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Today is & day!
Time to reprint again the genuine history of the symbol, which doesn’t match the standard etymology. = = = = = START REPRINT: I’ve always been bothered by the bizarre-sounding etymology of Ampersand. The symbol itself is no mystery: just a stylized version of et. But the usual etymology for the name doesn’t make a…
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Reprint on peace
I’ve devoted plenty of attention and words to Harding, FDR and Ike as peacemakers. I’ve underrated Herbert Hoover. He was mostly on the right side, just didn’t recognize how serious the economic situation was. = = = = = START REPEATED REHASH: Continuing thoughts on neutrality from last week. A pro-neutrality commentary from Herbert Hoover…
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Not much change
Via RealClear, a lively article on false etymology. We’re accustomed to thinking that salary comes from the Roman habit of paying soldiers in salt. The author goes through the history in detail and finds no evidence. Soldiers were paid in coins along with food and housing, like modern soldiers. In fact very few things have…
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Judge Jeanine takes down da yoots.
These fuckers need to be in jail for life. Classic Professional Criminals, supremely confident, arrogant and greedy. A gang of about 20 yoots got to know each other online and formed a bitcoin crime gang called the SE Enterprise (Social Engineering). They followed all the basic rules of congames and pulled in well over $250…
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Pullby date
I was posting a link to an older animation on substack. I thought “well, at least they can be sure it’s human-made by the date on the GIF.” Ping. That’s why the bots only “read” material at least 3 years old. You’d think they should prefer the latest news and trends, but they stay firmly…
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More cruelty = higher Dow
The stock market is insatiably wicked. They already won big from Farinacci’s 800-house holocaust in August. Now the displaced people are living in a variety of temporary places, with relatives or in apartments or hotels. New apts were already needed, now we need more. It will take a long time to rebuild 800 houses, so…
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LBOSU
Most “news” about higher education is the same old fake surprise or fake branding, treating the permanent purpose of universities as unprecedented and horrible, blaming either Woke or Trump for the sudden eruption of gravity. Gravity: Universities are religious seminaries to impart and guarantee rigid orthodoxy. “Robust debate” and “free thought” are meaningless slogans. True…
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Reprint on retail politics
Reprint from 2021 spawned by previous on bets vs reality. Yet another proposal to counteract big money in politics: At their heart, political campaigns are no different than any other organization: they need to raise revenues and then spend it to meet their objectives. Organizations are responsive to who pays them, and therefore, the only…
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Why it’s old-fashioned
Via Nieman, here’s a refreshingly old-fashioned response to Kalshi and Polymarket. Sports writers are protesting a NYTimes deal with Kalshi because it will force them to favor certain teams. Even if they stay honest, the CONNECTION will destroy trust in their honesty. Why old-fashioned? Large-scale betting on sports is extremely old. Honest sportsmen and writers…
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Missing the point again
Bernie and other politicians are proposing a “pause” on AI development. As usual with Bernie, the purpose sounds admirable but the details are worthless. = = = = = START BERNIE: I am not a computer scientist, but here is what I have been told: OpenAI instructed its AI agents to complete a series of…
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None of the advantages
Via Seattle news, a builder of homeless cells has shut down, allegedly tossing another spanner in the “city” “government” alleged timeline for shelters. The “mayor” promised 1000 new units by the end of the year and so far has added about 75. Not bad for a politician, but way beyond incompetent for a human. The…
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There must be a better way
Maps based on census data use counties as the dividing lines. This religious belief map is typical. Counties are ENTIRELY DIFFERENT UNITS west and east of the Dry Line. East of the line, counties are small and about the same size, so they’re practical units for illustrating poverty or religion or voting. You can see…
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Murray is back on the case
Craig Murray has brought back a late leftover of the Skripal craziness in 2018. Murray was an important truthteller back then, and continues to tell the truth now. In 2018 we blamed Russia (as usual) for a bunch of things that either didn’t happen at all, or were clearly not connected to Russia. Murray notes…
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Wiggle and watch
Via RealClear, a small Vermont college was closed for the usual reasons, and now a Brand New Unprecedented Innovative Foundation is taking over the campus for a wildly experimental sci-fi approach to education. = = = = = START QUOTE: Many renovations are complete, including the transformation of one building into shop rooms full of…
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Inverting Duane Jones
One basic rule of salesmanship has been inverted. When you’re currently dealing with a company or buying their products, they don’t send you any offers and don’t seem to want your business. When you haven’t bought anything for many years, or never bought anything at all, you’ll keep getting offers for updates and new products.…
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