WORLD NEWS
Putin’s Bluff
151 CommentsThe bullies don't want to lose any money to the old black guy who looks …
Refugees and Racism
35 CommentsAs if being forced to become a refugee fleeing from war isn't psychologically and emotionally …
Hitler Lost; Nazism Won
17 CommentsHow Nazism Won
Russia Says It’s Begun Pulling Back Some Troops From Around Ukraine
16 CommentsRussia says some troops are returning to their bases, but other large-scale military drills continue.
Responding to Ad Hominem Anti-Semitism on the Internet
15 CommentsAntisemitism is raising its ugly head all over the internet, again. Yesterday, I received an …
The NYT Letters on Reps Tlaib, Omar, Israel, Mine, Two Others
13 CommentsReaders react.
The Middle East: How to Talk about Israel and Palestine
12 CommentsAn interesting take on how to talk about a volatile subject in a volatile period.
Insisting that Israel is Both Necessary and Just
11 CommentsIsrael's the only sane recourse for Jews.
Justice is Sentient
10 CommentsNeither justice nor hate is ever lonely.
What Jews Have Come to Understand About Zionism’s Necessity
8 CommentsThis is why.
U.S. NEWS
Rock Bottom
59 CommentsWhat happens after an alcoholic or addict reaches bottom is they start to develop new …
Who Watches the Watchers…and Who Watches Them?
56 CommentsI keep wondering why the Capitol Police did not open fire on the rioters when …
Re The COVID Vaccine: White Folks First…Please
45 CommentsWhy I don't trust anything coming from the government re medicine and medical treatment regarding …
If a Woodchuck Could Chuck…a Racist
41 CommentsLet’s say there are two friends or associates across different cultural backgrounds who either work …
The Passage Owns Me
38 Comments...goes beyond human understanding...
A Rorschach Test for Cops?
34 CommentsIn other words, what defensively repulsed you at age 5 most likely will seem or …
Walking in Hollywood
28 CommentsOne night in Hollywood Division I had to work with an officer that I really …
Our Special Tonight is Sudden Death
23 CommentsPolice work is directly analogous as an outsider status to being Black in America. Crazy …
Let’s Face It, People Suck
22 CommentsI am naturally curious about people, so I have logged lots of useless information, just …
Religious Practice Killing Children Must Be Criminalised
21 CommentsLaw must not provide cover for rituals that harm children.
POLITICS
LBJ, The Ides of March, and Voting Rights
80 CommentsIn a 'whites only' America, the votes of nonwhite citizens are fraudulent by definition.
Who are the good cops and where are they?
76 CommentsSilence in the face of injustice is complicity in the perpetuation and perpetration of injustice...
4,000 attempted murders that somehow don’t count
71 CommentsThat’s over 4,000 attempts to kill civilians. If this was being done on the ground …
Color-blindness & Journalistic Objectivity
71 CommentsWhat’s phony about colorblindness is that it involves consciousness of discrimination in only one direction." …
Nukes
65 CommentsVladimir Putin recently brought up the idea of using nuclear weapons. When he talked about …
Dear Madame Vice President
57 CommentsA short footnote for Kamala Harris' and her fundraisers.
Operation Warp Speed: Cutting Corners and Red Tape?
53 CommentsOperation Warp Speed (OWS) is a public–private partnership initiated by the U.S. government to facilitate and accelerate the development, manufacturing, …
Gohmert Says Street Violence Is only Recourse
49 CommentsA typical white male, "law & order", Republican is now suggesting that street violence is …
Dave Chappelle on SNL and Jews
49 CommentsDon’t blame us for reacting to attacks. We have to.
Reductio Ad Racism
48 CommentsThe fascist ideology of Trumpism and the minions of Trump must be crushed and eradicated …
SCIENCE
My Last Words On Space Invaders
22 CommentsSeveral good reasons not to believe the latest hysterical assertions about the presence of aliens …
Next Stop: Andromeda
20 CommentsPhysics is getting very weird. These people need to be closely monitored before the blow …
Revenge of the Boring Man
17 CommentsMy wife, when having trouble sleeping, would sometimes ask me to tell her about the …
A Question To Think About
16 CommentsI believe that mathematics is a highly specialized language created to empirically explore and explain …
Scientists Squabble Over Pluto: Pluto Doesn’t Care
12 CommentsScientists squabbling over whether Pluto is a planet proves one point beyond a shadow of …
A new mass extinction…!
