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Water, Water Everywhere But….Is It Safe
Microplastics are everywhere - in everything we eat or drinkCategory: HealthPublished 03/28/2024Updated 03/28/20244 Comments
Why Israel Isn’t Getting Credit for Protecting Civilians in Gaza
Israel is going to extreme lengths to protect civilians in Gaza....without getting recognition for it. Category: WorldPublished 03/26/2024Updated 03/26/202429 Comments
On the Uses of Symbols in Politics
How political symbolism affects electoral politicsCategory: PoliticsPublished 03/22/2024Updated 03/22/202435 Comments
National Predictions Based on In-State Polls
It is not looking good, people. It fact, it really looks really bad.Category: PoliticsPublished 03/05/2024Updated 03/13/20249 Comments
Who Is a Jew and According to Whom
Even if you are not a Jew, here are some things to think about now.Category: PoliticsPublished 03/05/2024Updated 03/05/20243 Comments
NEWS FLASH: Paul Krugman is Finally Worried About America
Paul Krugman is Finally Worried About America? What took him so long?Category: PoliticsPublished 02/13/2024Updated 02/13/20249 Comments
The Theory of Theories
This is an exercise in illogical logic but it isn't meant to be taken seriously. That was a lie.Category: SciencePublished 02/08/2024Updated 02/08/202425 Comments
The Word Merchant’s Dilemma
Musings about writing when writing no longer seems to matter.Category: MediaPublished 01/31/2024Updated 01/31/20246 Comments
My Chef Boyardee Experience: A Cautionary Tale
A culinary accident occurred in my kitchen today that proves we do not have free willCategory: Et. CeteraPublished 01/24/2024Updated 01/24/202410 Comments
Random Ruminations on 2024
A few more musings about our political situation.Category: PoliticsPublished 01/22/2024Updated 01/22/20245 Comments
To Be Taken With a Grain of Salt
Critiques of either high or low salt intake must be taken with more than a grain of salt.Category: HealthPublished 12/08/2023Updated 12/08/20232 Comments
NO, JOE BIDEN ISN’T SUPPORTING MASS MUDER IN ISRAEL
Someone I actually respect posted something that really pissed me off Facebook. This is my anawerCategory: PoliticsPublished 12/05/2023Updated 12/05/202313 Comments
TOTALITARIANISM ON THE RISE AGAIN
Another diatribe couched upon the proposition that democracy is going down the tubes.Category: PoliticsPublished 12/01/2023Updated 12/01/202317 Comments
THIS IS A CRITICAL MESSAGE FOR THE TRIBE
Elon Musk is an antisemite. Why are you doing business with him?Category: BusinessPublished 11/26/2023Updated 11/26/20231 Comment
Donald Trump’s Deadly Magic Touch Strikes Again
Are we really stupid enough to re-elect this loser? Are we?Category: PoliticsPublished 11/15/2023Updated 11/15/20238 Comments
The Fire This Time In Israel
The reality of the conflict in Israel is too complex for the weak minded to comprehend.Category: PoliticsPublished 10/24/2023Updated 10/24/20235 Comments
McCarthy’s Chickens Come Home to Roost
The Republican are on the verge of canning McCarthy as Speaker...The Democrats are going to blow a golden opportunity at the same time.Category: PoliticsPublished 10/03/2023Updated 10/03/20236 Comments
Mallory McMorrow Must Be Heard
You absolutely must watch - and spread - this clip wherever you can. This woman is a force of nature.Category: PoliticsPublished 09/08/2023Updated 09/08/20231 Comment
A Constitutional Convention for Gun Control is A BAD Idea
Is California Governor Gavin Newsom a real idiot or is this just a role he is playing by calling for an impossible-to-achieve constitutional amendment?Category: PoliticsPublished 08/15/2023Updated 08/15/20236 Comments
Ron Powell: Piano Man
Ron Powell is missing in action. We haven't heard from him in a while and we're woried. The embedded article shows a side of Ron I personally never knew about before. (Click the link in the story.)Category: Et. CeteraPublished 08/07/2023Updated 08/07/202335 Comments
2024: At-Risk Senate Seats Lean to The Right
