Thursday, November 15, 2018

"Smart" gadgets versus your privacy and security

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I've had a few things to say about the so-called " Internet of Things ", and how it threatens our personal privacy and securi...
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Wednesday, November 14, 2018

Kids on the road: a scary situation

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A UPS driver recently had a scary experience with a small child hiding in leaves piled up on the edge of a road. Driver Jordan Weaver w...
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A "refugee caravan" with almost no refugees at all

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About that "refugee caravan" currently making its way through Mexico to the US border:  it looks like it contains almost no ...
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Tuesday, November 13, 2018

Antidepressants

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From Gab : Yeah, that ought to do it . . . hard to be depressed when they're driving you nuts! Peter
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Slings and slingshots can be a lot more dangerous than I thought

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I used to play with slingshots as a kid.  In those days, we made our own out of Y-shaped branches we picked up among the trees on Table Mou...
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For D&D fans

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Found on Gab this morning, "the most useful spell in a magic-user's arsenal" (clickit to biggit): But . . . but . . ....
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Monday, November 12, 2018

The party of the rich is . . . ?

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I note that the recent mid-term elections have produced one interesting result that hasn't received much comment. California, New J...
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"Seizing property before it can escape"

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Back in May, we looked at a proposal to use property taxes to pay off Illinois' and Chicago's pension deficit.  In particular, its ...
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Sunday, November 11, 2018

Sunday morning music, for the centenary of Armistice Day

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One hundred years ago today, "on the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month" of 1918, fighting ended in the Firs...
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Saturday, November 10, 2018

Heh

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Found on Gab , under the title "Liberals head to Washington": But . . . but . . . where's the surfboard, to ride the ...
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Practical measurements of defensive ammo effectiveness

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A police officer's recommendation for self-defense against an attacker hopped-up on the latest generation of synthetic marijuana gener...
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Friday, November 9, 2018

Word

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Stephan Pastis nails the important things - again. Word indeed. Peter
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Hiding MSG

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I heard from a friend yesterday.  She was extremely angry because her young child has what appear to be allergic reactions to MSG - monosod...
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Thursday, November 8, 2018

The Whitey Bulger murder: looking bad for the Bureau of Prisons

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I'm sure readers are aware of the murder of 89-year-old convict Whitey Bulger at a Federal high-security penitentiary in West Virginia...
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Close-range air-to-air footage of the Sukhoi Su-57

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Russia's attempt to produce a fifth-generation fighter, the Sukhoi Su-57 , has apparently not been too successful in technical terms;  ...
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SNAFU is right: we're not winning, and we can't win by doing it the same old way yet again

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Solomon, a former Marine writing at his SNAFU blog, posits that the current counter-insurgency strategy, tactics and training of the US ar...
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Wednesday, November 7, 2018

Sobering thoughts on self-defense firearms from a Minnesota cop

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I have a friend who's a police officer in the Minneapolis-St. Paul area of Minnesota.  He's got more than twenty years service, and...
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The tenuously United States of America

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Yesterday's mid-term elections have highlighted one factor in particular:  the fact that the United States are only barely united, with...
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Tuesday, November 6, 2018

Pakistan: the epicenter of instability in South Asia?

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Strategy Page points out that Pakistan's own internal instability is destabilizing South Asian nations around it.  It's not a hope...
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Smartphones and what they really cost you

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When you add up the cost of smartphones over time , they don't look very appealing. If you think your family’s smartphone addiction ...
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