Friday, June 30, 2023

Maureen Nappi

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Unfortunately, I just heard that Maureen Nappi has passed away.   https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-maureen-nappi-ph-d-2a1b0511/
Tuesday, June 27, 2023

Nutty Russian Conspiracy Theory

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Russia used to be the home of nutty conspiracy theories. This one comes from a Russian observer who writes for DailyKOS. I think this one i...
Tuesday, June 20, 2023

Dystopian View of War with Russia and other Matters

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  I think that there are some scenarios we can generate about foreign affairs, current wars, future wars.  This is not about predicting what...

Why People are so Angry

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  A certain number of people in this country have given up on the system ever being minimally functional at protecting our rights against gr...
Wednesday, June 14, 2023

The Computer Upgrade Dilemma in June 2023

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   This is a draft. Update Alert:  Apparently the next generation threadripper pro is months away from announcement and/or release.  It woul...
Saturday, June 3, 2023

Note to Congressman 06032023

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Dear Congressman Carbajal,   At the risk of being pushy, here are some issues it would be nice for you to address if not actually work on.  ...
Friday, June 2, 2023

Richard II Message to Peasants

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  When Richard II was asked by the peasants to fulfill his oath as made to Wat Tyler at the famous meeting in London, he replied:      “ You...
Monday, May 29, 2023

How Ironic if the Cold Warriors were Right about Russia

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All the time I was at RAND and in all the years afterwards, when I read the views of the "cold warriors", I dismissed their argume...
Saturday, May 27, 2023

Yellow Submarine (1968) and The Assyrian Winged God

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Reviewing the movie Yellow Submarine and I came across this famous image.  But wait, I thought, is this not a homage to the ancient Assyrian...
Friday, May 26, 2023

"The Menu" (2022)

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  This post has spoilers for the movie "The Menu" (2022). "The Menu" (2022) is not a perfect movie but it had more than ...