Friday, June 26, 2026

Linky Links

Stuff I found interesting or amusing and thought I'd share.

- Books for America's 250th Anniversary. That's quite a list - actually two lists.

- Liberals Love Performative Empathy. Inconvenient truths.

- Jonathan Turley" Supreme Court takes on Hawaii's Vampire Rule on gun possession.

- DataRepublican: How USAID build a global Color Revolution infrastructure with NGO's.

Make Good Choices

Friday Flotsam and Jetsam

 Have a new miscellaneous thoughts and observations post up on Substack.

The South Korean stock market has reportedly been halted after falling over 8% but our stock market is fine. There's devastating earthquakes in Venezuela and heat waves in Europe but here in the US were only concerned with a little rain. Not even sure what's real any more.

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Quotes for Today

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The Best and the Brightest

"That McNamara's role was major, the he was by default usurping the role of the Secretary of State, did not faze him. He was intelligent, forceful, courageous, decent, everything in fact but wise...

If it just been a matter of getting the right goods to the right villages, we would have won; unfortunately, what we were selling was not what they were buying. This man, whose only real experience had been in dealing with the second largest automotive empire in the world, producing huge Western vehicles, was the last man to understand and measure the problems of a people looking for their political freedom."

In the words of President Lyndon Johnson, "I forgot he had only been president of Ford for one week."

Thursday, June 25, 2026

Linky Links

 Stuff I found interesting or amusing and thought I'd share.

- The rational optimist's guide to AI. "Instead of asking 'How do I use AI?' ask what you want to achieve."

- Learn something new every day - there was a reason Elvis was the King.

- Kevin Kelly: Why are LLM's smart?

- Jonathan Turley: Chicago teachers seek billions more despite failing schools.

The Key to Life

Thursday Flotsam and Jetsam

Have a new miscellaneous thoughts and observations post up on Substack.

Look for President Trump to go on the offensive on things like the Save Act and other 80/20 issues where he's on the right side of public sentiment like illegal immigration. Don't underestimate the effect of him highlighting such issues during the nations upcoming 250th birthday will have on voters patriotic sentiment either.

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Quotes for Today

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These Things Should Be Second Nature for All

Wednesday, June 24, 2026

George Jones - He Stopped Loving Her Today

Linky Links

Stuff I found interesting or amusing and thought I'd share.

- Strategy Requires Storytelling and Pictures, the Right Pictures.

- Florida's "Alligator Alcatraz" shutting down permanently sources say. In with a bang - out with a whimper.

- Elon Musk introduces Starmind.

- NCAA agrees to 5-seasons in 5-years rule.

I Feel Seen

Wednesday Flotsam and Jetsam

Have a new miscellaneous thoughts and observations post up on Substack.

President Trump is upset that prices at the gas pump are not falling fast enough to mirror the drop in the price of oil. He probably had a price level in mind to mention to the nation during the July 4th 250th celebration. Meanwhile Joe Biden could not get out of Afghanistan fast enough to help in his mind mark the anniversary of 9/11. The difference between the two administrations.

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Quotes for Today

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Priests Playing Poker


The sins associated with playing cards are nothing new. The Synod of 1404 forbade card-playing by the clergy and in 1423 Saint Bernard called for the faithful to go home, get their playing cards and burn them right in the public square outside of Saint Peter's in the Vatican.

I wonder if that ruling against clergy playing cards has ever been rescinded?  Personally I can't ever recall seeing a priest at a poker table. And now I really want a version of Dogs Playing Cards but with priests instead.

Tuesday, June 23, 2026

Linky Links

Stuff I found interesting or amusing and thought I'd share.

- How to win a space war. Long but interesting read that boils down to - first have a SpaceX.

- The economic costs of the Iran war. Not sure how this changes with a potential decrease in prices at the pump.

- Many a truth is said in jest.

- We were right about the 2024 recession.

Friendly's - What Happened?

Watch as Gas Prices at the Pump Start to Drop

You know soon you'll see stickers of President Trump pointing to the prices with a bubble saying, "I did that!."

Tuesday Flotsam and Jetsam

Have a new miscellaneous thoughts and observations post up on Substack.