9 CommentsWho among us knew that there were at least five extinctions that set and reset …
Perspective
9 CommentsSaturn is quite a bit dimmer than Jupiter is, even though Saturn isn’t all that …
Mission Unthinkable
9 CommentsFrankly, I thought that if China got there first, they’d just have bragging right for …
NYT Article Misleads Readers On Fusion Energy News
8 CommentsThe New York Times Descends to Click Baiting an article on nuclear fusion.
Piano Magic Tricks
7 CommentsThese tricks will work on an acoustic piano. If you hold down a key gently …
TECHNOLOGY
For those of you who have trouble posting
14 CommentsI post from an IPad. This is how you do it.
Addressing the Nuclear Elephant in the Room
11 CommentsWhether we like it or not, we cannot live without nuclear energy
ChatGPT Is About to Change The World for the Worse
11 CommentsThe hoopla around ChatGPT has obscured the fact that the AI invasion of the thought …
Co-founder of Virtual Reality Jaron Lanier Wants a Mulligan
10 CommentsJaron Lanier is a genius. That is an indisputable fact. He's one of the smartest …
I hear voices (and music)
7 Commentsnobody nobody nobody
China’s Trial Balloon Tests US Air Defenses
3 CommentsHow China's "weather" balloons may be paving the way for asymmetrical warfare between China and …
All About ChatGPT
2 CommentsEverything you never wanted to know about AI content generators...almost.
I am not important enough to be paranoid – and neither are you
1 CommentI am not important enough to be paranoid. In fact, I’m not important enough to …
WordPress Frustrations: It does almost everything, eventually
1 CommentWordPress solves a lot of problems for website designers, but each theme also comes fully …
A Short History of Adblockers and Their Effect on Us
1 CommentThe interesting thing about ad blockers is that they don't actually block most advertising. They …
BUSINESS
A Tale of Two Perspectives on Corporate Profits and Inflation
13 CommentsNot only does Reich have it right, his explanation is clear, succinct, digestible, to the …
Is a brief BindleSnitch Status Report in Order?
10 CommentsA brief post on the matter is what I have in mind...
A Brief Status Report?
5 CommentsA reading of the rules and the riot act is OK from time to time. …
Getting Off The Opioid Hook
4 CommentsPurdue Pharma has earned more than $35 billion from the sale of OxyContin.
NO GUEST POSTS: A Primer on the Fair Use Rule
3 CommentsThis is a must read summary of our position on the guest posting concept. Please …
The Formula: A Novel and Movie About the Oil Shortage Business
3 CommentsIf you haven't read the book or seen the movie, both entitled "The Formula", please …
Fortune Magazine Picks Another Round of 50 Great Leaders
2 CommentsFortune Magazine likes to publish lists of people and things. On April 1st (and isn’t …
Elon Musk is a Fraud (As If We Didn’t Know)
2 CommentsElon Musk apparently lies at the drop of a hat, a personality trait that bodes …
How to Raise Fresh Capital Without Getting in Over Your Head
2 CommentsYou are in business. You found this article because you have been surfing the internet …
How the Real Estate Meltdown of 2008 Really Went Down
2 CommentsIn a recent New York Times opinion piece, Times staffer Christopher Caldwell attempts to set …
HEALTH
Where we are now
52 CommentsIt’s life and death time. We have to stop this however we can and we …
Lady in Red
15 CommentsA red I can really appreciate!
Eye Can See!
14 CommentsEYE CAN SEE!
One-Eyed & Euphoric
13 CommentsBack to being two-eyed tomorrow. Cataract surgery this morning.
Trump Did NOT Tell Everyone to Drink Bleach
12 CommentsDONALD TRUMP IS PROFOUNDLY IGNORANT about some of the basic facts of chemistry, biology, physics, …
Anti-Semitism is All in Your Head – Or Maybe Not
9 CommentsAccording to Yahoo News, the Miami Herald is reporting a story about the firing of …
If I were a family doctor, I’d reach out to my patients about COVID
8 CommentsI have been saying for a while that it makes no sense for those claiming …
My Daughter, the You Tube Star
7 CommentsIn-person interactions -vs- electronic
Tea Drinkers Beware: There May be Microplastics in Your Cup
7 CommentsThe British may yet get the last laugh on this bad habit that we Americans …
GOOD NEWS! I Passed My Dementia-Test! …wait… … …
6 Comments...Please count backwards from 30,000 by 3s....
LIFESTYLES
BindleSnitch Fuckery?
40 CommentsThere are no Pulitzer Prizes for abject silence....
A Question About Evidence, Proof and God
31 CommentsIn 'Faith v Fact', Jerry A Coyne raises a key question: whether the drama of …
New Rules for Daily Behavior in a Shooting Gallery
24 CommentsHighland Park is a Jewish neighborhood. Do you really think that was a coincidence?
What’s Going On in My Life
23 CommentsI'm hearing there's been some pressure on members of this forum to post more than …
Socialized Medicine?
23 CommentsIt seems that an internet search for "socialized medicine" largely nets cartoons decrying its horrors.
Back in The Game
22 CommentsIf I seem to be MIA, now you know why...
I Have a Call for Bitey, Will You Accept…
22 CommentsAs we discussed the life of a clergy, Reverend Miller said, I want you to …
The Latest on Maureen, if You Were Wondering. Or not.
