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- Glenn Reynolds: Goodbye Dolly. There's the famous buoy marking the furthest point south in the US and the statue of Dolly may come to represent the furthest point on Earth closest to Heaven.
- Jonathan Turley: Clyburn calls for packing the court with "bakers dozen" to flip cases.
- Icelandic voters reject proposal to restart talks to join EU. Although think it should be pointed out there's roughly 48 US cities with greater populations than Iceland - just saying.
- How the strategic petroleum reserve works. With the news out of Venezuela thought this was a good refresher.
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Today is August 31st and tomorrow is the start of September. Where did the summer go? Seemed just yesterday I was debating whether to get a season pass to the beach and now I'm wondering if we still have another beach day or two left before it's too cold. Summer stands still for no man.
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- Dolly Parton - a saint? Never thought of it that way but I've also never heard of anyone who more closely matches the criteria.
- The Mount Rushmore of Nuclear. History everyone should be aware of.
- LSU poised to sign former NFL players after SEC agrees to comply with court order. Lane Kiffin really leaning into the black hat.
- John Deere's revenues boosted by datacenter construction. Orders are full for the rest of the year.
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Today is cut down day in the NFL so don't be surprised to see a flurry of mostly 7th round draft picks traded for players as teams think "Better to get something in return for a player than nothing when he's cut." Don't get too excited by these trades as they're done mostly to build either depth or the practice squad.
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John Quincy Adams was elected, thirteen states to eleven. Adams had picked up all six states that had not been initially committed and became the first minority president in the nation's history.
...When Adams did appoint Clay to the state department, Jackson's supporters were predictably furious. John Randolph called it a corrupt bargain: 'the combination of the puritan with the blackleg.' Clay challenged Randolph to a duel. Both fired at each other, and fortunately both missed. Such was the presidential transition of 1825." - John Marshall: Definer of a Nation
And we think politics is divisive today!
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- Get government out of the graffiti business.
- Interesting aspect of Venezuela and the war in Iran I hadn't considered.
- Could Trump's Venezuela oil deal crush Democrats' midterm strategy?
- Secretary Bessent calls out Elizabeth Warren. A false display of knowledge from a false Indian? I'm shocked!
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Today is week zero in college football and I plan to be watching football most of the day. Unless I go to the beach. Which could happen.
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Trying to be present in your every day life is the only way to find any happiness.
Worth trying to adopt at least one of these quotes.
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- Judge's order prohibits SEC from blocking athlete's return.
- Guns and ammo pricing - 1986 vs 2026.
- The cost of decoupling with China.
- Shamed to admit I did not know the story of the 400. I fully agree - this should be a major movie.
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College football's week 0 is finally upon us but as glad as I am to welcome real football back - I'm also saddened by the realization summer is almost over. You have to take your beach days when you can get them while they're still around.
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- Rocky Horror star Tim Curry found dead at 80. RIP.
- Should quarterbacks be jacked?
- Treasury takes action against violent far left terrorist organizations. Good!
- Matt Ridley: Famine is not an option. The miracles of trade and technology - progress!
As I read this it occurred to me that it equally could be applied to AI which, if you think about it, represent an LLM of all the books ever written. However, if you don't understand how a subject truly works just gives you at best a surface knowledge which in Taleb's words would probably make you fragile.
Many a truth is said in jest.
- About time!
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Haven't commented on the Jed York situation mostly because it just seems sordid. Besides what if he sought out prostitutes in East Palestine Ohio because he was subjected to power lines for too long?
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- Dolly Parton, beloved country music icon dies at 80 after 'brief battle with cancer.' There will never be another like her,
- Many a truth is said in jest.
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Dolly Parton passed away aged 80. She was an American original and icon. There are no words.
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- Kevin Kelly: A Billion Dollars. Many have played the game "What would you do if you hit the lottery?" Well - what would you do? Your dreams may cost less than you think
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The NFL regular season is almost upon us and honestly with the prices of game tickets, parking, beer and snacks at the stadium - going to a home game is getting beyond the reach of the average family. This is why watching at home or out at a bar is becoming more and more important. It's also may be the NFL pricing themselves out of attracting future generations of fans.
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- Pilgrimage to viking Bjorko. Interesting look at Viking history.
- The Trap Needs No Trapper. I stand with DataRepublican.
- Yikes! Chinese robot beats Usain Bolt's 100 meter world record.
- Zelenskyy rejects wartime elections. Just like Abraham Lincoln did - oh wait.
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The current hysteria over AI and datacenters makes me think of the past hysteria over Amazon and how NYC was chosen to be the new East Coast hub but AOC used that hysteria to get Amazon to take their thousands of jobs elsewhere instead. Now NYC got communism. It's all related.
