Tuesday, September 8, 2026

A grim warning from Europe about financial security - and what it might mean for the USA

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  In my first post this morning, I mentioned the possibility that Europe might take action against private bank accounts to fund its ever-i...
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Points to ponder

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  Several points of interest today (and all are well worth your time). 1.  DiveMedic discusses the Lindsey Clancy (mis)trial , including the...
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Monday, September 7, 2026

Memes that made me laugh 327

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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, September 6, 2026

Sunday morning music

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  Here's a treat for lovers of baroque music:  the complete harpsichord concertos of Johann Sebastian Bach, played on antique instrument...
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Friday, September 4, 2026

No blog today

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  I'm trying to get all my ducks in a row, and the little buggers are busting out all over.  I'll be back as soon as I've wrangl...
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Thursday, September 3, 2026

Does the Devil beat Johnny after all?

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  In one of his most recent articles on Substack, Glenn Reynolds linked to an article by Andy Weir on Facebook a few years ago, commenting...
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Wednesday, September 2, 2026

One of the last Special Forces veterans of World War II has left us

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  Jack Mann  was probably the last surviving member of the Long Range Desert Group in World War II.  If you haven't heard of the LRDG, ...
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Tuesday, September 1, 2026

Surviving the active shooter: a situation more and more urban dwellers are facing

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  Just following news headlines will make it clear that more and more people living in cities are confronted by so-called "active shoot...
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Monday, August 31, 2026

Memes that made me laugh 326

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  Gathered from around the Internet over the past week.  Click any image for a larger view. More next week. Peter
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Sunday, August 30, 2026

Sunday morning music

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  We've met German musician and vocalist Jonas Wolf in these pages before.  He has two YouTube channels, the first focusing on sacred a...
Friday, August 28, 2026

Brilliant!

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  Following the news that Tennessee plans to rename Nashville International Airport after Dolly Parton, this appeared.  Click the image to b...
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Autonomous drones: looks like I was right

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  A week ago I put up an article titled " Drone warfare developments - it's a scary future ".  In it, I looked at autonomous A...
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Thursday, August 27, 2026

Remembering one of the great - albeit underappreciated - actors of the last half-century

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  Yesterday actor Tim Curry died in Los Angeles at the age of 80.  He'd been wheelchair-bound since a stroke in 2012, which curtailed hi...
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Wednesday, August 26, 2026

Thought-provoking comments on trade/craft positions in industry

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  John Ringo , best-selling science fiction author, put up this post on X.com yesterday.  It made me think very hard about the current shor...
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Tuesday, August 25, 2026

A snappy answer to a stupid question

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  I dearly love J. K. Rowling's intelligence, wit and superb choice of repartee.   This is one of her best, as she responds to a "w...
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Monday, August 24, 2026

Memes that made me laugh 325

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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, August 23, 2026

Sunday morning music

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  A little bit of whimsy this morning.  I received an e-mail that contained a reference to Billy Currington's country song, "People...
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Friday, August 21, 2026

Drone warfare developments - it's a scary future

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  Many of my readers doubtless took note of a report earlier this month about a US-Ukrainian military exercise earlier this year. Ukrainian...
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Thursday, August 20, 2026

Our politicians will never agree, but we can dream...

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  My hat's off to President Milei of Argentina for his " Grillete Fiscal " proposal - literally, the "Fiscal Shackles...
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Wednesday, August 19, 2026

Verily, the mind doth boggle...

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  Believe it or not, this is a genuine e-poster from an outfit calling themselves Mainebreastfeeds .  Click the image for a larger view. The...
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