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- From the archives: How to be successful by Sam Altman
- Glenn Reynolds: Merrick Garland corrupted the Justice Department with political persecutions.
- The Patriots and Robert Kraft have even lost Tom Curran (friend of Jared Mayo).
- Shane Parrish with some wisdom learned from Warren Buffett and Charlie Munger.
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- Hospitals at home. Hope this program works. Hospitals have for too long had the reputations of not place to go to get well but to get sick.
- Squadron Barkley joins elite NFL club.
- VDH: Devin Nunes reemerges. Good!
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The latest is science using AI to replicate viruses that could benefit mankind. Of course this study is being done in China. What could go wrong? Not sure if the cliche about not learning a lesson or the road to hell being paved with good intentions fits best.
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The passing of Jimmy Carter, while sad is not unexpected because of his advanced age. What was surprising was the passing of actress Linda Lavin. The star of Alice was 87 and both her passing and her advanced age were surprising to me. Somehow I always pictured her in my mind as she was in the 1970's.
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Author Michael Crichton was way ahead of most when it came to "fake news" and "junk science". This is quoted from a speech he gave in 2003:
...The greatest challenge facing mankind is the challenge of distinguishing reality from fantasy, truth from propaganda. Perceiving the truth has always been a challenge to mankind, but in the information age (or as I think of it, the disinformation age) it takes on a special urgency and importance.
We must daily decide whether the threats we face are real, whether the solutions we are offered will do any good, whether the problems we're told exist are in fact real problems, or non-problems....
Interesting backstory to the killing of the terrorist Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi from the book:
"...that evening he [Donald Trump] had a movie night scheduled in the White House to watch Rambo: Last Blood with [among others]... actor John Voight.
...Baghdadi was soon chased down a tunnel and was cornered by highly trained special operations dog named Conan. Down in the tunnel, Baghdadi hit a dead end. He locked himself in a cell wearing a suicide vest and hid behind his children as a coward.
...Conan the dog was the only member of the team injured, and he was welcomed at the White House like a hero later."
When it came time to notify the nation of Baghdadi's death:
"...the First Lady stood up and said she thought we should do it [the press conference] right there in the Diplomatic Reception Room. She immediately started planning the whole event, moving the military flags in the room around and deciding on the camera angle. It was perfect staging."
Never realized that Melania was that involved. To be honest though what still sticks with me is Shane Gillis' impersonation of that night.
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- From the archives: What people eat on a submarine.
- Peter Attia on using Atomic Habits to meet your health goals.
- Farnam Street: How not to be stupid. A truly good rule to live by.
- Jonathan Turley on should NPR rely on listeners instead of taxpayers. Yes - next question.
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If Jared Mayo asks why New England wanted to move on from him as head coach and hire Mike Vrabel instead - the Patriots should just give him a copy of yesterday's game tape against the Chargers. On the bright side Mayo is leaving Vrabel with Drake Maye and a high draft choice.
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- Jonathan Turley on Joe Biden lying about knowing about Hunter's business dealings. Not much of a leap to think "the big guy" profited from those associations too.
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Hadrian's wall in England was named after Emperor Hadrian. Think that's where we also get the name Adrian. You'd think that in some parts of the country that doesn't pronounce their "H's" anyway the name Adrian would be more popular.
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- Still laugh every time I see this
Patrick Collison read 10 historical novels and jots down his thoughts. He makes some good points and I'm adding Middlemarch to my reading list based upon his recommendation.
I think he does undersell the ability for historical novels to really help you understand the history of the period you're reading about. For example my understanding of American history was greatly enhanced though reading of Gore Vidal's Burr or Lincoln. Same is true of Leon Uris's book Trinity which gave me great understanding of both Irish history and my Irish roots.
The more I think on it - many of the books I greatly enjoyed such as Patrick O'Brien's Master and Commander, James Elroy's American Tabloid, or even Tom Clancy's The Hunt for Red October were historical novels at their core.
Reading certainly does you you harm and reading historical novels may actually do you some real good.
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Ideally a good business would be to own a Waffle House or bar inside a Home Depot but having one right next door might be just as good. Just look around at the people next time - these folks love both Waffle Houses and draft beer. Or maybe a Hooters?
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- Integrating AI agents into companies. AI agents are he wave of the future.
- The shadow government running the Biden Administration.
- Dark energy 'doesn't exist' so it can't be pushing 'lumpy' universe apart. First String Theory and now Dark Energy?
- Where do you go when you dream? They should list one more type - dreams your body gives you because you need to get up to go to the bathroom. As I get older these dreams become more common.