The odds of the Democratic party holding onto the Senate in 2024 are frighteningly high against that outcome. It is going to be a long election night.Category: PoliticsPublished 07/28/2023Updated 07/29/202318 Comments
The Debt Ceiling Addendum
Debt Ceiling brinking has to end before it ends us.Category: PoliticsPublished 06/02/2023Updated 07/20/202318 Comments
Chamber of Commerce Wants to Bar Consumers from Suing
The US Chamber of Commerce is waging an all-out war against the American consumer with tort law reform. Category: BusinessPublished 04/05/2023Updated 04/05/20231 Comment
DeSantis Wants to Rule the Magic Kingdom…and Everything Else
The Magic Kingdom faces a hostile invasion by Florida's idiotic governor, along with a liberal college and so much else. Category: PoliticsPublished 03/03/2023Updated 03/03/20238 Comments
China’s Trial Balloon Tests US Air Defenses
How China's "weather" balloons may be paving the way for asymmetrical warfare between China and the US.Category: TechnologyPublished 02/06/2023Updated 02/06/20233 Comments
FL GOP’s Stupid New Gun Bill
GOP wants to allow "permitless" carry but didn't think it throughCategory: PoliticsPublished 02/03/2023Updated 02/03/20234 Comments
A conversation with Keanu Reeves on Character.AI
Here's how Character.Ai envisioned a conversation with Keanu Reeves. Category: MediaPublished 02/03/2023Updated 02/05/20232 Comments
Support Ruben Gallego Over Kyrsten Sinema
Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) has announced that he is going up against Senator Kyrsten Sinema. Get behind him.Category: PoliticsPublished 01/31/2023Updated 01/31/20232 Comments
The Stars From Our Youth
A poem upon hearing that David Crosby had set sail for his final destinationCategory: Et. CeteraPublished 01/20/2023Updated 01/20/20233 Comments
All About ChatGPT
Everything you never wanted to know about AI content generators...almost.Category: TechnologyPublished 12/15/2022Updated 12/15/20222 Comments
Bindle Improvements: Instant Images and Stockpack
AI comes to WordPress or How to Create Featured Images Without Fuss or Bother Category: MediaPublished 12/14/2022Updated 12/14/20221 Comment
NYT Article Misleads Readers On Fusion Energy News
The New York Times Descends to Click Baiting an article on nuclear fusion.Category: SciencePublished 12/12/2022Updated 12/13/20228 Comments
ChatGPT Is About to Change The World for the Worse
The hoopla around ChatGPT has obscured the fact that the AI invasion of the thought space is nothing new. It has been going on for decades...butCategory: TechnologyPublished 12/11/2022Updated 12/11/202211 Comments
The Thanksgiving Frenzy
Every year, when the Thanksgiving Frenzy comes around, it always surprises me,Category: LifestylesPublished 11/23/2022Updated 11/23/20224 Comments
Elon Musk is a Fraud (As If We Didn’t Know)
Elon Musk apparently lies at the drop of a hat, a personality trait that bodes no good for his financial empire. Category: BusinessPublished 11/18/2022Updated 11/18/20223 Comments
Poem: Delusions and Eidolons
They laid claims to their versions of reality while ignoring our claims to the sameCategory: Et. CeteraPublished 11/15/2022Updated 11/15/20223 Comments
Poem: Iliads and Odysseys
Iliads and Odysseys, Odysseys and Iliads, they come and go, they came and went, heroes and villains remembered togetherCategory: Et. CeteraPublished 11/14/2022Updated 11/18/202228 Comments
Cortez Masto Wins – But Democrats Won’t Control The Senate
Cortez Masto wins in Nevada but that doesn't mean the Democrats Control the Senate.Category: PoliticsPublished 11/12/2022Updated 11/12/202212 Comments
Nicole: The Hurricane That Didn’t Happen
A funny little story about the storm that didn't arriveCategory: SciencePublished 11/10/2022Updated 11/10/2022No Comments
THIS IS WHY THE DEMOCRATS ARE LOSING IN 2022
The loss of the governorship in Oregon and the legislature in Wisconsin could very well determine the outcome of the 2024 presidential election.Category: PoliticsPublished 11/04/2022Updated 11/13/20226 Comments