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- Income per capita and fertility and now positively correlated across OECD countries.
- Electrons are the new bullets. War (batteries not included).
- The income a family needs to live comfortably in each state.
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The price of beef has risen through the roof since Covid but between the cattle farmers and the grocery stores selling beef to US families are the processing plants that are acting as middlemen perhaps not taking the blame for their role in inflated prices?
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- Scott Bessent has "very discreet plan" to reduce $40 trillion national debt, Vance says. Call me old fashioned but I'd be happy with a balanced federal budget and lower interest rates.
- Sadly this seems to be the plan for dealing with the national debt since I've been alive.
- Guidelines for being an adult. Disagree with some of the fashion advice but good list.
- Raytheon gets $23 billion Navy contract to boost Tomahawk missile production.
Many a truth is said in jest.
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Sorry to be a Debbie downer talking about the national debt passing $40 trillion and Gen Z officially being the first generation less smart than their parents IQ wise. On the bight side - I'm older and won't have to deal with these issues. Then I start to wonder if it's this sort of attitude that got us into the problem in the first place.
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- The Whiskey Rebellion. Some somewhat forgotten US history.
- Will New Coyote v Acme film blow up? I wasn't aware of this film.
- I'm Opting Out of Modern Life. I already do many of the things on the list but honestly going to pass on some of the others.
Some preseason college football observations. One has to wonder if Nate Bargatze becomes to Vanderbilt what Shane Gillis became to Notre Dame. If so - what comedian is next? Does Will Ferrell and USC get grandfathered into this?
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- Interest rate surge? Wait - what?
- From the archives: Why I care about history. From the Nomad Historian.
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The strait of Hormuz remains open with oil reportedly flowing through at pre-war levels and the US has opened up all that oil from Venezuela but gas prices at the pump remain above $4 a gallon. Is this an example of producers just trying to see what people are willing to pay? As an oil producing nation once again under President Trump is this a net positive for the US economy? So many questions.
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- Is the era of rising college tuition coming to an end?
- Could a margin call force a Phoenix Suns sale?
- Jonathan Turley" Oregon State and DEI by any other name.
- 'Mutiny' is a goofy Jason Stratham thriller that's exactly what you're looking for. Had the same reaction to The Bee Keeper - suspend disbelief and enjoy the ass-kicking on the big screen.
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Have to wonder if one of the drawbacks of being a super power is that even your own citizens feel emboldened to voice opinions against you and for your defacto enemy even in times of war. Take the war in Iran for example. Even a regime so evil as this member of the Axis of Evil gets positive press in this country. Liked it better when politics stopped at the water's edge.
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- US State's economies matched to a country.
- Sebastian Junger on Talking to God. Though I would argue even many pre-Christian religions argued only priests could speak directly to God.
- From the archives: Sharpen your thinking with these 10 cognitive razors.
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Today's offering does not include any observations of either the war in Iran or the war in Ukraine. Instead I concentrate on other shiny objects.
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- The divisiveness of diversity mismanagement.
- From the archives: Mari Andrew with 100 things I know.
- In 2026 - all remaining China doves and apologists are suspect.
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To be fair - I don't have first hand knowledge of what the conditions are on the Navy carriers and ships in the news and should take negative reports with more than a grain of salt. This doesn't change the fact we need to build more ships and carriers.
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- Jay Bhatthacharya on restoring trust in America's scientific institutions.
- Kevin Kelly: Without a theory of intelligence.
- Jennie Buss reportedly opposing family sale of Lakers ownership stake to Josh Kushner and Bob Iger.
- It takes two hands to handle a Whopper. You should have a local burger joint.
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- Hayden Panettiere found dead. Shocking news to start your week. Memento mori.
- Jonathan Turley: According to a poll almost 60% of Democrats have a favorable view on Socialism.
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In addition to the USS Washington being redeployed from the Pacific to Iran - the guided missile destroyer USS Benfold reportedly lost power for four says in the South China Sea. Not exactly the gold-plated Navy some pretend we have. Less money for Somali fraud and more money for Navy ships is in order.
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Went to the beach in RI yesterday but it seemed the beach was invaded by small rocks. There were so many rocks that I had to wear my sandals to go swimming. And after a Summer Shandy or two you have to so swimming.
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Today is VJ Day (Victory over Japan) and sadly the only state that still celebrates it is Rhode Island. I'm going support them by visiting RI today (they have nice beaches).
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Some last minute preseason college football thoughts especially on the Jayden Daniels - LSU spat.
