Those who fail to learn from the past are doomed to repeat it. The above quote is from “The Life of Reason” written by George Santayana and published in 1905. Perhaps more of you remember Winston Churchill’s version of it: Those who fail to learn from history are condemned to repeat it. Which was uttered in a 1948 speech to the House of Commons. It really doesn’t matter which version of it you remember. What … UC Berkeley – Birthplace of The Fourth ReichRead more
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Le Frexit
In a few short days the French will cast their ballots to put Marine Le Pen in office. Yes, there are a good many people who wish to believe the investment banker running against her has a shot, they even have polling data to back it up. Just remember how well that “scientific” process worked in America’s 2016 Presidential election. Those same “scientific” methods predicted a landslide victory for Hillary Clinton with pretty much the … Le FrexitRead more
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The John Smith Act
From time to time I just get fed up and do something. This is one of those times. I finally had enough of CEOs getting away with every crime imaginable as long as it was done “in the name of the corporation.” I went over to Change.org and created this petition. If you believe the CEO and board of directors should be held criminally accountable, just like an individual, when a crime is committed “in … The John Smith ActRead more
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Your Airbag Might Not Deploy
A neighbor stopped by the other day since he saw my brother and I tugging the lawn mower out of the mud. I hadn’t seen this neighbor in quite a few years. When you live rural a neighbor is miles away. During our conversation he related the story about an accident he was in recently. He kept an old white 2 wheel drive pickup truck around for running errands and driving between farms. He was … Your Airbag Might Not DeployRead more
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The Forth Post
It’s amazing how cranky you get when you become an old man. You become far less tolerant of the low quality half-assed content being foisted onto paying customers in a perpetual race to the bottom. There was someplace talking about their high quality content looking to hire additional writers and they offered up a link to this post as the type of high quality content they were after. Well, the first few sentences honked me … The Forth PostRead more