The Jan 6 Committee Oversteps on Trump Tax Returns
Time is running out for the January 6 Committee because, on January 6, when the Republicans take over the House, the committee will be killed off.Category: PoliticsPublished 11/01/2022Updated 11/01/202212 Comments
Next Stop: Andromeda
Physics is getting very weird. These people need to be closely monitored before the blow up the whole planet.Category: SciencePublished 10/16/2022Updated 10/16/202220 Comments
The Impending Constitutional Crisis
There's a constitutional crisis brewing between POTUS AND SCOTUS, between a democratically elected president and a politicized Supreme Court.Category: PoliticsPublished 10/05/2022Updated 10/05/20227 Comments
What It Costs To Fix a Hernia
Hernia operations are not as easy to cope with as you've been told. Get a second opinion from a Dr who doesn't do hernias..Category: HealthPublished 08/30/2022Updated 08/30/20222 Comments
“Activist” Investor Takes a Run At The New York Times
Activist Investor ValueAct buys a 6.7% stake in the New York Times Company but they are probably not going to be able to change the way the Times operatesCategory: MediaPublished 08/18/2022Updated 08/18/2022No Comments
The FBI’s On The Hot Seat – Again
It's a funny thing. Back in the sixties and seventies, we were all sure that the FBI WAS a criminal enterprise that spent its time spying on the anti-war movementCategory: PoliticsPublished 08/16/2022Updated 08/16/202227 Comments
BindleSnitch News Digest for August 16, 2022
Short takes with editorial comments about stories in today's "paper of record."Category: ***SELECT A CATEGORY***Published 08/16/2022Updated 08/18/20222 Comments
New Rules for Daily Behavior in a Shooting Gallery
Highland Park is a Jewish neighborhood. Do you really think that was a coincidence?Category: LifestylesPublished 07/05/2022Updated 07/05/202224 Comments
Bang, Bang
You're going on about your business doing ordinary things on an ordinary day when, all of a sudden, bang, bang, bang, bang, your existence is shattered by gunfire.Category: Et. CeteraPublished 06/03/2022Updated 10/28/20224 Comments
Prohibition, Abortion and The Bad Court
A leaked memo indicates that five members of the sitting Supreme Court of the United States are on record favoring the reversal of Roe v. Wade, the 1973 decision that made abortion legalCategory: PoliticsPublished 05/03/2022Updated 08/12/20221 Comment
Ban The Bullets, Not The Guns
THERE IS NO CONSTITUTIONAL GUARANTEE THAT PROTECTS THE RIGHT TO PURCHASE, OWN OR MANUFACTURE AMMUNITION.Category: PoliticsPublished 04/20/2022Updated 05/02/202216 Comments
Fictional Car Facts About Tesla
A brief note about how the New York Times talks down to its readers with simplistic summaries of complicated stories. Category: BusinessPublished 04/18/2022Updated 05/03/20221 Comment
Selling Wind Power With Misleading News Leads
Another example of media manipulation, this time from alternative energy advocates. Category: SciencePublished 04/07/2022Updated 05/03/20223 Comments
IF GOD WERE
A jocular poem about an unjocular subject.Category: Et. CeteraPublished 02/22/2022Updated 10/28/20222 Comments
THE FINAL OUT
As you get older life is like always being up at bat when it's two out in the bottom of the ninth, the score is two-to-one against youCategory: Et. CeteraPublished 02/17/2022Updated 10/28/20222 Comments
Dear Madame Vice President
A short footnote for Kamala Harris' and her fundraisers.Category: PoliticsPublished 01/13/2022Updated 10/28/202258 Comments
Scientists Squabble Over Pluto: Pluto Doesn’t Care
Scientists squabbling over whether Pluto is a planet proves one point beyond a shadow of a doubt: scientists can be just as stupid as anyone else. You probably don't care whether Pluto is a planet...but here's a news flash: Pluto doesn't care either., Category: SciencePublished 01/03/2022Updated 05/02/202212 Comments
Bill Baird: The Forgotten Pro-Choice Hero
