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Friday, February 16, 2024
Thursday, February 15, 2024
Milton Friedman and Taxes
These thoughts include that if I were in charge I would make a list shows what taxes are paid by the average employee and the average employer and which of these were actually authorized by a vote of Congress and why? Were some of these like the tax that was instituted because of the Spanish-American War that was never rescinded until decades later. Also what taxes were authorized by the White House and why? Which of these could be rescinded so both the employee and employer get a win and the White House could claim a PR victory.
If any of the taxes weren't authorized by anyone but the Treasury or IRS then just get rid of them. Nobody elected these people.
Also if I were in charge I'd get a commission to speak with Argentina President Javier Milei to find out what changes in government and taxes he made that worked for him that might work in the US. Also what has worked in Argentina that would probably fail in the US so we'd know what to avoid.
Enjoying the book so far but pretty dense on economics and economics history.
Linky Links
Stuff I found interesting or amusing and thought I'd share.
- Good news! Science says that coffee does not dehydrate you. (Via)
- CIA used foreign intelligence agencies to create Russia hoax against Trump in 2016.
- Sudden deaths of vaxxed athletes, students, pilots, military and others but no politicians - why? This should be a much bigger story.
- My Blue Heaven is the flip side to the film Goodfellas. I have a soft spot for both movies. Article may be old but new to me.
Thursday Flotsam and Jetsam
Have a new miscellaneous thoughts and observations post up on Substack.
Though I'm painfully aware of the shooting in KC - I did not mention it in my post. I believe in the Bill James approach to these situations of acknowledging something terrible has happened and praying the for the victims but waiting for the full details to come out to try and understand what happened without first leaping to conclusions.
Quotes for Today
Some quotes I hope may resonate with you.
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Wednesday, February 14, 2024
Linky Links
Stuff I found interesting and thought I'd share.
- Admit I like the cut of his jib.
- Boston Bruins to honor Brad Marchand's 1.000th game next Monday.
- Amazon Prime adding commercials sparks lawsuit.
- VDH on if the Democrats now believe progressivism doesn't work. I, for one, won't go to San Fran or California in its current state.
Some Memes You May Enjoy
Wednesday Flotsam and Jetsam
Have a new miscellaneous thoughts and observations post up on Substack.
Some are saying that Patrick Mahomes will never break Tom Brady's records because his style of play tends to eventually get QB's hurt. While I don't disagree with that I also lived through all those "Brady will fall of a cliff this year" predictions. Please Subscribe, hit the Like button, or share the Link. Thanks!
Quotes for Today
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Chuck Yeager
Today would have been General Chuck Yeager's 101st birthday. A true American original and we may never see his like again.
Tuesday, February 13, 2024
Top 5 List - What I'm Really Good At
"I try to read 1-2 hours a day, and that puts me in the top .00001%." - Naval Ravikant
That quote got me to thinking, "What am I in the top 1% of the US population in?" Or as Scott Adams would say - what's my skill stack? Here's what I came up with:
1. Reading. I have a goal of reading at least an hour a day and usually end up with more. This is books only and doesn't include articles or it would be much higher.
2. Pool - I've been asked a number of times to be on different pool teams and usually play a few times a week. My girlfriend is just as good as she has her own stick too.
3. Fiber - in the FTTH industry for over a decade. Most people don't understand where their broadband comes from - I do.
4. Swimming - doing laps at the gym is a regular thing in my routine. Many people don't even know how to swim.
5. Hiking - another thing part of my regular routine which I want to get better at. Doing a through-hike of the Appalachian Trail has long been on my bucket list.
This is what I came up with and may be missing one. Used to have basketball on the list but tore a hammy long time ago and playing is a distant memory. Want to add golf to the list this year. What's your list?
Some Memes You May Enjoy
Linky Links
Stuff I found interesting or amusing and thought I'd share.
- Interesting.
- UCLA names DeShawn Foster as HC
- Tucker Carlson Episode 74 on Ukraine.
- Phil Perry on using the Super Bowl as a blueprint to rebuild the Patriots.
Tuesday Flotsam and Jetsam
Have a new miscellaneous thoughts and observations post up on Substack.
Am I the only one who chuckles every time thinking Jamaal Bowman missed a great opportunity to blame that fire alarm he pulled on Israel? It's Israel's fault for everything else. As always - please Subscribe, hit the Like button, or share the Link. Thanks in advance.
Quotes for Today
Some quotes I hope may resonate with you.
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Monday, February 12, 2024
Linky Links
Stuff I found interesting or amusing and thought I'd share.
- Barstool signs "monster" deal with Draftkings after the Super Bowl.
- Who could have guessed? Flat-Earthers found to have low scientific knowledge.