The Iran peace deal is back on. Iranian representatives may have originally walked out but they quickly walked back to negotiations when informed if they left they and their whole country would be bombed. The terms included the strait of Hormuz being open, the sanctions against Iran being temporarily lifted, and inspections of the atomic program agreed to which was the whole point of the war in the first place.

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Quotes for Today

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Monday, June 22, 2026

The Best and the Brightest

"[General] Harkins began by corrupting the intelligence reports coming in. Up until 1961 they had been reasonably accurate, clear, unclouded, by bureaucratic ambition... in effect the Administration created a situation where it lied to itself...

His [Harkins] two main distinctions during his years years in service in Vietnam would be, first, that his reporting consistently misled the President of the United States, and second, that it brought him to a point of struggle with a vast number of his field officers who tried to file realistic (hence pessimistic) reports. But even here the fault was not necessarily Harkins'. In all those years he felt that he was only doing what Max Taylor wanted, and there was considerable evidence that this was true, that his optimism reflected back-channeled directives from Taylor...

General Paul Donal Harkins, fifty-seven, was a man of compelling mediocrity...

'He wasn't worth a damn, so he was removed,' [Secretary of Defense] McNamara would say of him later, 'you need intelligent people.' Of course McNamara failed to explain why Harkins had held his position for almost two and a half years."

Linky Links

Stuff I found interesting or amusing and thought I'd share.

- DataRepublican: Our assassination culture - "Traitor for Israel."  Hate has twisted many hearts.

- Jonathan Turley on things not going well for Dan Goldman.  The left eating their own - kind of amusing.

- Alan Greenspan has passed aged 100.

- The Ramp: Game 6 of the 1986 World Series. Very different emotions from the ones I have of that night.

Truth

Monday Flotsam and Jetsam

Have a new miscellaneous thoughts and observations post up on Substack.

Wait did Keir Starmer announce he was stepping down as PM before Iran pulled out of peace negotiations? Or the other way around? Perhaps the two are related? That's one way to explain things.

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Quotes for Today

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The 80/20 Principle for Life

Sunday, June 21, 2026

Linky Links

Stuff I found interesting or amusing and thought I'd share.

- Were do we find such men?

- Admit I laughed.

- Unlocking the ocean's economy.

- If you made this self-driving you'd have the new mobile home office.

Happy Summer Solstice

Father's Day Flotsam and Jetsam

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Happy Father's Day to all the dads out there. Today I plan on having a fire in the yard and watching some golf. Taking it easy as the Lord intended.

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Quotes for Today

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Happy Father's Day

Saturday, June 20, 2026

More Linky Links

More stuff I found interesting or amusing and thought I'd share.

- VDH: Iran War Misconception. 

- Where do we find such men?

- America's biggest industries by economic output.

- "Truly Evil" FDA rejection of gene therapy after Trump official ousted.

The Killer Angels

"'If it weren't for the slaves, there'd never have been no war, now would there?'

'No,' Chamberlain said.

'Well then, I don't care how much political fast-talking you hear, that's what it's all about and that's what them fellas died for, and I tell you, Lawrence, I don't understand it all.'

'No,' Chamberlain said. He was thinking of Kilrain: no divine spark. Animal meat: the Killer Angels."

From Michael Shaara's The Killer Angels. Not sure if they sell this book at the Gettysburg National Military Park but they should stock it in the gift shop.

Linky Links

 Stuff I found interesting or amusing and thought I'd share.

- Two top senators urge Trump DOJ to prosecute Fauci despite Biden autopen pardon. Agree - Fauci should be in jail.

- Nathanael Greene was an underappreciated hero of the American Revolution.

- Jonathan Turley: Arkansas shows continued testing improvements from reforms.

- VDH on Barack Obama's consistent hectoring lecturing.

The USMNT Road to the World Cup

Saturday Flotsam and Jetsam

Have a new miscellaneous thoughts and observations post up on Substack.

Thoughts on the big USMNT win over Australia, Joe Biden making the news for all the wrong reasons and some random observations. Meanwhile I'll start on my Father's Day festivities early with breakfast with my youngest today and going up to Maine to see my oldest and my new grandchild tomorrow.

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Quotes for Today

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Life Advice from Charlie Munger