Bill Baird gave a single condom and some contraceptive foam to a female Boston University undergraduate. He was promptly arrested for violating the Massachusetts Crimes Against Chastity law in 1967. In 1972, SCOTUS overturned the law.Category: PoliticsPublished 09/03/2021Updated 05/02/202215 Comments
Democracy Is Going Down The Tubes…Again
The top House Republican said his party would retaliate against any company that cooperated with an order to preserve the phone and social media records of G.O.P. lawmakersCategory: PoliticsPublished 09/02/2021Updated 05/02/20223 Comments
New Rules of the Road for 2021 and Beyond
Most accidents are caused by people who are drunk, high on drugs, whacked out on prescription pharmaceuticals, sleep-deprived, distracted by their electronic devices, in the midst of relationship ending screaming matches with their soon to be ex-partners,Category: LifestylesPublished 08/20/2021Updated 05/02/202210 Comments
Consumer Advisory
This is the first of more than 980 poems that I plan to post here. Gotta do something to make this site worthwhile.Category: Et. CeteraPublished 08/16/2021Updated 10/28/20223 Comments
The End of the American Experiment?
A small diatribe on the subject of what is happening to the American experiment in self-government. Category: PoliticsPublished 06/10/2021Updated 05/02/20221 Comment
My Last Words On Space Invaders
Several good reasons not to believe the latest hysterical assertions about the presence of aliens among us. Donald Trump is already on board.Category: SciencePublished 05/20/2021Updated 05/02/202223 Comments
Today’s New Pet Peeve: Banning Menthol Cigarettes
The Biden administration wants to ban menthol cigarettes because menthol cigarettes, long most popular among communities of color, have been targeted by advocacy groups that believe menthol cigarettes are a "gateway" product in the mistaken belief that menthol cigarettes aren't as "harsh" as regular cigarettes.Category: LifestylesPublished 05/01/2021Updated 05/02/202210 Comments
Fish Scandals: Guardian Warns Fake Fish Frauds Spoiling Dinners
depending upon the breed of fish and the country where it is eaten, anywhere from 25% to 50% (or more) of the fish you eat may not be the fish you thought you bought, and this is a problem that permeates the wholesale fish industry, retail fish sales, and the restaurant trade. Category: HealthPublished 03/18/2021Updated 05/02/20222 Comments
NEW REPORT WARNS IMMUNOSUPPRESSED PATIENTS ON COVID RISKS
Ever since the Coronavirus first struck, I've been wondering how will such a virulent virus affect immunosuppressed people. More importantly, how will immunosuppression regimens affect the vaccines Category: HealthPublished 03/16/2021Updated 10/25/20224 Comments
Are SOME People Really Buying US Currency with Trump’s Signature?
If this ripoff tells us anything, it is telling us that the people who support Donald Trump believe that other people who support Donald Trump are so stupid that they will believe this drivel, and they might be right. Category: PoliticsPublished 02/02/2021Updated 05/02/20223 Comments
The Doomsday Clock Fraud And The Boy Who Cried Wolf
When it started publishing press releases about its Doomsday Clock, the rationale for the clock was that it was predicting how close the world was to a specifically NUCLEAR holocaust. After the Soviet Union finally collapsed on December 26, 1991, the prospect for a world-wide nuclear war faded, a fading accelerated by nuclear arms reduction treaties...SO WHY IS THE CLOCK STILL TICKING?Category: MediaPublished 01/28/2021Updated 05/02/20226 Comments
The Silence is Deafening
Well, it has gotten very quiet around here for the past few days. I find myself starting new articles, getting a couple of pages into them, and then grinding to s stop thwarted by a feeling of utter futility triggered by the perception that nothing I say, write, or do is going to make any differenceCategory: Et. CeteraPublished 01/27/2021Updated 05/02/20225 Comments
Who Watches the Watchers…and Who Watches Them?
