I can’t wait to add my pretend $2,000 tariff check to my pretend $5,000 DOGE check so I can stock up on my pretend $2.00 a gallon gas. All while Trump wears his pretend Peace Prize.

I’m currently reading Gerald M. Kilby’s “Moonbase Delta” trilogy. The story is about a Carrington event causing a Kessler event leading to societal collapse. With current Solar Storms, maybe we’re paying too much attention to politics and not enough to astrophysics right now.

Autism was first recognized as a distinct medical condition in 1943 by Leo Kanner, an Austrian-American psychiatrist. The first commercial use of acetaminophen as a pain reliever and fever reducer under the brand name Tylenol was in 1955 by McNeil Laboratories Are we done here???

It seems obvious that Kimmel, Colbert, et al could easily turn to streaming podcasts/ networks and probably make more then they did on network TV. Meanwhile, the Networks are more or less losing the 18 to 30 demographic. They’ll be left to air reruns of The Golden Girls. Terrestrial TV is finished.

The next time you find yourself in a situation where you have to be in a conversation with somebody who is clearly far right leaning, ask them a simple question. "What was the last book you read". Anecdotally, I've done this several times and I always get a blank stare. Interesting.

If you are not sure about how the man currently occupying the White House is following the playbook of that guy with the funny mustache in Germany, look up the word “Blutzeuge”.

Remember that RAH predicted this current mess in his novel “If This Goes On” in 1940 The story shows what might happen to Christianity in the United States with mass communications, applied psychology, and a hysterical populace.

If all the gun manufacturing stopped tomorrow, there are still millions of weapons out there. Many are unregistered and untraceable. The best solution for now would be to radically increase penalties for gun crimes. MANDATORY SENTENCES! NO PAROLE OR PLEA REDUCTION!

Charlie Kirk and The Trolly Problem. Charlie is tied to one set of tracks. Hundreds of children killed in school shootings are tied to the other track. Which way do you throw the switch?

The TV show “Survivor” promotes competition and deception among the contestants. Not cooperation as you would in a true emergency. Now think of how so many people are treating each other today. Also remember that that Trump was a game show host with a similar way of having people treat each other.

The Cognitive Dissonance created by Charlie Kirk's death. How many today wish that someone dealt with Hitler before his hate speech turned his nation to ashes and killed so many innocents?

People are fond of saying “History doesn’t repeat itself, but it rhymes.” The question then becomes who, in the man occupying the White House’s Cabinet, is most likely to take on the role of Colonel Claus von Stauffenberg?

@aptshadow.bsky.social Just finished reading "Children of Memory" A great finish to the series. Thanks.

@hntdove.bsky.social Listening to the Audible version of "Three Miles Down". A neat twist on the history of my twenties. Thanks

Just a friendly reminder that today is the anniversary of the day Richard M. Nixon resigned. Good times.

Happy Birthday Jerry Garcia. When I watch this video I can't help but think that Jerry, Jimmy and David are having one hell of a jam on the other side.

ANYONE who acts directly or indirectly to deny ANY child food under ANY circumstances is committing the most heinous crime against civilization. It does matter if it is in a home, at a school or in a country. No child should EVER go hungry.

RIP Ozzy. You went out on top.

If you’re following along on your history repeating itself score card: Hitler provided air support to the Nationalists in the Spanish Civil War.

Very clever three letter clue in today's NYT Crossword. 14 Across. "Yogi's Accessory". Bat, Hat, or Mat will fit. You need 4 down to verify the right choice.

Just in time for Pride Month Parties

Students who took several of my classes used to love to watch me stand on my desk when any other student claimed that Rand was a Philosopher and not just a chain smoking hack writer who conned her way up into society by pretending she knew what she was talking about. DON'T GET ME STARTED!!!

I fear we are approaching a “Kent State” moment. 🫣

I’d rather listen to Jubal Harshaw than Nehemiah Scudder.

D-Day. When we remember those who died fighting Fascism. If they were alive today I think I know which direction they would be marching.

Trump’s meeting with German Chancellor Merz.

Well...

The artist’s name is Greg Stones and I think he looked inside my head.