The State of the Union
It’s definitely Spring.
I used to have a broad range of interests. My bookshelves contain volumes on an array of topics. But lately all I can focus on is politics. The threat of fascism has forced me to devote all my time and mental energy to bringing down this regime.
Trump knows nothing about history, economics, foreign relations, and just about everything else except the con. It might behoove him to consider the fate of another recent despot, the late Muammar al-Gaddafi.
Simple Economics
Monday, May 26, 2025
We don’t manufacture a sufficient number of unique products that can’t be obtained elsewhere to be threatening other countries. They can just ignore us, go around us, and forge alliances that don’t include the United States. Trump is screwing our economy into the ground. What’s he going to do when we need rare earth metals or other things needed to make our computers and cars, and the world tells us to go fuck ourselves?
I’m not a pessimist, I’m a realist and a pragmatist. If we don’t honestly assess the danger, we can’t prevent it. If we don’t identify the enemy, we don’t know who to fight. If we don’t study their tactics, we won’t know how to defeat them. We can’t pretend this is normal or acceptable.
More people than ever before will die; In traffic accidents due to unsafe roads and vehicles, In airplane crashes, From untested drugs, From unsafe food, From domestic abuse, From attacks on minorities.
Coming soon: Why did that plane crash? Dunno. Why did that building collapse? Dunno. Is this safe to eat? Dunno. Doc, what’s wrong with me? Dunno. Fire all the experts and inspectors, replace them with superstitious charlatans, and this is what’s going to happen. The fools on the hill.
If we’re going to fight terrorism, and we must to survive, we need to understand than terrorists can be any color, any nationality, any religion or a follower of no religion.
There is no external identifier to detect a terrorist. Their terrorism is only evident in their speech and actions.
Science
Friday, May 23, 2025
When people tell you they doubt science, they think science is an institution like religion. It’s not. It’s a method for determining physical reality. So if someone opposes, or even doubts, what science has uncovered, they are also questioning the scientific method. Observe Hypothesize Predict Test Predictions. This step is the reason why a hypothesis or theory has to be falsifiable. Reproduce The scientific method is a process. Those 5 steps must be taken in order to assert something as reality.
Isolophilia
Friday, May 23, 2025
Many of us feel this way but have always been accused of being lonely or anti-social. That’s not it at all. We don’t have to be isolated from people all the time, but the time we enjoy most is when we’re alone with our thoughts, ourselves. We’ve accepted and embraced who we are. “Isolophilia, a term that might sound unfamiliar, refers to a unique and often misunderstood phenomenon: a deep passion for solitude.
I hope Ken Burns does one of his exhaustively researched and dramatically presented histories about the rise of fascism in America. The Death of the American Dream.
When they start arresting people like AOC and Raskin, and Democratic governors who refuse to cooperate with Trump’s unconstitutional edicts, what then? Will we continue to stare in disbelief and do nothing? Will we ignore Jefferson’s admonition to replace the government when it fails in its duties?
Same shit, different day
Saturday, May 17, 2025
One negative aspect of having lived this long is that I’m tired of dealing with the same shit over and over again. On a personal level as well as the national and international level. Seventy years isn’t long enough to see radical social reform, so I just keep seeing the same reality repeated daily.
Ai
Friday, May 16, 2025
I cannot understand how a half-baked product that is not only unreliable but has yet to find a practical use, and has been constructed from parts stolen, often without permission, from other people, can be released to the public and charge $20 a month to use it. Ai. An imperfect product in search of an audience. The companies behind this “product” want to build numerous data centers which will negatively affect their communities, consuming their power and polluting their water.
Ai generated thank you letter to Qatar
Tuesday, May 13, 2025
Donald J. Trump 45th and most unforgettable President of the United States May 13, 2025 His Highness Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani Amir of the State of Qatar Amiri Diwan Doha, Qatar Your Highness, Let me just start by saying: WOW. What a plane! Truly the most incredible airplane I’ve ever seen—and I’ve seen a lot of planes. Some say I have the best taste in planes. Maybe ever. But this one?
Consider…
Saturday, May 10, 2025
If the past and future were as real as this moment, you could be there, like you’re here now. But you can’t, you can only imagine you’re there. So evidently they only exist in your mind, in your memories and your imagination. They are not real. They can be relevant for teaching or planning, but they will never exist like this moment exists. This moment is what life is. Live this moment to its fullest.
Princes and paupers
Wednesday, May 7, 2025
We should look back at how the white man treated the indigenous people in this country to see an example of how the rich will treat the 99%. MAGA cry, “you will not replace us”. Fools, you’ve already been replaced. You are of no more value to the oligarchs than any black person, any brown person, any Jew or Muslim. MAGA is fighting skirmishes while the 1% is fighting, and so far, winning a war.
Everything is so green.
The two most privileged groups of people in America, white males and Christians, are destroying democracy simply to hold on to that privileged status. But have they considered what good that privilege will do them in the country they’re creating? Panic and fear are their demons.