I keep wondering why the Capitol Police did not open fire on the rioters when they breached the perimeter. That is the standard operating procedure in such situations but as far as I have been able to determine, only one shot was fired, killing a rioter.Category: U.S.Published 01/18/2021Updated 05/02/202256 Comments
HALF A LOAF IS BETTER THAN NONE. THE GREAT IS THE ENEMY OF THE GOOD
Now that the Democrats have somehow managed to grab onto the reins of power by their fingernails, some of us are already writing off the Biden administration by declaring that they will blow this chance to remake reality. Shame on US.Category: PoliticsPublished 01/10/2021Updated 05/02/20225 Comments
UPDATE: Vitamin D(3), Melatonin, and Covid-19
A couple of years ago, I was diagnosed with a Vitamin D deficiency during a quarterly blood test. I started taking 10,000 IU of Vitamin D3, taking 5,000 IU in the morning and 5,000 in the evening. Since then, I started having more difficulty getting to sleep and staying asleep.Category: HealthPublished 01/03/2021Updated 05/02/2022No CommentsVitamin D(3), Insomnia, Covid-19 and Thee
A couple of years ago, I was diagnosed with a Vitamin D deficiency during a quarterly blood test. I started taking 10,000 IU of Vitamin D3, taking 5,000 IU in the morning and 5,000 in the evening. Since then, I started having more difficulty getting to sleep and staying asleep.Category: HealthPublished 12/28/2020Updated 05/02/20222 Comments
Grasping at Straws: The Last Gasp of Republican Angst
Quite a few people are questioning whether the continued refusal of the Republican party to accept the results of the recent election might not constitute sedition. I did some extensive research on this subject some years ago and I do not believe that anything has changed since then but, No, it is NOT sedition.Category: PoliticsPublished 12/15/2020Updated 05/02/202218 Comments
A Guided Tour of the BindleSnitch System
If you go to Step by Step Instructions on the Members Drop Down Menu, the link to the Step by Step instructions is at the top of the page but I will also drop that link here:Category: MediaPublished 12/15/2020Updated 05/02/20223 Comments
The Marvelous Pleasures of Ethiopian Food
I'm a closet foodie, something I admit with a somewhat guilty conscience given all of the hunger and food insecurity in the world. Nevertheless, as a closet foodie, my secret passion is Ethiopian cuisine. The fact that a country that has long been associated with recollections of famines has one of the most unique and flavorful cuisines is one of life's strange ironies.Category: LifestylesPublished 12/15/2020Updated 05/02/202211 Comments
The End of an Error: Movie Palaces Are Going Under
The movie industry isn't in trouble...yet...but the motion picture exhibition business, and the distribution system, are in deep, deep trouble. Once upon a time, motion pictures were a novel innovation. Today, not so much. Category: EntertainmentPublished 12/03/2020Updated 05/02/20226 Comments
Social Security is Already Under Attack Again
Now that the Republican party has lost the presidency and failed to recapture the House of Representatives, Republicans and the more stupid Democrats in Congress, along with the chattering classes, will immediately resume their "National Debt" hawkishness.Category: PoliticsPublished 12/03/2020Updated 05/02/20226 Comments
The National Review Joins the Fight Against Mail-In Ballots
There is an editorial currently running on the National Review's website that begins with the following statement: “There are legitimate issues to consider after the 2020 vote about the security of mail-in ballots and the process of counting votes..."Category: PoliticsPublished 12/03/2020Updated 05/02/20227 Comments
DONALD TRUMP VOTED ILLEGALLY IN 2020
With all of the speculation about the illegal things Donald Trump may have done, he did this right out in the open and we never even blinked: he voted illegally in the 2020 presidential election. Category: PoliticsPublished 12/02/2020Updated 05/02/20226 Comments
New Function Added to the Members Menu
I have introduced a new functionality that lists every article ever posted on BindleSnitch by Author. You can access this function by clicking on the Members link on the main menu and selecting ARTICLES BY AUTHOR. Category: MediaPublished 12/02/2020Updated 05/02/20222 CommentsBindle Update: Comments on Comments, File Limits
A workaround for problems tracking comments back to articles and a question about the location of the comments section on the home pageCategory: MediaPublished 12/01/2020Updated 05/02/20224 Comments
Didn’t Want to Rain on the Parade but I’ve got Georgia on my Mind.
