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Idiot city
The idiot leaders of this fucked “city” received a 10 million dollar federal grant for “Traffic Calming Infrastructure”. Now they’re setting up a project to bring Traffic Calming to even more intersections. A Traffic Calmer is an extension of the curb into the outer lanes of the street at each corner, making it impossible for…
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The Person of the King
We’re seeing the medieval Personality Cult up close this week. The press and other courtiers are always devoted to the Person of the King. The actions and behavior of the King are utterly irrelevant. It doesn’t matter if the King is a baby or an incompetent imbecile or an evil monster. Everyone must sacrifice and…
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RFK Lite
RFK just jumped the Bud Light shark. He writes a long intellectual account of the current turn toward populism, mostly** valid. When he makes the case for himself, he skips the beer and talks instead to people who don’t like beer. = = = = = START QUOTE: Unfortunately, the man the working class has…
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Fairness Doctrine comes first
I have absolutely no reason to defend ANY politician, let alone Biden. BUT: DailyMail makes some unfair evaluations of his performance in today’s interview. Assuming their transcripts are accurate: (1) They say Biden claimed to be the inventor of the computer chip. He supposedly said: “We used to have 40 percent of computer chips. We…
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Up the down flation
Still thinking about upflation, repurposing a product for a higher price. The largest upflators were American cars made in other countries. It’s a good illustration of BASELINES. The same product has a higher status measurement when the yardstick starts at a lower altitude. The Willys Aero succeeded here for only two years. It beat Rambler…
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Perfect nickname
The Ankler has a fascinating biography of Jeffrey Katzenberg, considered the main money power behind Biden’s North Korean eternal youth and omnipotence. From a caste viewpoint Katzenberg is unique. He’s the Courtier to beat all Courtiers. From birth he urgently needed to be the Power Behind The Throne. Most powerlovers seek the TOP and can’t…
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Gets SKILL-ESTATE
Here’s an important essay on the new shape of the world after US crumbles. This author understands the KEY role of SKILL-ESTATE. = = = = = START QUOTE: While money and the military are indispensable, soft power is more crucial in a world of 8 billion people, who have easy access to diverse and…
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Reprint on Soviet skill-estate
Linked in previous item, worth reprinting. = = = = = START 2014 PARTIAL REPRINT: What’s the moral of the story? Self-sufficiency. (1) When kids are educated through HANDS and MUSCLE MEMORY, they gain a deep and unremovable knowledge. Soviet math and science education did this. American math and science education relied on rote memory,…
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He could WFH
Politicians are praising or mocking a new proposal from Biden, per party instructions. He says he can do the job if he doesn’t need to work in the evening. If we take the job description in the 1787 constitution, a president could work from home. His actual duties are (1) approve or veto bills sent…
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From fences to commons
When computing changed from the Private Property model of the separate PC to the Deepstate Property model of web-based apps, tyrants won the battle for our memory. Brendan Eich played a major part in this loss when he designed Javascript for use by tyrants. Let’s follow the long trail of long term memory vs no…
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When spells break
Thinking about broken spells and busted myths today. When spells break, weird shit happens. We’ve had a lot of broken spells in the last 30 Bush years. 9/11 broke the spell of “terrorism” and Wilsonian “democracy” imperialism. 2008 broke the spell of honest banking. 2020 broke the spell of “public health” as a healing profession…
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Metaupflation
Bloomberg does a good job with brief Features describing an interesting trend in business. Here they discuss upflation, which is a new name for a VERY OLD tradition. Packaged grocery items, in the ad or on the package, suggest new ways to use the biscuit mix or soup or tomatoes or scouring powder. These suggestions…
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We stopped because
If reporters have any purpose at all, they should be remote sensors or antennas. They should go into places where ordinary people can’t afford the time or money to go, or where ordinary people aren’t allowed. Reporters should talk with people who know stuff, not available to us by money or time or status. And…
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We should think about…
The existing devils in Congress are unsalvageable. They are firmly ensconced in the 50-year-long culture of making endless noise and Innovating new Disruptions to prevent themselves from DOING SHIT. There’s no chance of changing the presidents. They will be the worst demons in the universe for the foreseeable future. The Supreme pressure on Congress to…
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