Tuesday, February 20, 2024

Things I didn't know, part MLXVII

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  I enjoyed this exchange on Tumblr, referenced on social media.  An anonymous user  asked : I recall at least one of you guys having worked...
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Monday, February 19, 2024

Educating tomorrow's leaders today

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Last September the Intercollegiate Studies Institute  held its 70th anniversary gala in Wilmington, Delaware.  One of the presenters was Tuc...
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Memes that made me laugh 197

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  Gathered from around the Internet over the past week.  Click any image for a larger view.
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Sunday, February 18, 2024

Sunday morning music

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  Not many people today have heard of classical composer Louis Spohr :  yet in his day, he was very highly regarded, and compared to Beethov...
Saturday, February 17, 2024

Saturday Snippet - The joys of emergency room medicine

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  J. Paul Waymack has penned a very entertaining memoir of his experiences as a medical student and, later, a trauma surgeon.  He calls it ...
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Friday, February 16, 2024

It's all in the music...

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  I laughed aloud when I came across this video clip.  The original is from the classic kung fu movie "Enter The Dragon".  It show...
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When you realize that, no matter how hard you try, you can't win

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  This Newsweek headline says it all: Russia Proposes Military Age Limit that Surpasses Country's Life Expectancy I've heard of long...
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Weirdness, xenophobia and occasional mental illness in Comments

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  Friends, most of you know that the reason I instituted moderation of all comments on this blog was because spammers were becoming a bigger...
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Thursday, February 15, 2024

Remember what we said about the Uniparty?

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  A few days ago I pointed out that both the Republican and Democratic parties are as bad as each other, so much so that they effectively f...
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Tom Luongo nails the essential truth about Russia

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  Amidst all the fuss and bother over Tucker Carlson's interview with President Putin of Russia last week, the essential element appears...
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A lesson in border security for the Biden administration

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  The Egyptian government is providing an object lesson in how to secure a porous (and perilous) border . What is the Israeli Defense Force ...
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Wednesday, February 14, 2024

The power that underlies our entire civilization

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  A couple of years ago, Gravitas Documentaries produced a 1h. 20m. documentary titled "Juice:  How Electricity Explains The World...
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Headline of the week

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  From The Guardian in the UK: Missing monkey trapped by yorkshire pudding in Scotland I did a double-take when I read that, imagining a sen...
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Yes, that's just like the airlines!

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  Stephan Pastis draws parallels.  Click the image to be taken to a larger version at the "Pearls Before Swine" Web page. The airl...
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Tuesday, February 13, 2024

Is the stalemate in Ukraine a defeat for Russia?

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  Ed D'Agostino of Mauldin Economics hosts a weekly interview with experts on topics of importance.  This week he's joined by George...
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Another problem with electric vehicles

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  It seems that electric vehicles (EV's) need to go on a diet . Safety experts are grappling with an array of infrastructure burdens and...
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Commercial real estate is hitting the wall

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  We've spoken in the past about how commercial real estate (CRE) and those who own or have invested in it are in serious financial diff...
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Monday, February 12, 2024

Don't put your trust in either political party

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  I'm getting very tired of people lambasting "Republicrats" or "Demoncrats" or the like on social media.  Partisans...
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New toy

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  The cleanup and repair process following our flooding incident in November has kept me too busy for many normal activities, including vis...
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Memes that made me laugh 196

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  Gathered from around the Internet over the past week.  Click any image for a larger view.
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