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Get Ready

I believe the two workable strategies for the next lockdown are the same as they were for the last one: 1. Live your life as normally as you can, ignoring all the directives. Be as self reliant as possible and learn how to fix stuff. Exercise, eat healthy food, avoid dangerous drugs including alcohol, and […]

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Politics Screwheads Delenda Est

Danger Zone

What they really don’t want you to know: The F35 is the most overpriced, over-engineered hunk of junk in human history. On the other hand, the A10 Warthog is pretty nearly perfect for a mission that still makes sense, is economical and proven — so they’re decommissioning it. This tells you all you need to […]

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Politics Screwheads Delenda Est work/life

All Fake, All the Time

With this EU law, called The Digital Services Act, which is beyond Orwellian in its scope and outrageousness, the promise of the Internet has officially turned to crap. That is, if they can enforce it without breaking the financial models of all the companies playing in their sandbox. It probably won’t matter much, because between […]

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The “Mugshot” That Broke The Internet

Voting the bums out only works when there is a reasonable presumption of integrity in the system. “But all elections have cheating…” If an amount within the margin of error is swung from minus to plus by bad actors, the result still can be held to reasonably reflect the will of the people. Much as […]

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Why I Stopped Liking Christopher Nolan and Won’t Watch “Oppenheimer”

I finally got around to watching “Joker” (2019). This movie was the perfect counterpoint to Christopher Nolan’s “Dark Knight” Trilogy. Being rallied to emulate the public personas of our betters, or preferably stunned into accepting rule by them, is the barely disguised subtext behind nearly all superhero movies, and it makes no difference whether the […]