Author Archena Posted on July 28, 2023July 28, 2023Categories FridayTags , , ,

You Don’t Need Google to Tell You What Information to Use

The whole disinformation and misinformation discussion is pure, unadulterated lies. Lie is the old fashioned word for disinformation. FYI, mistake is the old fashioned word for misinformation. Do people lie? Heck yeah and so do companies, governments and experts. Lying comes with the squishy grey matter and your human card. It’s as natural as breathing. So you know, arsenic is also perfectly, 100% natural. Not everything natural is good for you. Lying is natural to the human condition. It’s also … Continue reading “You Don’t Need Google to Tell You What Information to Use”

Author Archena Posted on July 26, 2023July 27, 2023Categories Current, WednesdayTags , , ,

End of the Uniparty

I know, I know, everyone says something is going to collapse and nothing seems to ever actually collapse. I mean, besides Sri Lanka. Y’all are probably convinced nothing is going to ever get around to collapsing. That’s the trouble with politics. It has its own time scale. Things are moving pretty quickly of late but that just means that stuff is happening over months and years instead of decades. Political collapses are glacial until they abruptly join the Indianapolis 500. … Continue reading “End of the Uniparty”

Author Archena Posted on July 25, 2023July 25, 2023Categories Current, MondayTags , , , , ,

Winning is the Best Way to End a War

It amazes me that so many people forget the lessons of history so very quickly. We were all taught how foolish appeasement had been in the lead up to World War II. So why are so many so convinced that appeasing Russia will end any better? Mostly, because we stink at keeping up with current events that don’t involve celebrities and our favorite entertainment. Name off your ten favorite movies, no problem. Name ten wars going on in the world … Continue reading “Winning is the Best Way to End a War”

Author Archena Posted on July 19, 2023July 19, 2023Categories WednesdayTags , , , , ,

Dear Ron, Told You So!

Seriously, Dude, what did you expect? Well, whatever, you now have a choice. Keep fighting a losing battle and damage your political prospects for 2028 or bow out graciously and become Trump’s biggest supporter. Stop looking at me like that! I told you NOT to run against Trump. Get mad at the idiots that egged you on, not me. Look, polls are crap, but they shouldn’t be double digits apart if you have any real chance. There shouldn’t be any … Continue reading “Dear Ron, Told You So!”

Author Archena Posted on July 17, 2023July 18, 2023Categories MondayTags , , , ,

Banning Cows and Building Coal Fired Power Plants: Climate and World Political Leadership

People tend to act on what they believe. That shouldn’t be a controversial statement. This one might: people tend to act in accordance with what they believe to be true. That isn’t to say that people always act in perfect rational accord with their beliefs. First off, no one is perfectly rational. Second what seems a reasonable response to a belief to one person may be silly to another. However, on the whole, people will tend to act in accord … Continue reading “Banning Cows and Building Coal Fired Power Plants: Climate and World Political Leadership”

Author Archena Posted on July 14, 2023July 14, 2023Categories Current, FridayTags , , , , , ,

American Polarization is a Myth

I know, I know, the polls say otherwise. The polls are crap and have been for years. Just how many times do they have to get the easy things like elections wrong before you stop treating them as gospel? Yes, elections are easy. If you sample enough and correctly, more often than not you should correctly predict election outcomes. Once in a while it’ll go sideways but 99% of the time the polls will be close enough as to make … Continue reading “American Polarization is a Myth”

Author Archena Posted on July 12, 2023July 11, 2023Categories Current, WednesdayTags , , ,

Hey, Ben and Jerry’s! Give Back the Land You Stole!

Virtue signaling is the stupidest thing since bell bottoms for men. But our leftist friends don’t seem to let that bother them so here we are. SIGH! Here’s a little bit of law school for ya – you cannot legally purchase stolen goods. If it was stolen, it remains the property of the person it was stolen from no matter how much you paid for it. There are all kinds of messy situations where it is very hard or impossible … Continue reading “Hey, Ben and Jerry’s! Give Back the Land You Stole!”

Author Archena Posted on July 12, 2023July 12, 2023Categories SpecialTags , , , ,

Any Movie CNN Hates Must be Great!

Sound of Freedom, an independent film, is currently in theaters. It was number one in box office sales up against Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny on that movie’s opening weekend. That’s a testament to how good the Sound of Freedom is and how awful Disney’s version of Indiana Jones is. AMC has been accused of turning off the AC in theaters where Sound of Freedom was being screened. AMC has denied suppressing the movie. That might be more … Continue reading “Any Movie CNN Hates Must be Great!”

Author Archena Posted on July 11, 2023July 11, 2023Categories Current, MondayTags , ,

In It To Win It

Yes, breaks the title rules but all small letters annoys me. I have a crazy idea. How about actually letting Ukraine win this thing? We keep – rightly – spending money to keep Ukraine in the fight, what about spending the money to let them win it? Before you guys even get started, I know what the Sunk Cost Fallacy is. This isn’t a fallacy. Sunk cost assumes that more money will not change the outcome in reality despite the … Continue reading “In It To Win It”

Author Archena Posted on July 7, 2023July 7, 2023Categories Current, FridayTags , , , , ,

Make Sure it’s Dead, Jim!

Phasers on maximum! The problem we have as Americans is that we expect automation to work even when we apply the concept to things that shouldn’t be automated. Hint: self driving cars are not a great plan. Drone cars, however… Governing our overgrown, sassy and fat government is another of those things we shouldn’t automate but, boy, howdy, do we ever try! If the choice is Twitter or actually reading a whole newspaper article, well, half of you couldn’t find … Continue reading “Make Sure it’s Dead, Jim!”