Never heard this explanation of the cause of Watergate before.
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If the prohibiting of gifts that purchasing officials of the DoD are subject to are extended to members of Congress what would that do to the political landscape? Would that also include campaign donations?
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Just because it's Christmas doesn't mean I stop having thoughts and observations. Was originally planning on taking the day off but then I became concerned that all these thoughts and observations would pile up and I'd have too many for tomorrow. Besides - once the gifts are opened up in the morning many people need something to look at on the Internet.
Merry Christmas!
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- Rand Paul's 2024 Festivus Report. Sure DOGE is paying attention.
- Did Biden's DoJ consult with the victims families before issuing his commutation of sentences?
- Reminder Ralph Houk was a badass. The Major passed away in 2010.
- Interesting: first demonstration of quantum teleportation over busy Internet wires. Last minute Christmas shopping in the future may be very very different.
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For the next few weeks I plan to randomly insert the question "In this economy?" into conversations. "Would you like another beer?" "In this economy?" "Do you want to go to midnight mass?" "In this economy?" It will be funny to me.
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- Ricky Henderson an appreciation. RIP
- The revolt of the public. People no longer trust "experts" - especially in politics. Seems an apt synopsis of the mood of the nation (HT Steve Layman)
- Rejection of a rejection letter. Heh Heh.
Many a truth is said in jest.
- Not everyone will get this one.
- Heh Heh
- Shouldn't laugh at this but...
- I feel seen.
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Nike says they are returning to making sport the center of their universe, I'd say the company saw the country turning away from anything woke and their revenue was down this year. They're not stupid and neither are we.
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- The Kirk Cousins situation in Atlanta explained.
- Profile of Kash Patel and the need to reform the FBI
- Niall Ferguson on Tucker Carlson and Vladimir Putin. I take it with a grain of salt when I remember Ferguson was for the longest time an advocate for "Chimerica" (a term he coined).
- Regrets of the dying. Always something to keep in mind when making New Year's resolutions.
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Two parallel but related thoughts; they say that sunlight is the best disinfectant and there's clearly been a lack of transparency on Capitol Hill as evidenced by all the wasteful spending exposed in the 1.547 page Omnibus Spending Continuing Resolution Congress just tried to jam through at the last moment. Secondly, a TV idea - a show called Swamp Creatures where the elected representative or bureaucrat who tries to waste taxpayer dollars is exposed. Hopefully the show would only last one term before they ran out of swamp creatures to expose.
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- Life
- I have the sense of humor of a twelve year old.
"Then, when Republicans retake the White House these people must be held accountable. The next president must fire the top ranks of the FBI. Then, all those who manipulated evidence, hid exculpatory information, or in anyway abused their authority for political ends must be prosecuted to the full extent of the law."
The law must apply to everyone - even those who feel entitled to be some new wave Praetorian guard.
"...prosecutors should only prosecute real crimes, not find evidence for 'crimes' they want to prosecute."
"The FBI was created for a noble purpose. It was designed to conduct investigations for crimes that crossed state borders and to protect our homeland. Today, it is frequently being directed against the political opponents of the ruling class."
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- Jonathan Turley: WSJ exposes effort to keep Biden's decline hidden.
- What was so different this time about Trump's victory?
- Energy cheat sheet. Calling it a "cheat sheet" is a bit of a misnomer as its a long read. Energy is indispensable to our everyday lives but very few actually understand how it works. I don't claim to understand the physics of energy but this "cheat sheet" is helpful.
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Congrats to Notre Dame for convincingly winning the first ever 12-team college football playoff game ever over Indiana 27-17. Everything from this point on is gravy for the Fighting Irish. Had planned to talk about the proposed deal to keep the government open until March but that story is far from over.
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- The border wall pieces that Joe Biden was attempting to auction off in secret have been pulled. This could be episode of the documentary What We Do in the Shadows.
- Speaking of things everyone knew.
- AI can be taught to lie. Bad input in - lies out.
- Cutting government is easy - if you go after McKinsey. It would be a popular move.
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Can we have a Venn diagram with people were advocating for the continuing resolution and a circle showing which districts were getting new pork spending? Do you think there'd be much overlap?
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Jupiter and Venus over Stonehenge. (Photo via). Headline stolen borrowed from Execupundit.
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- Vivek Ramaswamy on the proposed 1,547 page continuing resolution bill before Congress. This should not be passed!
- Andrew Huberman: Use Caffeine for Physical and Mental Performance. Came out in September but just learning of it now.
