As much as I’d love for something like the Epstein files to bring down and disgrace Trump, I’m more concerned about the ideology he’s introduced. This fascist regime is more than just one man.
I remember when we looked forward to having more free time to be creative once robots, now Ai, took over some of the most labor intensive and mind numbing jobs. Now I worry that as automation replaces humans in vital jobs, humans will become slaves to the oligarchy.
There are billion dollar infrastructure projects in other countries, connecting islands with underground tunnels or using architecture to modernize cities, and then look at how we’re misusing the same amount of money while our cities are falling apart, and I wonder why we think we’re great.
This 4th of July will not be a day for celebrations but for protests, organized and loud. Get media coverage.
This 250th year of our nation will either be the last as a democracy or the first as a nation rededicated to equality, justice, and the rule of law.
The Perils of Technology
Wednesday, June 18, 2025
The cell phone wasn’t developed to spy on its users. But eventually nefarious characters, once they understood the capabilities of cell phones, noticed what a good spying and tracking device it was. It’s the same with the WWW and Internet. Good intentions at the start, now corrupted into near uselessness. I’m beginning to distrust every new technology. Especially those who watch and listen constantly. Amazon Echo, Google Hub, and soon a similar offering from Apple.
Single, liberal veterans can be denied care
Wednesday, June 18, 2025
“Language requiring healthcare professionals to care for veterans regardless of their politics and marital status has been explicitly eliminated…Doctors and other medical staff can also be barred from working at VA hospitals based on their marital status, political party affiliation or union activity… As a single, liberal veteran who receives all my medical care at a VA hospital, this deeply concerns me. Trump has already called liberals enemies of the state.
Military birthdays
Wednesday, June 11, 2025
Army - June 14 Navy - October 13 Marine Corps - November 10 Coast Guard - August 4 Air Force - September 18 Space Force - December 20 If Trump does not hold a national parade on every one of these days then he cannot deny that the farce planned for June 14th has nothing to do with the Army. It’s all about him.
Resistance is not futile
Wednesday, June 11, 2025
Trump is not the 47th president of the United States. He is the 1st dictator of America, a country composed of 50 fiefdoms under his direct control. Every American who makes less than $100,000 a year has more in common with immigrants than with oligarchs. With all the important problems facing the country right now, the dictator is only concerned with putting down dissent and harassing anyone who disagrees with him.
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.