This isn't over yet...and it won't be over until the fate of the two Senate seats from Georgia are decided when Georgians go back to the polls on January 5, 2021. Joe Biden's very slender margin of victory in Georgia should not encourage us to expect these races to go in our favor.Category: PoliticsPublished 11/09/2020Updated 05/02/20223 Comments
For Algis Thomas Kemezys
I've known Algis Thomas Kemezys for so long that I can't remember when we first encountered each other on Open Salon. He's an award-winning photographer, artist, and filmmaker. I've written several poems about his photography and artwork over the years, He's going through hard times right now....this poem is intended to bring him good cheer from an old friend.Category: Et. CeteraPublished 11/05/2020Updated 10/28/20227 Comments
Supermarket Automation at Wal-Mart
We hate shopping at Wal-Mart but since the prices at the Wal-Mart Supermarkets are up to 20% less for the same items at Publix, and we are on a very limited income, we would be fools not to shop there. Today, however, we were quite shocked by one of the changes they have made to the store. There are no more cashiers. None.Category: LifestylesPublished 10/22/2020Updated 05/02/20227 Comments
Herd Immunity is a Question, Not an Answer
The very concept of herd immunity has been widely misrepresented in the media. Herd immunity, according to the practice actually established in veterinary medicine, is accomplished by SEGREGATING healthy, uninfected members of the herd and keeping them isolateCategory: HealthPublished 10/16/2020Updated 05/02/20224 Comments
The Mystery of Trump’s Anti-Mask Stance SOLVED
On February 7, 2020, Donald J. Trump told reporter Bob Woodward that COVID-19 could be transmitted through the air, that it was very dangerous and that it would be difficult to contain, saying, “This is deadly stuff,” Why, then, did Donald Trump - having admitted to knowing this - launch an anti-mask crusade that is largely responsible for the spread of the epidemic throughout the United States.Category: PoliticsPublished 10/03/2020Updated 05/02/20225 Comments
The Biggest October Surprise Ever
Now that DJT has contracted COVID-19, reality has taken some strange twists. If DJT becomes incapacitated, he would have to turn the presidency over to Pence, who would become acting president,...unless or until Pence comes down with it. At that point, Nancy Pelosi becomes Acting President.Category: PoliticsPublished 10/02/2020Updated 05/02/202218 Comments
BindleSnitch Membership Update
Requesting input about changes we're thinking about making to the website. Category: Et. CeteraPublished 09/29/2020Updated 05/02/20229 Comments
Trump’s New 1776 Commission Will Dictate Public School Curricula
Donald Trump wants to take control of the curricula of the American public school system and is trying to give that control to members of organizations with ties to conservative think-tanks in an attempt to subvert the educational system to suit his belief systems.Category: PoliticsPublished 09/17/2020Updated 05/02/20226 Comments
Health Care American Style: How to Avoid Being Stented
Hive Mind: Do I keep the cardiologist? Do I stay with the oncologist? What are the odds that the next doctor will be better than the last one? Not good, because it is the system itself that is completely broken. Information overload.Category: HealthPublished 09/15/2020Updated 05/02/20225 Comments
Buyer Beware: Amazon vs. Home Depot
The lowly but indispensable 5-in-1 Painter's Tool is experiencing a surge in popularity with some versions now that the painter's tool can now perform up to 15 functions. So, yes, you need one....but be careful where you buy yours. Category: LifestylesPublished 09/09/2020Updated 05/02/202210 Comments
Anti-Semitism is All in Your Head – Or Maybe Not
According to Yahoo News, the Miami Herald is reporting a story about the firing of a medical resident at the Cleveland Clinic in Ohio who once tweeted that she would give Jewish people the wrong medicine.Category: HealthPublished 08/25/2020Updated 05/02/20229 Comments
