Monthly Archives: April 2016

Donald Trump’s Full Speech on Foreign Policy in Washington, DC (4-27-16)

An article from the New York Post in which we meet: Meghann Foye, 38, was jealous of co-workers clocking out for maternity leave, and decided she needed a break of her own. Here, the author of the novel “Meternity” (Mira, … Continue reading →

A really interesting link that graphs word and phrase usage over time by, apparently, scanning books and putting all the contents in a database. Not sure how good it is – or how long it’ll hang around, but…

I found this graph at the US Dept of Education: We seem not to have really gotten much in return. Except demands for more. And in that regard, an article from Politifact goes through a lot of hand-waving and some … Continue reading →

Vox links to a post at Chaos Manor by Jerry Pournelle, that is also interesting. About Trump (see following post). Trump is probably the least qualified candidate who ran for the Republican nomination this year. If you didn’t know that, … Continue reading →

There’s been posts here about how awful Mr Trump is and they may even have seemed to presented in an approving manner. But the fact is, I just don’t know. And so, there’s this: I am often asked why I, … Continue reading →

The phenomenon whereby an attempt to hide, remove, or censor a piece of information has the unintended consequence of publicizing the information more widely, usually facilitated by the Internet. It is an example of psychological reactance, wherein once people are … Continue reading →

Lather, rinse, repeat. The former head of Britain’s Equalities and Human Rights Commission (EHRC), Trevor Phillips, has admitted he “got almost everything wrong” on Muslim immigration: Liberal opinion in Britain has, for more than two decades, maintained that most Muslims … Continue reading →

I was at the club this morning, working out when the music service threw out Midnight Oil’s “Beds are Burning”. Man, an oldie, pretty good song too. And the group has that all important bald guy – an optional, but … Continue reading →

I was looking for the American Airline’s website, when I saw the link to an article about problems dealing with AA. Fortunately, for the consumer, AA was interested in avoiding bad publicity even though the consumer was not aware – … Continue reading →