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I'm going to go out on a limb and say that tomorrow, the general assessment of Trumps speech will be that it was a mistake.

I think the first man made fire would be created through friction instead of percussion, simply because sticks were much more common than pyrite. Of course, pyrite stays behind, while the sticks are long gone.

One element of George Floyd's death which is often overlooked and was a great factor in Chauvin's conviction is the fact that Chauvin pulled Floyd from the back seat of a police car and then kneeled on his neck. This means Chauvin created the circumstances which lead to Floyd's death. All of...

It will be just our luck that the first alien species to make contact with Earth will be a race of arthropods similar ants, which are deaf to airborne sound waves, so when we start the mix tape, all they will sense is the bass thumping through the ground. They will certainly be confused when...

On the face of it, this looks like a pretty stupid idea and after a more in depth look, it's still stupid. However, stupid is where the money is these days. Sifting through every visa applicant's social media and other online data has never been practical because it simply takes too long and...

The science(and/or theology) of the existence of free will shall remain a pointless intellectual exercise until such science or theology can predict the future. The only difference between science and theology on this matter is, if there is no free will, science says it is inevitable we would...

He certainly doesn't need to declare martial law, but at this point, it's not really up to him. It will be the White House capos who make that decision and they really need to shut down the Justice system before the next election. The key element of the conspiracy is Chauvin is broke. He can't...

Chauvin was charged in both State and Federal Court. After being convicted in State Court, he pled guilty to the Federal charges and was given a concurrent sentence. This gets complicated because if he wins an appeal in State Court, he still has a Federal sentence to serve. It's very difficult...

One way to look at the AI bubble is to imagine it's 1925 and General Motors and Ford decide to each build 1 million cars a month. Everybody is excited and buys stock. The road infrastructure for this doesn't exist and neither does the capacity to produce enough gasoline. The utility of a car or...

If alien probes have ever reached Earth, the chances it would land in the ocean are very high. This is thinking only in terms of fairly recent history. A lot of what was once ocean bottom is now above sea level, but buried under many layers of rock. The chances of discovering an alien probe in a...

I enjoy the WW2 videos and I found a channel that posted the memoirs of Japanese officers, using text to speech software. It was interesting to see the view of the other side. The problem is, there's a small number of memoirs and fewer that are translated. The last video I saw was about a...

The car business is tough and service advisors are salesmen who get paid on commission. This inevitably leads to over selling. The problem is it's difficult to distinguish dishonesty for ignorance or stupidity. I spent most of my working life in dealership service departments and I've seen it...

In the late 70s, the BBC produced a 10 episode series titled Connections. Writer James Burke traces scientific and technological discoveries from their beginnings, and the series of connections which bring them to the present day. One of the episodes has a short scene set in and English town...

And yet, here we are discussing Trump and socialism. No system is immune to corruption. In our current situation, we see Trump using regulatory interpretation and enforcement to extort money out of Paramount. There is little doubt that same regulatory power will be used to insure the value of...

The actual definition of socialism includes actual control over the means of production, not a passive equity share. I could buy a large amount of General Motors stock, but until I own a majority share, I have no say in the color of next year's Chevrolets. The tongue in cheek element of this...

I think it's plain to see that no one is advising Trump on good ideas. The Epstein Files will add an interesting chapter to the Encyclopedia of Things People Said About Trump that They Thought Would Never be Made Public.

In order for Trump to like socialism, he would need to know what it is, beyond a word he can use to get a desired reaction. Trump understands Mamdami's economic policies no more than he understands capitalism. We need to keep in mind that Trump believes tariffs are paid by the importer and can't...

Investing tax payer money in oligarch industries is not the same thing as socialism.

Eugenics was philosophy masquerading as science.

Marjorie is an opportunist whose only real skill in life is jumping in front of a crowd and presenting herself as their leader. This is also Trump's modus operandi. Trump started with a crowd who could elect him President. That's no longer an option and his new crowd is billionaires who can give...