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With What We Do in the Shadows going off the air - would it be possible to reuse that title for a show about Congress and how they try to pass legislation? The story behind this latest proposed continuing resolution bill could be the pilot episode. It could be a documentary but the truth is so ridiculous that people may assume it's a made-up comedy.
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- Morgan Housel: I Have a Few Questions. And the question - did I read this before?
- Melting Asphalt: Crony Beliefs. Know I've read this before but It's good to review from time to time.
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Every year as a Christmas tradition I re-read Chares Dicken's A Christmas Carol. Just sort of happened. Still say that the Alistair Sim black and white film version of the story is my favorite but must say the Patrick Stewart version is almost spot on to the original book (although McNulty as nephew Fred does take me out of it).
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It is the Christmas season which means soon holiday classics will be on TV constantly. I need to get off my chest the truth about Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer and the Island of Misfit Toys. The thing about the misfit toys wasn't that they were squirt-guns that shot jelly or cowboys who rode ostrich's. The really strange thing about these "toys" was the fact THEY WERE ALIVE!
Now any high school biology student can tell you that life comes from life. These misfit toys were probably the offspring of some sick minded magic elves who must have gotten too "friendly" with some of the toys they were working on and fondling day after day. They were put on the Island of Misfit Toys probably as an attempt by upper management of Santa's Workshop to cover up some of the sick shit that was going on when the lights got turned off at night.
Let's be clear here - we aren't talking about misfit toys either - we are talking about FREAKS! If my kids got a choo-choo with square wheels that was alive - I would freaking BURN IT WITH FIRE! I would also then have to start spending thousands of dollars on therapy probably for the whole family. You could bet that Christmas and Santa would take on whole new meanings (and nightmares) from that day forward.
God help the children who ended up getting those freak misfit toys on Christmas morning.
And don't even get me going on the heroin backstory to The Little Drummer Boy.
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- Court rules Bill Gates must stand trial for Covid-19 vaccine claims.
- Was prisoner that CNN helped free from Syrian prison actually a notorious torturer? CNN should make their new motto: We only broadcast stories too good to check.
- VDH: Are the years of madness ending? I hope so.
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Readily admit that I'm a fan of Bill Belichick but the thing I thing many "experts" may be missing is many of these college athletes grew up watching Belichick coach the Patriots on nationally broadcast prime time games. They are coming to be part of his team. They want to be part of the North Carolina experience. Chappell Hill has become a destination.
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- The Democrats often hurt themselves by their own actions.
- Tom Brady on North Carolina hiring Bill Belichick
- What the drones in NJ could be. Pretty scary.
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- The un-woke king of Hollywood.
- Elizabeth Warren's warning that Brian Thompson was killed because you can only push people so far. What did Warren say when people tried to assassinate Donald Trump?
- The History of Bastone - the Battle of the Bulge. 80-years ago.
- Jordan Peterson moves to the US to get away from Justin Trudeau's Canada. Gad Saad is also moving to the US from Canada while Cher has promised to move to Canada because Trump was elected. The exchange rate once again favors the US.
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In hindsight perhaps the most obvious outcome was yesterday the Cowboys being 2.5 point underdogs on the road on the Panthers but soundly beating Carolina 30-14. Dallas was playing for their coach's job and being underdogs to the lowly Panthers must have bruised their egos.
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- Shelby Foote was an American treasure. Never realized Foote never graduated college. Guessing he had more knowledge of the Civil War than any PhD.
- Peter Attia on the relationship between health anxiety and mortality. Hypochondriacs were found to have a 69% chance of all-cause mortality. Being a hypochondriac is literally bad for your health.
- 25 blogs guaranteed to make you smarter. Following these blogs is really worthwhile.
- Joe Biden never considered the "specifics" of the 1,500 people he commuted. Some of these people are considered "monsters" by their victims and its rumored that the only "specifics" he considered was how much cash they were giving to "the big guy."
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Andrew Huberman has come out in support of ending daylight savings. Now I know my opinion is correct. Think the Democrats missed a huge opportunity in not opposing daylight savings first. Think they could have said "We'll be corrupt as hell but we are 100% against daylight savings" and they would have won elections in a landslide.
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Been thinking a lot about Bill Belichick becoming the head football coach at North Carolina.
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I fully admit that I'm optimistic about this move but I view success as 9 win seasons and a bowl game every year plus perennially being in contention for an ACC title. If you were a UNC fan wouldn't you have the same standard?
