Wednesday, August 30, 2017

The Dilemma Will Hurd Poses

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Run across the Republican Congressman from Texas Will Hurd a few times in the media.  He seems impressive, human, ex-CIA, not too partisan...
Tuesday, August 29, 2017

Special Envoys and Monuments

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Secretary Tillerson is looking to eliminate dozens of "special envoys" ; liberals are looking to eliminate dozens of memorials and...

Prediction: Classic Logroll--Harvey Aid Plus the Wall

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A politico piece rehashing the NY/NJ grievances with TX Congress people, especially Sen. Cruz.  Since Harvey relief will be must-pass legis...
Monday, August 28, 2017

The Uses of Violence?,

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Josh Marshall has a post discussing violence against the alt-right.  He's against it, arguing that it's works to the benefit of the...
Saturday, August 26, 2017

Memory and Action

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One of the problems we old geezers have is memory.  Not only are we losing it, particularly the short-term variety, but to the extent we ret...
Friday, August 25, 2017

Bad News for Organic Farmers

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Now that Amazon's acquisition of Whole Foods has been approved, Bezos' first step was to cut the prices of some organic produce, pro...
Thursday, August 24, 2017

Wind River

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Saw the movie today and liked it. Written by the same guy who did Hell or High Water and Sicario, both of which we liked.  Atmosphere a bit ...

Lesson for the Week

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"Always remember: driverless cars don’t have to be perfect. They just have to be better than cars driven by humans. As anyone who driv...
Monday, August 21, 2017

My Dilemma With Game of Thrones

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I follow a lot of blog feeds.  Have done since the days of Google Reader.  Many of my feeds include good pieces on Game of Thrones.  For exa...
Sunday, August 20, 2017

Changes in Culture: Swearing

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This New REpublic piece discusses research into the frequency of swearing in America, specifically the use of the seven words in American b...