News you don’t want to have to use
“How to Survive 75 Hours Alone in the Ocean.” After reading the article, I’d say the gist of it is try not to get yourself into that situation in the first place.
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Lickers: among the enemies of civilization
When I decided to title this post “the enemies of civilization”, I didn’t mean what’s often meant by the phrase: barbarians who plunder and murder and rape and pillage. I’m talking about the sort of thing Sarah Hoyt was referring … Continue reading →
John Waters on Trump
I was previously unfamiliar with the name John Waters, but he’s the guy who directed the films “Pink Flamingoes” and “Polyester,” (neither of which I’ve seen). His Wiki page describes him as “an American film director, screenwriter, author, actor, stand-up … Continue reading →
Epstein: the quarry is Trump
I was just reading an email from a reader who mentioned that the real target of the SDNY action against Epstein is Trump. Just as occurred with many of the prosecutions related to the Mueller investigation, the idea is to … Continue reading →
Caring: opinions on issues vs. emotional voting behavior
I’ve long noticed that people’s opinions on issues and their voting behavior doesn’t have as much congruence as one might think. For example, when I read about polls that say the majority of Americans favor the deportation of illegal immigrants, … Continue reading →
Tree planting and climate change
If true, this is pretty amazing: “This new quantitative evaluation shows [forest] restoration isn’t just one of our climate change solutions, it is overwhelmingly the top one,” said Prof Tom Crowther at the Swiss university ETH Zürich, who led the … Continue reading →
About that citizenship census question: moving the Overton Window
I recently went into some depth on the history of the citizenship question in the US Census: I’ve done some genealogical research online about my family, and looked at quite a few census pages in many different years. Questions about … Continue reading →
The Epstein mess
As it stands now, the story of Jeffrey Epstein is sordid, troubling, and full of rumor. If you’d like to get up to speed on it, see this, this, and this. From the latter article: On Saturday, billionaire financier and … Continue reading →
The fox went out on a chilly night…
He prayed for the moon to give him light He had many a mile to go that night Before he reached the town-o, town-o, town-o, Many a mile to go that night Before he reached the town. Or to be … Continue reading →
Americans are not especially fond of the woke
Here are the results of a poll taken last October: Among the general population, a full 80 percent believe that “political correctness is a problem in our country.” Even young people are uncomfortable with it, including 74 percent ages 24 … Continue reading →
Offspring and politics: go figure
It struck me today, for no reason at all, that the only two presidents we’ve ever had who’ve been divorced are two of the most conservative presidents politically. And then I started thinking about Ronald Reagan’s children. He had two … Continue reading →
I bought slacks made out of recycled bottles
I didn’t realize it when I bought some new slacks at Target, but the label says the fabric is made of recycled bottles, to the tune of 60%. I bought the pants because they fit (not always an easy thing … Continue reading →