The Coronavirus Testing Conundrum
Donald Trump is absolutely right. Increasing the number of people being tested will make it appear that the Coronavirus is more serious than it really is...and that will adversely affect his chances of being re-elected. However, Donald Trump is not wrong when he claims that testing is useless.Category: HealthPublished 07/20/2020Updated 05/02/20223 Comments
THE LAST STRAW: Trump Orders Hospitals Not to Send Data To CDC
Donald Trump is attempting to control and manipulate the data about the CoVid-19 epidemic so that he can control the public's perception of the severity of the problem and cajole governors and mayors to open up their communities and send their children back to school in order improve his re-election hopes. He must be stopped.Category: HealthPublished 07/15/2020Updated 10/25/20224 Comments
COVID-19 PATIENTS IN US RIPPED OFF BY DRUG MAKER GILEAD
The maker of remdesivir, Gilead, has announced that it will charge US patients -or their insurance companies - $2340 for the five-day treatment package until September, when it will INCREASE the price to $3120, a 33% increase,Category: HealthPublished 06/29/2020Updated 05/02/20221 Comment
Open Letter to the New York Times about Third Party Editorials
Last week, on June 3, the Times published a guest editorial by Senator Tom Cotton (R-ARK) under the headline of "Send In The Troops." in which he demanded that the federal government unleash "an overwhelming show of force to disperse, detain, and ultimately deter lawbreakers."Category: MediaPublished 06/09/2020Updated 05/02/20221 Comment
NY Times Misreads Scientific Study – Again
The title of the article, "Panicking About Your Kids’ Phones? New Research Says Don’t," says all that needs to be said about the article, which purports to refute recent concerns about the amount of time that children and young adults spend on their mobile devices,Category: MediaPublished 02/06/2020Updated 05/02/2022No Comments
How Bigotry Has Befallen Baby Boomers
Whenever I see a headline with the word "seniors" in it, I know that whatever follows that headline is going to be another scam aimed at older people, a quack cure for yet another made-up disease, a warning about how the government is going to take away your Social SecurityCategory: LifestylesPublished 01/21/2020Updated 05/02/20225 Comments
How Microsoft Screwed Customers and Why It Matters
Microsoft has finally kicked Windows 7 to the curb. It's the end of an era. From now on, if you want the Windows 10 operating system, and you don't have it on your current computer, you will pay $140 to get it.Category: BusinessPublished 01/17/2020Updated 09/30/20221 Comment
The Empty Threat of the 25th Amendment
The 25th Amendment is an empty threat to any sitting president because of the inherent flaws in the legal structure of the Amendment. The 25th amendment is a farce becauseCategory: PoliticsPublished 08/22/2019Updated 05/02/20224 Comments
The Principle of Exhaustion in Mass Movements
A short essay on the principle of exhaustion and the importance of relevance.Category: U.S.Published 08/21/2019Updated 05/02/20223 Comments
I’m Tired of the Rhetoric: Do Something Heroic
There is one thing you can do right now to change the course of this country. Find out how.Category: PoliticsPublished 08/08/2019Updated 05/02/20228 Comments
WordPress Frustrations: It does almost everything, eventually
WordPress solves a lot of problems for website designers, but each theme also comes fully equipped with a number of quirks that have to be managed through the use of plugins, but plugins often conflict with one another causing some amusing issues and some issues that are anything but amusing to stressed out website designers.Category: TechnologyPublished 03/06/2019Updated 05/02/2022No Comments
Bad Ending for “Crocodile Dundee”