21 CommentsI thought I'd lighten things up around here with a progress report on my dear …
A dog bowl
20 CommentsThe bowl hasn’t worn at all in a half century of use.
Site Closing, continuing to gather?
20 CommentsJust read the damned piece
SPORTS
MLB Recognizes Negro Leagues as part of Major Leagues
7 Comments...MLB commissioner Robert Manfred announced that the Negro Leagues are now recognized as Major Leagues …
Trump Strikes Out On Opening Day
7 CommentsThe most historic Major League Baseball opening day on record: Thursday, March 30, 2023
College Football–Ivies and the Lesser Conferences
5 CommentsTen-and-out: Real Football.
For The Playoffs: Why The Bums Really Left Brooklyn
5 CommentsThe Dodgers might have stayed in Brooklyn.
My Country
5 CommentsFrom every mountainside…
I Used to Love Thanksgiving
2 CommentsHold the phone!
When They Called Me “Coach”- The Game at the Old Prison-School
2 CommentsThey wanted to watch a fight, to see blood.
The World Cup: Remembering Pele
1 CommentThe current World Cup moment belongs to Argentina and their greatest player, Lionel Mesi. However, …
Arts&Entertainment
I’m trying, people, I really am
12 CommentsHello to all my old blogging friends! Kosh has been very helpful with getting me …
What would VG have thot…
7 Comments...afraid that my daughter Laura would go full Van Gogh
Burt Bacharach, Dead at 94
6 CommentsHe was one of the most important composers of 20th-century popular music. -----Wikipedia
The End of an Error: Movie Palaces Are Going Under
6 CommentsThe movie industry isn't in trouble...yet...but the motion picture exhibition business, and the distribution system, …
A New Book Cover — Reading Now
5 CommentsDense, beautiful poetic- prose--
Stone Poetry by Algis Kemezys
5 CommentsAlgis Kemezys is one of those rare human beings who creates new things out of …
Oscar Peterson: ‘Nuff Said
5 CommentsImprovisation that is impossible to copy, emulate, or repeate...
As to Ron Powell’s Post About BindleSnitch
5 CommentsI will do whatever I might do to help; I believe others will, too.
Bernstein: A Brief Education in Music Appreciation and Analysys
5 CommentsLearning to play is one thing. Learning why is entirely quite another...
Res Ipsa Loquitur: The Matter Speaks for Itself
5 Comments...you can hear the sharp and distinct clarity of the perfect pitch in his voice...
MEDIA
Not Even Once…Upon a Time
13 CommentsI have wondered, is there something wrong with the way I think about things, or …
BindleSnitch Update: PROBLEM SOLVED – FOR NOW
13 CommentsA warning about an impending issue with the website which may affect recent postings
Darnella Frazier
11 Comments"The teenager who recorded the viral video of Derek Chauvin detaining George Floyd at a …
Journalistic Advocacy in Defending & Preserving Democracy
10 CommentsAs Journalists, neither Thomas Paine nor Benjamin Franklin were objective.
Facebook is an Addiction We Can Do Without
9 CommentsWhy am I on Facebook, having interminable conversations about ecology, climate, politics and economics that …
The Doomsday Clock Fraud And The Boy Who Cried Wolf
6 CommentsWhen it started publishing press releases about its Doomsday Clock, the rationale for the clock …
The Subtle and Unintended Racism in Media
6 CommentsThe fact that the racism in the comment may have been unintended doesn't make it …
The Evolution of the Media Ecosystem
6 CommentsI was 10 years old in 1956. The media ecosystem we had back then was …
Some Questions, If BindleSnitch Goes Viral…
5 CommentsGiven what most of us write and post, the possibility exists that a piece can …
How to Create a Reference Link on BindleSnitch
5 CommentsStep by step instructions for creating a live link to an image in an article...just …
ET. CETERA
Some Thoughts on What it’s Like for Me These Days as an Artist
46 CommentsJust me, musing on what it's like to be a working artist who doesn't have …
Good morning
29 CommentsHowever, it lacks a certain.........perspective.
Poem: Iliads and Odysseys
28 CommentsIliads and Odysseys, Odysseys and Iliads, they come and go, they came and went, heroes and …
A question, using the Rice Krispies jingle
28 CommentsSnat Crackle Tot
Crazy for Octopi, That’s Me
26 CommentsI've spent the last couple of months making pottery with an octopus motif.
Precarious
25 CommentsA still life arrangement at the Georgia O'Keeffe studio/museum in Abiquiu, New Mexico, provided the …
A new old photograph
25 CommentsThe [photograph] above came into my mother’s possession (electronically) a few days ago. She’d never …
Time to Breathe and a New Painting
23 CommentsI have time to paint again! Here's my latest.
The Yellow Teapot
19 CommentsThis is the story behind my painting of a yellow teapot sitting on lacework made …
Not Just Paint
19 CommentsHow I came to be a potter as well as a painter.