More stuff I found interesting or amusing and thought I'd share.
- Iran can neither be appeased or postponed.
- Kevin Kelly: Three modes of cognition.
Friday, March 06, 2026
College Football Thoughts
Some offseason thoughts and observations on college football as many leaders prepare to meet at the White House.
Was having these observations anyway and figured may as well jot them down and share on Substack.
Linky Links
Stuff I found interesting or amusing and thought I'd share.
- Emil Michael's "holy cow!" moment regarding AI. Was the Maduro raid when they government woke up to the danger of someone like Anthropic?
- Interesting theory why Kristi Noem was dismissed.
- Netflix acquires AI start-up founded by Ben Affleck.
- Battleships with fricken lasers (Austin Powers reference). This could be a game changer.
White House UFC Card is Set
Suddenly everyone wants to know how to get the Paramount+ app. This fight card could set records.
Friday Flotsam and Jetsam
Have a new miscellaneous thoughts and observations post up on Substack.
Every baseball spring training we get stories about how much bullpen catchers make and every spring I find myself dreaming if I made the wrong career choice. Maybe it was that dream that caused me to sleep in this morning?
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Quotes for Today
Some quotes I hope may resonate with you.
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Thursday, March 05, 2026
Linky Links
Stuff I found interesting or amusing and thought I'd share.
- Mass vs RFK Jr. over Dunkin' Donuts. Think a Kennedy would know enough not to mess with Dunkin's in Mass.
- The sinking of the Dena was textbook.
- The hidden insurance rules keeping MLB star from the 2026 World Baseball Classic.
- Sebastian Junger: What it feels like to get blown up. Some thoughts on the US military involvement in Iran.
The Four Agreements
"To be alive is the biggest fear humans have. Death is not the biggest fear we have; our biggest fear is taking the risk to be alive - and express what we really are. Just being ourselves is the biggest fear of humans. We have learned to live by other people's points of view because of the fear of not being accepted and of not being good enough for someone else." Don Miguel Ruiz
Thursday Flotsam and Jetsam
Have a new miscellaneous thoughts and observations post up on Substack.
Did not comment on the Rate Payer Protection Pledge signed yesterday by the major AI companies and President Trump because it is a "pledge" - a guideline without the force of a law. I'm waiting to see how this shakes out. Have the feeling the Administration is nudging AI companies toward partnering with military bases installing nuclear plants. These things seem to be aligning.
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Quotes for Today
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Wednesday, March 04, 2026
Linky Links
Stuff I found interesting or amusing and thought I'd share.
- Russ Roberts: The head of the snake - life in Israel during the Second Iran War.
- Nations have agency and sovereignty over their territories. And elections have consequences a reminder to those touting free cheese.
- House oversight Committee concludes Tim Walz administration knew about fraud but failed to act.
- Paramount Skydance debt downgraded to junk bond status by Fitch.
Wednesday Flotsam and Jetsam
Have a new miscellaneous thoughts and observations post up on Substack.
Has to be noted that Donald Trump seems determined to leave the world a better place than when he first took office as President. The situations in Venezuela and Iran have been festering for decades and now he's sorting those two out. Will it be any surprise if he brings peace to Israel and the middle east too?
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Quotes for Today
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Tuesday, March 03, 2026
More Linky Links
More stuff I found interesting or amusing and thought I'd share.
- LUCAS's coming out party. Keep thinking of the Bill Hicks bit about Desert Strom "Let's see what this can do."
- One buyer dominated Iran's oil exports.
- Admiral Brad Cooper's message to the soldiers and sailors of Operation Epic Fury.
- Trump moves to cut all trade with Spain. Actions have consequences. Not sure how to translate FAFO into Spanish.
Linky Links
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- Supreme Court skeptical of law banning drug users from possessing firearms.
- More than 550 CDL Schools Shuttered. Is it too much to ask that ICE is working in conjunction with this news?
- The problem with Iran. To me the real problem is the Hippocratic oath supposed to be for doctors not military leaders. Those are taught to inflict maximum damage to their enemies (HT A Layman's Blog)
Tuesday Flotsam and Jetsam
Have a new miscellaneous thoughts and observations post up on Substack.
Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Kuwait, Oman, Bahrain, and the UAE all declared their rights to respond to attacks from Iran. Basically the Iranian regime has pissed off all their neighbors. Also guessing these six countries will also soon announce they are all part of the Abraham Accords.
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Monday, March 02, 2026
More Linky Links
More stuff I found interesting or amusing and thought I'd share.
- Jonathan Turley: MLB pitcher turned down Padres offer due to California state taxes. This will not be the last case of this happening.
- Good news: AI will eat application software. A look at some of the "moats" some companies have created.
- The Rise of the Punitive Expedition. He's not wrong.
Linky Links
Stuff I found interesting or amusing and thought I'd share.
- Jonathan Turley: How Trump boxed Congress in on War Powers.
- 117 AD - the maximum extent of the Roman Empire.
- VDH: Is there a Trump great game? He's not wrong.
Monday Flotsam and Jetsam
Have a new miscellaneous thoughts and observations post up on Substack.
We have reached a fog of war situation between the US and Iran. You have to take any information from both sides with a grain of salt as it is being filtered from when it actually happens to when is reported to the general public. Even in a couple of weeks when much comes out we may not have the full story.
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Quotes for Today
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Sunday, March 01, 2026
More Linky Links
More stuff I found interesting or amusing and thought I'd share.
- For the Iranian diaspora in US, hope for a Berlin Wall moment. Strange that title talks of diaspora in US but article just talks about California.
- From the archives: Marc Andreessen on pausing alcohol.
- Profile of Palantir's CTO Shyam Sankar. Writer a big too prosaic and full of themselves but fan of Palantir.
Linky Links
Sr]tuff I found interesting or amusing and thought I'd share.
= Glenn Reynolds: Cutting off the head of the snake. "To quote author Keith Laumer, 'there's nothing as peaceful as a dead troublemaker.' Khamenei is now peaceful." He makes an excellent point about China too.
- Plugged the book Education of a Wandering Man into the Book Recommendations site and got back 30 title. Of those I've already read 15, have 3 on my reading list, 2 others on bookshelves and will probably be adding the other titles to my wish list.
- Jonathan Turley: Trump can rely on past Democratic President s for authority to attack Iran.
Sunday Flotsam and Jetsam
Have a new miscellaneous thoughts and observations post up on Substack.
China, Russia, Pakistan, and others have protested the US military actions against Iran in Operation Epic Fury but this was what they were expected to do. No real actions other than words of condemnation will be taken. If these nations had any real issue during the US's weeks long build up of military asset literally on Iran's doorstep those concerns would have been conveyed long ago.
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Saturday, February 28, 2026
Linky Links
Stuff I found interesting or amusing and thought I'd share.
- Secretary of War Pete Hesgeth on the US Government purge of Anthropic.
- Jonathan Turley: Jack Smith had secret orders targeting Kash Patel and Susie Wiles. Jack Smith should face charges.
- From the archives: 5 misconceptions about colonial American history.
- Sam Altman on OpenAI and ChatGPT reaching an agreement with the DoW.
Saturday Flotsam and Jetsam
Have a new miscellaneous thoughts and observations post up on Substack.
Have to research the subject more but seems to me that the bottom line to this controversy over Anthropic seems to be the company's view that some Silicon Valley Karen would be better equipped to handle military targeting than someone who graduated from officer training school and has years of experience. The Karen says she determines the ethics and thus gets to determine the appropriateness of targets.
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Quotes for Today
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