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Thursday notes- pollution, Teslas, and oopsie

| March 13, 2025 | 32 Comments
Thursday notes- pollution, Teslas, and oopsie

Little notes today. You know all that funding we need to pay, the guilt we should suffer, in the cause of global warning? It’s all our damn fault here, ya bastards, and we need to CUT BACK to save the rest of the world. Etc, etc, etc  (no similarity to Yul Brynner implied.) Well, a […]

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Weekend updates – Texas

| March 8, 2025 | 4 Comments
Weekend updates – Texas

Once did a driving trip, hitting up the Buffalo Soldier’s monuments at Ft. Riley and Ft. Leavenworth, stopping at the Negro Leagues Museum and American Jazz museum and hitting the Harry Truman Library in Independence, MO.  This may take a little longer…it’s Texas, y’all. Things are further apart. Here’s a few ideas: It’s official – […]

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A Fake Captain

| February 27, 2025 | 22 Comments
A Fake Captain

No, no, no… that that *kind* of captain. This is a *real* fake captain. Internet sensation ‘Big Balls’ has nothing on this guy. He steals both a ship and the *entire* crew, although they did turn him in when they sensed something was suspicious… you know, as in he wasn’t their regular captain. Fake captain […]

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FrankenSAMs getting to Ukraine

| February 13, 2025 | 10 Comments
FrankenSAMs getting to Ukraine

Quite a little cottage industry now, repackaging existing  missiles as Surface to Air Missiles (SAMs) to make them more portable and/or more available to Ukraine. The battlefield is a lot different now –  the airspace is an “if it flies, it dies” zone occupied by multiple drones and counterdrone equipment. We now have our first […]

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Rodney King’s Attorney Gets Prison Time

| February 12, 2025 | 25 Comments
Rodney King’s Attorney Gets Prison Time

“Can We All Get Along?” Those were the famous words uttered by Rodney King after the riots broke out following the aquittal of the police officers that beat him – the beatdown captured on video for all to see. Well, King’s lawyer Milton C. Grimes was sentenced to serve time in prison – 18 months […]

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Tariffs As Boundaries

| February 4, 2025 | 51 Comments
Tariffs As Boundaries

Relationship issues may be the most often cited motivation for individuals seeking psychotherapy. They say, “I want to change how my spouse speaks to or treats me”. They are feeling unfulfilled in their relationship, depressed, anxious, or lonely, and fear their relationship is ending. They don’t want it to, but can’t continue with the way […]

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Monday Updates

| February 3, 2025 | 22 Comments
Monday Updates

  First up, the killing of U.S. Border Patrol agent David Maland on January 20 in Vermont and subsequent manhunt has been tied to – and yes, this is NOT from The Onion – an anarchist vegan group on the West Coast. The group believed in artifical intelligence theories, ethical reasoning and veganism, the outlet […]

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Failed Marine program

| January 31, 2025 | 16 Comments
Failed Marine program

Military Times did an item about a Marines program introduced in 2013. Apparently the results have been – well, underwhelming. In 2013, the Marine Corps released an administrative message with an intriguing offer: Through a special pilot program, troops could hit pause on their active-duty career and transition to the Individual Ready Reserve for up […]

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