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- BedBy koshersalaami04/15/2024I’m sleeping in this bed because the Home 2 was too pricey. […]4 Comments
- eclipseBy koshersalaami04/09/2024I’ve never seen that before and I doubt I’ll ever see it again. When the next total solar eclipse comes, and I don’t know where it will be total, I’ll be about 90. I’m glad I saw it once. […]3 Comments
- Water, Water Everywhere But….Is It SafeBy Alan Milner03/28/2024Microplastics are everywhere - in everything we eat or drink […]4 Comments
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- On the Uses of Symbols in PoliticsBy Alan Milner03/22/2024How political symbolism affects electoral politics […]35 Comments
- A Couple More Birds and Some Pottery, too.By Rose Guastella03/15/2024Recent bird paintings and sea life pottery by Rose Guastella […]19 Comments
- National Predictions Based on In-State PollsBy Alan Milner03/05/2024It is not looking good, people. It fact, it really looks really bad. […]9 Comments
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- Legend of a MindBy Bitey02/16/2024Alexei Navalny is dead. […]6 Comments
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- Both Sides of the Galaxy…NowBy Bitey02/11/2024Within the galaxy, and without, there are all sorts of challenges, and nefarious characters that young men run towards for the experience, and parents would be mortified by if they actually knew what their progeny were up to. […]19 Comments
- The Theory of TheoriesBy Alan Milner02/08/2024This is an exercise in illogical logic but it isn't meant to be taken seriously. That was a lie. […]25 Comments
- Dartmouth returns to requiring standardized testingBy koshersalaami02/06/2024Some poorer minority students who hadn’t submitted test scores and were rejected would have been admitted had they submitted their scores. […]4 Comments
- Two More BirdsBy Rose Guastella02/03/2024Here are portraits of two more birds- a Steller's Jay and a Cedar Waxwing. […]13 Comments
- BindleSnitch Housekeeping UpdateBy Alan Milner02/01/2024Housekeeping, keeping up with the Joneses, once I find out which Joneses to keep up with. […]3 Comments
- The Word Merchant’s DilemmaBy Alan Milner01/31/2024Musings about writing when writing no longer seems to matter. […]6 Comments
- 2 + 2 = 3By Bitey01/31/2024Power and ethics are an oscillating wave that exists within everyone’s perspective and actions. We grab power, and we gravitate toward it at some point or other […]12 Comments
- Pardon Me, Do You have a BLACK Senator?By Bitey01/27/2024I watched Senator Scott stand behind Donald Trump, and then walk up and declare his “love” for Trump, in jest, sure. Characterize it however you think necessary. One thing it certainly was was obsequiousness. […]16 Comments
- Best Case ScenarioBy koshersalaami01/24/2024But what happens if the Palestinians get a state? The Arab debt to the Palestinians is paid, at least as far as the Arabs are concerned, and in this case that’s what matters. […]10 Comments
- My Chef Boyardee Experience: A Cautionary TaleBy Alan Milner01/24/2024A culinary accident occurred in my kitchen today that proves we do not have free will […]10 Comments
- Random Ruminations on 2024By Alan Milner01/22/2024A few more musings about our political situation. […]5 Comments
- A Gaggle of New Bird PaintingsBy Rose Guastella01/19/2024New bird paintings created since fall 2023 […]16 Comments
- New Year’s RevolutionBy Bitey12/15/2023In this particular conversation, one of the brothers mentioned that he owned five AR-15s, one for each member of his family […]2 Comments
- He Ain’t Heavy…By Bitey12/13/2023The idea providing the heat to my stew was, “how could he think I would find this acceptable?” […]6 Comments
- Its How You Said ItBy Bitey12/11/2023Are the Presidents deserving of correction? Absolutely. Should they be fired or asked to resign? Absolutely not. […]59 Comments
- To Be Taken With a Grain of SaltBy Alan Milner12/08/2023Critiques of either high or low salt intake must be taken with more than a grain of salt. […]2 Comments
- NO, JOE BIDEN ISN’T SUPPORTING MASS MUDER IN ISRAELBy Alan Milner12/05/2023Someone I actually respect posted something that really pissed me off Facebook. This is my anawer […]13 Comments
- TOTALITARIANISM ON THE RISE AGAINBy Alan Milner12/01/2023Another diatribe couched upon the proposition that democracy is going down the tubes. […]17 Comments
Recent Comments
- Alan Milner on Welcome to World War III: “This is address to Kosh’s last comment. We ran out of replies. With a massed array of drones, stealth technology…” Apr 20, 12:35
- koshersalaami on Welcome to World War III: “There are not F22’s on order. You’d need small drones with very high speed and fairly high range. They have…” Apr 20, 01:03
- Alan Milner on Welcome to World War III: “The total cost for the 186 F22s in service and 14 more that are on order is around $70 billion…” Apr 19, 14:00
- koshersalaami on Welcome to World War III: “Not all drones are created equal. As to stealth, knowing the aircraft is there and being able to lock onto…” Apr 19, 12:15
- Bitey on Welcome to World War III: ““Then, civilian development begins under the umbrella of the drone shield…” That part means boots on the ground. Those are…” Apr 19, 05:42
- Alan Milner on Welcome to World War III: “I understand you perfectly. I just disagree. As long as they keep manufacturing drones, drones can interdict any piece of…” Apr 18, 21:47
- Bitey on Welcome to World War III: “Alan, you are trying not to understand. I’ll use different words. Think about what I am saying here. First, drone…” Apr 18, 20:59
- Alan Milner on Welcome to World War III: “Land can be seized and held with drones. Airborne drones dropped from motherships can destroy any ground force in a…” Apr 18, 18:46
- JP Hart on Welcome to World War III: “There goes my treatment:) ‘Darth Day of Cicadas’” Apr 18, 15:36
- Bitey on Welcome to World War III: “Land can’t be seized and held with drones. You can’t build factories, farms, homes, etc…just monitoring it from the air.…” Apr 18, 15:29
- Alan Milner on Welcome to World War III: “Actually, AWACS communicate via satellite uplinks. Curve of the earth problem makes direct radio contact problematic, especially when an enemy…” Apr 18, 10:24
- Alan Milner on Welcome to World War III: “Actually, AWACS communicate via satellite uplinks. Curve of the earth problem makes direct radio contact problematic, especially when an enemy…” Apr 18, 10:09
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