27th Year Reunion of Hayden Planetarium

It was kindof a reunion of some of the Digital Galaxy Protect from 1998.  Although many people were not there, Carter Emmart, Dennis Davidson and myself were there and I had a completely fabulous time. Loretta Skeddle may have been in the audience somewhere and Benjy Bernhardt was in Italy.

You can not imagine how sad I am that I am not able to be involved more with the Hayden.  

Final Death Blow of the American Republic

I consider the new justices nominated by the racist pig to be the final death blow of the American Republic. The only thing that makes sense is to flee the country or live in a fascist society. This society will not recover for a minimum of 25 years and probably more like 50 or more. There will never be term limits. There will only be fascist judges and a few leftovers. That's it. I hope to flee the country if I can put together the visa and the finances which is, as you know, doubtful. So I will probably die in a fascist dictatorship. It's not that the story ends there: there will be other blows; there will be other compromises; and there will be other failures. But this is a good one and a good place to draw the line. Too bad the rapist pig is also a pedophile but then there was evidence of that all along. What a joke this country is. What a dangerous joke and how many people will get hurt? All because Americans wouldn't stand up for their rights and their freedoms. 

The wages of sin are death. 

A Preferred Guide For Those Who Would Ghost Us

Those of us who are ghosted realize that we have no rights in the matter and that you can ghost us whenever you like for whatever reason you like. But consider....

Ghosting causes us to worry.  Did we say something wrong?  Is my friend in trouble, possibly in bad health? Maybe in the hospital?  Maybe dead?  Are they not getting the messages?  Should we "ping" them again?  Would that be annoying?

Far better would be to notify the individual that you are going to be out of touch.  Say you are working on something important and wont be able to talk much over the next year or two.  Try to let us down gently and warn us that your silence does not imply that you are dead or in trouble.

That would be much more polite and courteous.

Even better is to reply to one out of maybe 3 or 4 emails.  An email that you can easily reply to and which demonstrates good will.  After a while, we will realize that you dont want to talk much and will accept that yet we are still in touch.  The best people I know, those who are far more successful than I, do that and I appreciate the courtesy.

Remember, this is not just about you.  We have made an investment in good faith in time and energy.  We have put up with you, maybe you can put up with us.

Is Soros a Class Traitor by Supporting Mamdani?

My friend Seth Haberman has some important points to make about the alleged Marxist running for mayor of NYC, this Zohran Mamdani character.  My friend points out that rich people have contributed to his campaign but that in fact Mamdani is only pretending.  This is my response on Facebook.

Michael Wahrman

I am a little confused although obviously you have some important points to make. Is the problem that some of the rich are supporting a Marxist and are therefore class traitors? As we all know, only rich people can elect their candidates to office, that is the way the system works, so it is a travesty when the rich support someone like this? Or are you saying that your rich friends only think they are supporting a Marxist who wants to expropriate the wealth of the rich and have the workers own the means of production, but they are deceived as this is just a rich kid pretending to support the proletariat who will actually turn away from his stated beliefs when elected like all the others before him? Either way there is a grave problem here.

The Supreme Court Fails to Defend the Constitution

And so the Supreme Court fails its moment and its purpose.  They accept the robes and privileges and want to be treated with respect but no one in law school told them that this sometimes requires that they do more than show up and scratch their balls.  The Geheim Staatzpolizie in  unmarked vans attack and round up those who have been cast out but labor in our fields.  The head of a Special Unit has informed the elected mayor of Los Angeles that she should "Just get used to it, honey".  And our Supreme Court acts all innocent and unawares.  

It is said that even the most perverted and depraved of liars and hypocrites can find redemption but I dont believe it.  The Supreme Court had their chance, the issues were not subtle and their duty clear.  But the court failed us.  Worse is to come.  The Supreme Court is letting the rapist - pig and his cult destroy the government and purge the security forces of anyone who does not swear loyalty to der Fuhrer.  Congress has failed to honor its oath and now so has the Supreme Court.

People keep hoping that the situation is not as bad as some of us say.  But it is bad, it is very bad, and if history is a guide, it will get much worse.

Russia has a tradition of elite units disobeying orders and supporting the people.  Americans seem to have the belief that the constitution is some magical force of good and that somehow people and institutions that have already failed are going to "repent" and defend the people.  

I have got bad news for you.  I am going to predict the future.  As it is at the beginning, so it is at the end.  Those who are hypocritical swine and liars will continue to be so, and nothing such as the constitution or their oath matters to them.  We are fucked.  

Ken Perlin's Lab at NYU

On this last trip, a fast visit to Ken Perlin's Future Research Lab (FRL) at NYU. I think of it as his new lab, but he has been there for 9+ years.

The first thing I noticed was all the extra space and high ceilings.  A lab like this needs to be able to do an instrument grid in the ceiling.  I also noticed a real kitchen and several couches to sleep on for exam week or project crunches.

Ken showed me his Augmented Reality (AR) work with the Meta Quest 3.  For the moment, we will ignore that Meta / Facebook is run by fascists who helped Trump  get elected in 2016 by supporting the Russian disinformation campaign against Hillary Clinton.  I have always felt that this was cause enough to go  to war with Russia, but not everyone agrees.  

The work with Quest 3 was compelling.  I never got a headache although I was using one for at least 1/2 hour or possibly longer.  

The reality view was perfect, the synthetic imagery was stable.  There were some  issues as you might imagine for a research lab but it was perfectly presentable.  

Mysterious Lockheed Constellation at JFK

When I arrived at JFK on June 24th and walked out of the terminal, across the way I was greeted by the sight of a Lockheed Constellation in TWA livery before the TWA terminal.  What it was doing there I do not know but when I left two days later, June 26th, it was gone.  Some people think this is one of the most beautiful airplanes ever designed.

Here is a picture of it in its WW2 USAF C-69 form.

By USAF 
http://www.edwards.af.mil/gallery/html_pgs/cargo3.htm

Public Domain, 
https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=230534