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- Three Years Since the October 7th Slaughter.
- Kevin Kelly: The Influence of Science Fiction on Science.
- What challenges lie ahead for the Protect College Sports Act?
- Trump lowers the boom on Huawei. Good!
Said it before but Columbus Day continuing to be a federal holiday also continues to be a divisive issue. On one side you have people who say Columbus was a genocidal imperialist monster and on the other proud Italian-Americans and traditionalists. I have a modest proposal with a solution which I think would be acceptable to most Americans.
On October 19th in 1781 the British forces under Lord Cornwallis surrendered to George Washington at Yorktown to end the Revolutionary War. America as a free nation really starts with this date. Why not celebrate the date as the new national holiday in replacement of Columbus Day? Yorktown Day could be celebrated on the third Monday in October. The unions would be satisfied since they wouldn't be losing a paid holiday. Italian-Americans couldn't complain since this in no way would be disrespecting Columbus and historically Yorktown is the more important date to America (beside Columbus really "discovered" the Caribbean not North America). French-Americans would be big supporters of the switch because the French fleet played a huge role in the victory. The only people who might complain are the people who are against glorifying anything that's even remotely militarily related but screw those people.
Have Yorktown Day replace Columbus Day. So let it be written so let it be done.
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Every day you live also brings you one day closer to your death. Kind of poignant having this thought on October 7th. Memento mori. And rest in peace to the victims of October 7th.
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- How USAID built a global color revolution infrastructure with NGO's (and our tax money).
- We need to talk about RAF Fairford and the B-1B FLAPEX. Agree 100%.
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Not really commenting on the Cornell 7 case but I would find it amusing if the person who vandalized the campus and wrote "I don't want to go to school with rapists" is from out of town and not even enrolled at the college. Back to your regular programming.
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Many a truth is said in jest.
- Just because you're dead doesn't mean you can't still have fun.
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- Activists target vacation home of Chief Justice Roberts in Maine. How these activists think this sort of behavior is acceptable is amazing.
- The National Security and Defense Strategy in action South of the border.
Have a new miscellaneous thoughts and observations post up on Substack.
While pleased the Patriots beat the Bills yesterday, I realize the bigger story is Brazil's presidential race going to a second round as Flavio Bolsonaro leads incumbent Luna. Ever since the money spigot at USAID was shut down the "far right" is 8-0 in South American elections. If all these people all voting for freedom instead of repression - why is our media still calling them "far right."
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- The 5 most important skills to learn in 2026. Good life advice.
- Jonathan Turley: The blue state model for education has failed, and people have noticed.
- 3 founders solving big problems. Cool stuff.
Was having these thoughts anyway and figured may as well jot them down and post on Substack.
Have a new miscellaneous thoughts and observations post up on Substack.
Realize that I tend to avoid or skip some of the bigger "news of the day" items - like the Cornell 7 or the attempted hijacking in the Middle East. Those events are covered elsewhere in great detail and I have nothing that could add to or change to either. Both are out of my control - so I let them be.
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How to be happy is one of the most asked questions in life.
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Pitt won last night 35-33 when Virginia Tech "missed" a last second field goal. There's a growing conspiracy of if the kick actually missed and the ending of maybe becoming as controversial as the extra second added to the end of the Western Michigan-Michigan game. Is there a reason field goals like this aren't reviewed? Can you imagine the controversy if the call was overturned?
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So the Fed did not follow it's own traditions because some unelected experts thought they knew better. How did that work out?
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There's a certain irony that October may be the busiest sports month - with college and pro football, MLB playoffs, and the starts of the NBA and NHL seasons. Yet it is also the time of year when spouses, families, or significant others want you to go apple picking or the leaves in the yard need raking. This is where time management skills really pay off.
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- Project Agincourt. Next generation warfare.
- Understanding the AI that drives robots.
- How states can cut rules and regulations. Idaho for the win.
"But Roosevelt systemized interest group politics more generally to include many constituents - labor, senior citizens, farmers, union workers... It is no coincidence that the first peacetime year in American history in which federal spending out paced the total spending of the states and towns was that election year of 1936. It can even be argued that one year -1936 - created the modern entitlement challenge that so bedevils both parties.
Roosevelt's move was so profound that it changed the English language. Before the 1930's, the word "liberal" stood for the individual; afterward, the phrase increasingly stood for groups. Roosevelt also changed economics forever. Roosevelt happened on an economic theory that validated his politics and his moral sense: what we now call Keynesianism. Keynesianism, named after John Maynard Keynes, emphasized consumers, who were also voters. The theory gave license for perpetual experimentation - at least as Roosevelt and his administration applied it."
Thus free government stuff was born
Stuff I found interesting or amusing and thought I'd share.
- Kevin Kelly: Natural History of a New Idea.
- Our kids deserve better schools. Long but interesting read.
- So F/A-XX goes to... (The new strike fighter plane for those not used to military acronyms.)
- Don't care your political leanings - these three questions from Thomas Sowell can work in all aspects of your life.
Have a new miscellaneous thoughts and observations post up on Substack.
It is October 1st and the Boston Red Sox officially did not make it to October baseball. They lost last night to the New York Yankees by a lot to a little - 9 to 2. Covefe!
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