Thursday, March 31, 2022

Let’s cut federal spending.

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There are a lot of federal agencies that we could do without.   Kill off the Securities and Exchange (SEC) agency.   This was created...
Wednesday, March 30, 2022

More old line science fiction authors, Hal Clement

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  Hal wrote a bunch of stuff, all of it decent.   His master piece was Mission of Gravity.   The giant planet Mesklin has incredibly strong ...
Tuesday, March 29, 2022

Biden’s new soak the rich tax.

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    The rich already pay 37% on ordinary income and 23.8% on capital gains.   Will this Biden tax idea replace the existing rates with a 20%...
Sunday, March 27, 2022

Old line science fiction writers, H. Beam Piper.

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   He wrote a bunch of stuff, all of it quite readable, most of it published in Astounding Science Fiction magazine (later renamed to Analog...
Saturday, March 26, 2022

Congratulations to Ukraine

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   Yesterday the Russians announced, publicly, that they will settle for just the bits of Ukraine on the east side that they have controlled...
Friday, March 25, 2022

Strange Headlines from US News & World Report.

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    The Russians have just admitted to suffering 1600 deaths of troops in combat in Ukraine.   US News calls this “staggering losses”.   For...
Thursday, March 24, 2022

Congressional Hearings on Ketanji Brown Jackson’s nomination.

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  Hmm.   She doesn’t believe that child pornography should be a crime, or at least not a crime with such heavy jail terms, even though the c...