Interest in the Crocodile Dundee franchise has been reignited by the strong reaction to a bizarre series of Tourism Australia commercials that first appeared during the 2018 Superbowl broadcast....but what happened to the "real" Crocodile Dundee?Category: EntertainmentPublished 12/07/2018Updated 05/02/20223 Comments
2020: How the Democrats Are Already Blowing It Again
This year, in what has been billed (incorrectly) as the most important midterm election in American history, the Democratic party absolutely failed to present the electorate with a national campaign, leaving it up to the individual candidates to put together their own campaign strategiesCategory: PoliticsPublished 11/05/2018Updated 04/07/20224 Comments
Parkland Massacre Becoming New Conspiracy Theory Circus
One week after the horrific Parkland Saint Valentine's Day Massacre, cracks are already developing in the solidarity of the Parkland students who are speaking out in the wake of the tragedy.That solidarity lasted for exactly seven days. That's how long it took for one of theCategory: U.S.Published 02/22/2018Updated 05/02/2022No Comments
FRAUD ALERT: CAT FANCIERS ARE BEING FLEECED
If you are trying to purchase a rare and expensive breed of cat, and you are offered an opportunity to do so by someone who is not personally known to you, or isn't recognized breeder of that particular breed of cat....BE WARNED. There are scammers out there who are...Category: BusinessPublished 02/09/2018Updated 04/07/2022No Comments
Chris Christie’s War on Press Seen as Bridgegate Retaliation
New Jersey’s Democratically controlled State Legislature, aided and abetted by lame duck New …Category: U.S.Published 12/20/2016Updated 05/02/20221 Comment
Chris Christie’s Worst Day Ever: No VP Nod
For Gov. Chris Christie, call it Black Thursday. He appears to have lost the race for …Category: U.S.Published 07/15/2016Updated 05/02/2022No Comments
Obama Nominates Merrick Garland to Supreme Court
In a copyrighted story today, The Washington Post reports that President Barack Obama will announce …Category: U.S.Published 03/16/2016Updated 05/02/2022No Comments
Volkswagen Names New CEO
Volkswagen has hired former Porsche CEO Matthias Mueller as its new CEO, the company announced Friday. Mueller’s appointment comes just two days after former Volkswagen CEO Martin Winterkorn resigned following a scandal involving the company’s use of software designed to fool regulatorsCategory: BusinessPublished 10/01/2015Updated 09/30/2022No Comments
Don’t Wait for 2016: Vote Now for President
The 2016 election is a long way off. Don’t wait for 2016 to vote for president. Vote now, and …Category: PoliticsPublished 07/27/2015Updated 05/02/2022No Comments
Democratic Departures Leave More Senate Seats Up For Grabs
Sen. Harry Reid's retirement has strengthened the Republicans' chances of flipping the Nevada Senate seat in the 2016 election, according to a new breakdown from the University of Virginia's Center for Politics.Category: U.S.Published 04/02/2015Updated 05/02/2022No Comments
Obama Doubles his Clemency Numbers with 22 New Pardons
President Obama commuted the sentences of 22 people on Tuesday, doubling the number of commutations …Category: U.S.Published 04/01/2015Updated 05/02/2022No Comments
The Thin Blue Wall: Democrats Rally Around Obama Veto Vote
In one of the most crucial Senate votes during his presidency, the Senate voted yesterday by a …Category: U.S.Published 03/05/2015Updated 05/02/2022No Comments
We’re Not Charlie Hedbo
The hue and cry going on over the publication of Charlie Hedbo’s objectionable cartoons …Category: WorldPublished 01/19/2015Updated 05/02/2022No Comments
Kerry’s Reckless Middle East Stance
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry is calling the status quo between Israelis and Palestinians …Category: WorldPublished 12/16/2014Updated 05/02/20222 Comments
SCOTUS Says Cops Can Stop People Without Cause
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