- Jonathan Turley on John Depodesta and John Kerry. Reminder I'm in favor of firing all "Czars" and their staffs and putting the money saved to help pay down the national debt.
A Modest Proposal
The FDA was once 100% taxpayer funded but now is mostly funded via "user fees" from the very companies they're supposed to be regulating.
Also Pfizer is the 6th most owned stock by Congress. Reminds me of the quote by the late PJ O'Rourke, "When buying and selling are controlled by legislation, the first things to be bought and sold are legislators."
Also "In 2020, it [Pharma] spent $309 million on lobbying while the insurance industry spent $154 million, and oil and gas spent $112 million." The real Plague of the Poor.
My modest proposal is simply - if we have money to send to Ukraine we have money to fund the FDA instead of the people they are supposed to regulate.
Monday Flotsam and Jetsam
Have a new miscellaneous thoughts and observations post up on Substack.
Let me also say that Rob Gronkowski is the GOAT as far as TE's are concerned. I'd take him over Travis Kelce every day of the week. As always - please Subscribe, hit the Like button, or share the Link. Thanks in advance!
Quotes for Today
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Sunday, February 11, 2024
Super Bowl Sunday Flotsam and Jetsam
Have a new miscellaneous thoughts and observations post up on Substack.
Good luck with you favored team, your bets, and your square numbers coming in tonight! Maybe improve your karma by Subscribing, hitting the Like button, or sharing the Link. What do you have to lose?
Quotes for Today
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Saturday, February 10, 2024
Find Something Beautiful Today
The Royal Portuguese Reading Room in Rio de Janeiro. Headline stolen borrowed from Execupundit and photo via,
Clint Eastwood
Today is Clint's birthday (he turns 93 today - can you believe that?). Here are what I consider his Top 5 movies.
1. Outlaw Josey Wales
2. The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
3. Dirty Harry
4. Fistful of Dollars
5. (tie) Kelly's Heroes (tie) Where Eagles Dare
Really liked Grand Torino but the ones I picked were classics. Also liked The Eiger Sanction but the book was better. The Dirty Harry films didn't make the list because that character became cartoonish as it went along
Saturday Flotsam and Jetsam
Have a new miscellaneous thoughts and observations post up on Substack.
Not sure if I've found a rhythm in posting and how I do it or if I've become lazy. Trying to figure that out. As a reminder - please Subscribe, hit the Like button, or share the Link. Thanks!
Quotes for Today
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Friday, February 09, 2024
Some Memes You May Enjoy
Many a truth is said in jest.
- Heh Heh
- The world according to Joe Biden.
Some Memes You May Enjoy
Linky Links
Stuff I found interesting or amusing and thought I'd share.
- Jim Rome moves his show to X. Keep saying that we are moving from an old media to a new format.
- Article on 9-year old's suit against Deadspin. Rooting for the boy in this one.
Friday Flotsam and Jetsam
Have a new miscellaneous thoughts and observations post up on Substack.
Should be clear why Joe Biden won't do a live press conference or debate by now. He's not competent. Can Hunter or Dr. Jill now be charged with elder abuse too? As always - please Subscribe, hit the Like button, or share the Link. Thanks!
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Thursday, February 08, 2024
More Memes You May Enjoy
Thursday Flotsam and Jetsam
Have a new miscellaneous thoughts and observations post up on Substack.
Having trouble keeping things straight this morning. Going to blame it on lack of coffee this morning and too much beer last night. Please Subscribe, hit the Like button, or share the Link, Maybe that would help. Thanks!
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Wednesday, February 07, 2024
More Linky Links
More stuff I found interesting or amusing and thought I'd share.
- Disney not even trying to hide their racism.
- Tucker Carlson on why he's interviewing Vladimir Putin
- Ronna McDaniel is reportedly stepping down as RNC chair after South Carolina primary. Would anyone be surprised if this turned out to be a false flag operation?
Linky Links
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- Gina Carano sues Disney over firing from The Mandalorian. Don't think the Disney executive responsible for her firing has ever taken "credit." Tells you all you need to know.
- Rep Jim Jordan subpoenas National Science Foundation for its role in censorship of Americans.
Wednesday Flotsam and Jetsam
Have a new miscellaneous thoughts and observations post up on Substack.
If Bill O'Brien does take the BC job and fails it doesn't matter to his family since he's made enough money for his family for a lifetime. Could be a deciding factor. As always - please Subscribe, hit the Like button, or share the Link. Thanks in advance!
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Tuesday, February 06, 2024
Some Memes You May Enjoy
Linky Links
Stuff I found interesting or amusing and thought I'd share.