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- VDH: Who has been destroying norms? He's not wrong,
- Army head football coach Jeff Monken rewarded with a new 5-year contract. Good for him!
- Jonathan Turley on Hakeem Jeffries and rage politics. Hakeem supports term limits for the Supreme Court but has anyone asked if he also supports term limits for Congress?
- Charles Noble was quite a man. He should be better known.
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Really warming to the idea of announcing Sidney Sweeney as the new White House Press Secretary just before the midterm elections. All the blue hairs will complain and provide a real contrast between what the Republicans are for (Sweeney) and what the Democrats stand for (Rosie O'Donnell). Landslide for the R's.
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- Glenn Reynolds: In which I am replaced by a robot - maybe.
- From the archives: Niccolò Machiavelli and the Four Princes of Pragmatism.
- Matt Ridley: Consensus is another word for groupthink.
- WNBA task force discusses transgender amid furor. Amusing how these people have no clue to the first rule of holes.
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Talk about questioning the timing - Mark Walter sold the Lakers for $12.5 billion just shortly after facing indictments for fraud in some of his other companies. Am I the only one who heard Walter saying after the sale (in Ben Affleck's voice) "The good thing kids is I'm now liquid."
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- The artful diplomat - John Quincy Adams.
- From the archives: Farnam Street on Habits vs Goals.
- Sources: Josh Kushner, Bob Iger to buy Lakers for $12.5 billion.
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Imagine if in order for a pregnant woman to keep her job - the woman has to play Russian roulette by pointing a .38 with one bullet in it at her belly and pull the trigger. That is in essence what Anthony Fauci did. When you think Fauci can't sink any lower or get more evil - he does.
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- Only have one wireless doorbell but it works great (even better if someone knocks)
- Democrats announce they aren't allowed to remember what they did a few years ago.
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- How the Red Sox turned their season around.
- From the archives: The Comic Bool Script Archive.
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- What if the TLAM was combat ineffective tomorrow? Can't help but think of how the lessons of the Civil War were not learned y those who fought WW I.
- Glenn Greenwald: The tendency of AOC and her allies to giggle away the "craziness" of Woke-era abuses should not be tolerated. At long last AOC have you no sense of decency?
- Kevin Kelly: Worldbuilding with spatial intelligence. Don't sleep on Grok's potential access to all those Tesla cameras and videos of the real world.
- Job numbers are weak, but the labor market doom is overdone.
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Todd Blanche officially became the new Attorney General after narrowly being voted in 50-49. What does it matter who is the AG though if no charges ever seem to be brought though? Russia Hoax, Jeffrey Epstein's clients - hell even a bag full of cocaine in the White House - all with no charges. It can be depressing and more reason why many turn to sports or other pursuits instead.
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- I found the American dream... in China. A castings story.
- The moral case for dropping the atomic bombs. Dropping the bombs was the right choice no matter how some may want to change the history.
- Glenn Reynolds on 25-years of blogitude. Congrats professor!
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Have become convinced that some in blue states have truly convinced themselves that the "state of politics they find themselves in" is somehow Donald Trump's fault. Not kidding. These usually levelheaded people have somehow deluded themselves into thinking that it's not the fault of the people they keep electing but that Orange Man bad.
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- Senate punts on Protect College Sports Act until September.
- From the archives: Steven Pressfield on empathy.
- Cool: 50 things to do before you die. A real-life bucket list come to life.
- The Save Act requiring voter ID in federal elections failed. The vote was along party lines 52-48 but 60 votes were needed. Even if it passes now it will not be in effect in tome for the 2026 election. Here's a list of all the Senators up for re-election in 2026 - remember all the R's voted in favor of voter ID and all the D's voted against it.
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The Senate failed to pass the Save Act requiring voter ID even though it nominally passed along strict party lines 52-48. All the Yea's were Republican and all the No's were Democrats. For some reason 60-votes were needed. Not sure if this is what they intended but they are turning many people into single issue voters.
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The Conservatives seem intent on living up to the idea of just "conserving" the way things currently are. Meanwhile those on the Left seem determined to change anything they can touch usually to whatever the latest fad happens to be which today seems to be Socialism. It' all very disheartening.
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- What will the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act do for housing supply?
- Senators Hawley, Banks, and Tuberville file amendment to protect state laws banning men in women's sports. While I agree in principle I also wonder if this opens the door to state laws to open NIL loopholes to circumnavigate the Protect College Sports Act.
- From the archives: Obamas own words are the most devastating evidence he was lying.
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Our long national nightmare is over as football returned last night with the Panthers beating the Cardinals 33-30 on a last second TD to win the 2026 Hall of Fame game. Who cares its only preseason action - football is back!
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