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Today is the 125th annual Army/Navy game held at 3:00 PM on CBS. The game is being held this year at Northwest Stadium in Landover, MD home of the Washington Commanders. Said it before but I highly recommend everyone seeing this game in person at least once in their lives. You can't appreciate the roar, how well behaved the crowd is or the myriad traditions that go into this game on TV. If you do go - get there early and stay until the very end so you can truly take in everything that goes with this game.
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- Now we know how many secret sources the FBI had on the ground Jan 6th - but what did they do?
- Was not aware of the dark history behind the song Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas.
- Travis Hunter is the odds on favorite to win the Heisman too
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- Leadership lessons from the Army-Navy game. I highly recommend everyone attending this game at least once in their lives.
- VDH: The evaporation of the Obama mystique.
- Its time to break up big medicine. I'd also institute price transparency where providers have to publish costs so patients can shop based upon quality or price. More doctors and nurses and fewer administrators and lawyers.
- I'm sold on Pete Hegseth too. No better friend - no worse enemy should be America's slogan throughout the world.
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Something naysayers keep doing regarding Bill Belichick being selected to be the coach at UNC is to say programs like Georgia, Alabama, and Ohio State already have these pro-like amenities and requirements in place. Do these people even hear themselves because suddenly the mere presence of Belichick is elevating lowly North Carolina to the same levels as these blue bloods in their minds. That's a reason to justify the hire - not knock it.
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- The failure of the expert class.
- To assess or advocate? The IPCC is at risk of losing its credibility. At risk? They lost their credibility a long time ago.
- What learning by doing looks like. The evolution of polycrystalline drill bits. Long read.
- The Wild world of Democratic ethics. Shame! Tar and feathers are too good.
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Not to be lost in all the Belichick to UNC news was the announcement that Randy Moss is fighting liver cancer and is stepping away form his NFL Sunday job at ESPN. I hope this was caught in early stages and has not spread. Guessing Moss's good health and being a former pro athlete may play a part. Liver cancer is no joke and I wish him nothing but the best.
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- Judge blocks $24 billion Kroger-Albertsons merger. There isn't a Kroger's or Albertsons around me but the are Star Markets and Shaws.
- Timeless lessons from Oregon's Dan Lanning
- Assad's fall has humiliated Washington, "Syrians are free of Assad despite the Biden administration, not because of it."
- Ryan Holiday's best books of 2024. I'm a sucker for book lists. (HT Steve Layman)
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Maybe all this talk about Bill Belichick potentially being the next football coach at North Carolina is just an elaborate ploy to sell tickets to the upcoming Fenway Bowl which features the Tar Heels playing UConn? Bowl organizers know Belichick is big in New England.
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- Laugh at this sign every time
- Heh Heh
- The wackiness of bowl season.
- Heh Heh
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- Glenn Reynolds: The Clock Strikes Thirteen.
- Preemptive Pardons are a Terrible Idea. If it wasn't for bad ideas Joe would have no ideas at all.
- VDH: Biden's Paranoid Pardons and Leftist Morality. Hunter's pardon begs the question, "At long last have you no decency?"
- Suspected shooter of UniterHeathcare CEO nabbed at PA McDonald's. An ex-Ivy Leaguer and fan of the Unabomber if his first public words weren't "I'm a patsy" he missed a big opportunity.
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Bill Belichick may actually take the North Carolina job and if he does it wouldn't be a surprise if he brings in his son Steve in as his defensive coordinator and heir apparent. Get the popcorn ready to see if this happens.
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- Joni Ernst is making news for all the wrong reasons.
- Mets land Juan Soto. The new $765 million man.
- Learn something new every day: The philosopher George Gurdjieff. "Here there are neither Russians nor English, Jews nor Christians, but only those who pursue one aim - to be able to be." This may only be trivia.
- Syria after Assad. Worth a read.
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The final college football seeding for a 12-team playoff field was released yesterday and while most oxygen is being spent on 3-loss Alabama or Ole Miss not getting in I think the bigger controversy was that Notre Dame almost went undefeated and being ranked 2nd in the polls. The Fighting Irish finished 11-1 because they unexpectedly lost to unranked NIU. They easily could have been undefeated but still denied having a first round bye. The committee dodged a bullet on that one.
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- US GDP metro data by county and cities. First thing I noticed is how most growth areas tend to be in warmer climates.
- This is great - never knew it existed before.
- Notre Dame cathedral in Paris has reopened. This was part of the re-opening ceremony - beautiful!
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While you were sleeping - the Assad Government in Syria fell and the Israeli's later launched air strikes against the country's military asset. Whereabouts' about Assad are unknown, Football won't be the only thing to pay attention to today.
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