- Who is Sen. Lankford the RINO behind the "bipartisan" Border Bill. This may also explain his behavior.
- Charter stock drops on 61,000 broadband customer losses last quarter. Big believer in future if broadband is in fiber.
Tuesday Flotsam and Jetsam
Have a new miscellaneous thoughts and observations post up on Substack.
Welcome to the Taylor Swift Super Bowl week. If you're a football fan and you took a shot every time this week they mention Swift's name - you'd have alcohol poisoning by gametime. Please Subscribe, hit the Like button, or share the Link. Thanks!
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Monday, February 05, 2024
Linky Links
Stuff I found interesting or amusing and thought I'd share.
- Amazon abandons $1.4 billion deal to acquire Roomba maker iRobot. Which in turn lays off 350 people.
- The James Webb Space Telescope's first image of Saturn. (Via)
- Agree 100%. Also $2.3 billion can be taken from the budget straight off.
Some Memes You May Enjoy
Monday Flotsam and Jetsam
Have a new miscellaneous thoughts and observations post up on Substack.
Truly a miscellaneous thoughts and observations post today. It jumps all over the place from one subject to a completely different one, As always - please Subscribe, hit the Like button, or share the Link. Why not start off the week with a little something for the effort? Thanks!
Quotes for Today
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Charlie Munger on Insentives
Sunday, February 04, 2024
Sunday Flotsam and Jetsam
Have a new miscellaneous thoughts and observations post up on Substack.
Today's subjects sound like the premise to a very weird dream - Joe Rogan, Tucker Carlson and FDR walk into a SNL. As always please Subscribe, hit the Like button, or share the Link. Thanks!
Quotes for Today
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Saturday, February 03, 2024
More Linky Links
More stuff I found interesting or amusing and thought I'd share.
- Update on Brian Flores' fight against discrimination in the NFL. Plenty articles about Belichick, Vrabel, and sometimes Carroll being passed over this hiring cycle but when's the last time one of these mentioned Flores?
- The "Squad" vs MADD. Get your popcorn ready.
Linky Links
Stuff I found interesting or amusing and thought I'd share.
Saturday Flotsam and Jetsam
Have a new miscellaneous thoughts and observations up on Substack.
Have no problem with the US bombing Iran in basically an undeclared war. Think any time someone bombs us or kills our citizens we should respond with overwhelming force. We just should have done it earlier. And it's not like we bombed two Russian pipelines and didn't take responsibility. Please Subscribe, hit the Like button, or share the Link. Thanks!
Quotes for Today
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Friday, February 02, 2024
Farrah Fawcett
She would have turned 77-years old today but she'll always look like this in my mind's eye.
Linky Links
Stuff I found interesting or amusing and thought I'd share.
- Daily Coach on Dan Campbell and aggressiveness.
- Jonathan Turley on the delusions of Hunter Biden
Friday Flotsam and Jetsam
Have a new miscellaneous thoughts and observations post up on Substack.
Keep thinking about Peter Thiel's announced Olympic-style games that will allow PED's to see what the limits of human accomplishment could be. This could be huge and the TV or streaming rights could more than pay for the event. This easily should be bigger than Ted Turner's Friendship Games. As always - please Subscribe, hit the Like button, or share the Link. Thanks!
Quotes for Today
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Thursday, February 01, 2024
Top 5 - Quotes from the Movie Groundhog Day
2. "Who wants some flapjacks?"
3. "I was in the Virgin Islands once. I met a girl. We ate lobster and drank pina coladas. At sunset we made love like sea otters. *That* was a pretty good day. Why couldn't I get that day over and over and over..."
4. It's the same things your whole life. "Clean up your room.", "Stand up straight.", "Pick up your feet.", "Take it like a man.", "Be nice to your sister.", "Don't mix beer and wine, ever.". Oh yeah, "Don't drive on the railroad tracks."
5. "This is one time where television really fails to capture the true excitement of a large squirrel predicting the weather."
Linky Links
Stuff I found interesting or amusing and thought I'd share,
- Tucker Carlson Episode 70 with Russell Brand.
- The rise of techno-authoritarianism.
- Jeff Hafley leaves BC football for the Packers. College ball has become more about raising money than about football.
Thursday Flotsam and Jetsam
Have a new miscellaneous thoughts and observations post up on Substack.
Think it must have been a combination of me not really caring about MLB, the parochialism of Boston sports fans, and being sick of Peter Angelos as an ambulance chasing lawyer of a baseball owner but I was unaware he was basically out of the loop for a number of years and that a sale of the Baltimore Orioles has been in the works for a while. Still - it took me by surprise. Remember to Subscribe, hit the Like button, or share the Link. Thanks!
Quotes for Today
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