Tag: Henry Wallace
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We could
Long quote from David Lilienthal’s magnificent little book on the TVA. = = = = = There is a grand cycle in nature. The lines of those majestic swinging arcs are nowhere more clearly seen than by following the course of electric power in the Tennessee Valley’s way of life. Water falls upon a mountain…
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It’s a mystery.
I’m sort of clinically fascinated by the incurable self-destructive stupidity of the Dems. Today’s news item is an “autopsy” or analysis of their failed elections. The DNC chairman assigned an aide to write it a year ago, then kept it secret until now. He only released it because CNN had already leaked it. (Bravo to…
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Gamers hate it
At this point it appears that the AI bubble is well on the way to popping. Altman has backed away from his video-sucking Sora because it simply wasn’t making any money. After six months its net income was only about two million. You can’t sustain a multi-trillion bubble with the same revenue stream as ONE…
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It’s “Earth” Hour!
I’ve missed this fake anti-holiday several times. Let’s go back to 2011 when I marked “Earth” Hour for the third time. I wouldn’t change a thing. = = = = = START UNCHANGED REPRINT: Polistra and Happystar continue their annual salute to Earth Hour, this time with a special emphasis on Edison’s light bulb. You…
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Used to be called 2
Via Nieman, a survey of journalists in Austria has one interesting conclusion. It’s correct for USA, but I don’t know Austria so can’t judge if it’s correct there. This paragraph is phrased in the alien language of journalists. It needs some translation into human thought patterns. = = = = = START QUOTE: Meanwhile, perceptions…
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Used to be called 1
Via Protos, the big digital betting casinos like Kalshi and Polymarket are making profits from bets on assassinations. Some of the bets are phrased indirectly, but everyone knows what it means. You win when a politician is killed. It appears that many of the bettors are politicians with an obvious motive. Before the Wall Street…
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Lilienthal on modularity
David Lilienthal’s magnificent book on the TVA and New Deal is a very small paperback, published in 1944 under paper rationing. I’ve scanned some important pages for my own reading convenience, as a sort of adaptation to my elderly eyes. Nobody else will read this, and nobody else is interested in learning from the ACTUAL…
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Copying the New Deal
Good is good no matter who does it. Bad is bad no matter who does it. In 2020 Trump did the evilest thing in 70 years, and the most widespread evil in all of human history. In his second term his admin is doing the standard American evil things like bombing foreign countries and enriching…
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More universal than gravity
Via Spokane newspaper: The Wash “state” “legislature” wants to impose an income tax on millionaires. Alien hyperdemon “Ferguson”, described as a “governor”, kicks out the proposal. The “legislators” pretend to be surprised, since the “governor” wears the same D label as the “legislators”. Three universal rules are pulling in the same direction. Manweller: It’s an…
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Why Hank?
Thinking as usual about Henry Ford. A few very old friends were allowed to call him Hank. I’ve called him Hank in the Hank vs Frank comparison. Wait. How did Henry shorten to Hank? Harry is the more obvious phonetic elision, and the many King Henrys were often called King Harry in literature and song.…
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Said it before, not quite the same
I’ve said this before in a somewhat different context. It’s doubly true now. Cybersecurity is simply a continuation of pre-computer Deepstate evil. Immediately after FDR died, Deepstate overthrew the government and took over again. It immediately started prosecuting everyone who had helped FDR save the country from Wall Street, and everyone who didn’t want to…
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No mother-in law or cliff here!
Trump’s first term set a historical record for maximum evil and genocide. Trump’s second term is mixed bad and good. Trump’s energy policy is PURELY GOOD and CRITICALLY NECESSARY FOR NATIONAL SURVIVAL. Previous admins, both R and D, were moving ahead steadily to make war on this country. Bomb all the dams, cover all the…
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For the 1000000000000000000th time
Random thought on my endlessly repeated theme. I was writing this as a comment elsewhere, then decided to write it here instead. The bolded part seems like a new way of phrasing the WINNING combination. None of our idiot politicians can REMEMBER their own best example, the most electable president in history, the only president…
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Same principles
Lile Mo is building a book at Substack, deriving lessons for civilization by telling how each Chinese city used its own resources and skills to monopolize an area of commerce. From her latest note: The highest value land is not found; it is made. This transformation is not accidental; it is the result of the…
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