it out.
Sunday Flotsam and Jetsam
Have a new miscellaneous thoughts and observations post up on Substack.
Amused by Brian Kelley ditching Notre Dame because he thought LSU would offer a better chance to win a national championship only to see the Tigers lose to Florida and fall to 6-4 on the year and out of all chances to win anything while the Fighting Irish look to be a lock for the new 12-team college football playoff. This reminds me of when Doc Rivers left the Boston Celtics because he felt other teams offered a better chance to win an NBA title only to see his new teams flame out while the Celtics went to several NBA Finals and won it all last year.
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Saturday, November 16, 2024
Linky Links
Stuff I found interesting or amusing and thought I'd share.
- Reminder of what Biden-Harris did when they first got into office.
- Were the allegations against Matt Gaetz fabricated political dirty tricks?
- 63 Principles (HT Tim Ferriss)
Saturday Flotsam and Jetsam
Have a new miscellaneous thoughts and observations post up on Substack.
New conspiracy theory - all that short selling of Tesla stock after the We, Robot event was an attempt to discredit Elon Musk and get people to swing their votes away from Trump to influence the election. It didn't work.
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Friday, November 15, 2024
Some Memes You May Enjoy
Many a truth is said in jest.
- Heh Heh
- Many a truth is said in jest.
More Linky Links
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- We waste so much tax money. Shouldn't any waste DOGE eliminates come right out of the budget and national debt?
- Matt Stoller on Matt Gaetz as an anti-monopolist and anti-big business. Interesting reading.
- This is water by David Foster Wallace. Something that should be reviewed from time to time.
- Oprah tries to justify the $1 million fee paid by the Harris-Walz campaign. Yeah right.
Linky Links
Stuff I found interesting or amusing and thought I'd share.
- RIP attorney Ted Olson. Perhaps the greatest Supreme Court attorney of his generation.
- Rays to play 2025 season at Tampa's Steinbrenner Field. I had wondered about this very thing yesterday.
- I want this. (HT Some Its Just as Well)
- Jon Gruden joins Barstool Sports. Get the popcorn ready.
Friday Flotsam and Jetsam
Have a new miscellaneous thoughts and observations post up on Substack.
Donald Trump nominated RFK Jr. to be new Secretary of HHS to initiate his MAHA agenda, Matt Gaetz as Attorney General, and Tulsi Gabbard as the new head of NSA even though she was secretly put on a terrorist watch list. He made these nominations just because some people just want to watch the deep state burn.
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Thursday, November 14, 2024
Linky Links
Stuff I found interesting or amusing and thought I'd share.
- The Daily Coach on the Art of Listening.
- From the archive: An oral history of the famous WKRP turkey drop episode. That time of year again.
- Glenn Reynold's on why voter ID should be top priority for new administration. Grew up on stories of James Michael Curley as Mayor of Boston getting his machine to have supporters to vote multiple times in elections to get "his people" elected. Seemed amusing at the time but now I understand why voter ID is so important.
- Republicans name John Thune as new Senate Majority leader. Simple explanation is that it's a secret ballot vote and it's tough to get people to vote against their own self interest.
Thursday Flotsam and Jetsam
Have a new miscellaneous thoughts and observations post up on Substack.
As expected, Donald Trump named Florida Senator Marco Rubio as Secretary of State. Rubio is known as a "classic" Republican and a war hawk. He's also the son of Cuban parents who is completely anti-Communist. Think this last detail is the most important as he readily plays the "bad cop" to Trump's get the deal done "good cop."
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