Tin Foil and Other Scarce Commodities

Alone, with a hot cup of nature’s stimulant, perusing the news releases of the day. Paper gold trading sideways (as always). Silver stuck in mid-twenties. Crypto trolls extolling the get-rich-quick virtues of their particular version of blockchain tokens. Joey Robinette mumbling something about vaccines and you know, the other latest thing he can’t remember…..

Dear GOP; Breaking up is hard to do

Dear GOP, breaking up is hard to do (thank you, Mr. Sedaka). Most things, good or otherwise, eventually come to an end. I’d thought about softening the blow, dear GOP, trying to assuage your feelings by telling you that “it’s okay, it’s not you, it’s me”; but that wouldn’t be true. So, in all truth; “GOP, …

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Celestial Mechanics and Morality – A Total Eclipse

Orbital Mechanics

  Orbital Mechanics, Image: Wikipedia We are indeed in dark times. Our government seems feckless and focused on supporting criminals, both foreign and domestic, over the concerns and rights of you and me, the average American citizen. Government printing presses whirl endlessly, printing Benjamins with reckless abandon. Inflation? What, me worry? Our revered military appears …

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The Media and the Gameshow of Doom

Over the past several years, I’ve noticed that “existential” crises seem to be identified with ever increasing velocity. These crises are proffered by the media, telling me that my lifestyle, my financial security, my family, my own very personal (important-to-me) existence, and even America itself, are all under threat. Is it just my imagination? Are …

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