Wednesday, February 28, 2024

From the Special Counsel

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Although the US Government has consistently failed to bring Trump to justice for his crimes, there is evidence that some people or groups ar...
Tuesday, February 20, 2024

Disabled and Devout on Sepulveda Blvd

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I drove to Western Bagels.  On the sidewalk down the block was a crippled or deformed person, probably homeless, very dirty, maybe without l...
Monday, February 12, 2024

What Happened to the Van Nuys Air Show?

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Once upon a time, long ago but as recently as 2006, the City and County of Los Angeles had a pretty wonderful air show at the Van Nuys Airpo...
Saturday, February 10, 2024

No Response From Our Public Servants

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  Jill and I wrote a letter to our various local city and state representatives asking them if they would not mind looking at and possibly a...
Friday, February 2, 2024

Appeals Justices with a Pop Culture Spin

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  Using Midjourney to visualize three appeals court justices as the Joker.  Not exactly what I wanted but not bad for 5 minutes work, either...
Thursday, January 18, 2024

Reasons Why the Democrats Will Lose in 2024

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  I am convinced that the Democrats will lose the White House in 2024.  Not everyone agrees with this pessimistic assessment.  But in this p...

Why is REDHAT so Awful?

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I am not a Debian weenie.  I have been using REDHAT more or less constantly for over a decade.  True, I have been using the Centos variety o...
Tuesday, January 9, 2024

"Strongmen" by Ben Ghiat

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The following book by Ben-Ghiat is an excellent discussion of the history of several prominent autocracies since Mussolini.  In particular i...
Monday, January 8, 2024

LACMA Is Not as Bad as Expected

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By all accounts the new LACMA is a train wreck.  We took a trip there and it is a mess but not quite as bad as expected.  Still, they should...

The Concept of the "Continuing Education PhD"

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All the people who matter got their PhD at the correct time, in sequence, as approved by society.  Nobody who matters tries to get their PhD...