Jennifer pursues evil AIs in a tiny Universe. I sat through Jennifer Lopez’s new Netflix movie Atlas the other night. Atlas is what I call generic low-IQ science fiction. It sports many sci-fi elements: evil AIs, good AIs, warm heroines (Jennifer is way too old to be considered hot), robots, spaceships, space marines, explosions, and … Continue reading Tiny Universe Syndrome
Category: Rants
Society Prefers Dead Liabilities
The other day, while trolling the fetid depths of Reddit, I was amused by the response to this story about more and more boomers becoming homeless. The nugatory netizens of Reddit were not sympathetic. They blame the execrable boomer generation for many of the ills, both real and imaginary, that have befallen them. Yes, boomer … Continue reading Society Prefers Dead Liabilities
A Note on the Writer’s Strike
For the last few weeks, the Hollywood writers have been on strike. I won’t bore you with the details. Like all strikes it boils down to money. The writers feel they aren’t getting what’s owed to them, and the production companies want to hold onto as much sweet moola as possible. Normally I’m indifferent to … Continue reading A Note on the Writer’s Strike
Some Modest Proposals for SVBish Bank Bailouts
Here we go again another criminal bank bailout. Don’t even try and argue that the SVB bailout isn’t a bailout. You can tell it’s a bailout from all the frantic explanations the Biden gang is pushing telling us how giving funds, way over FDIC deposit insurance limits, to deposit holders in 2023 fundamentally differs from … Continue reading Some Modest Proposals for SVBish Bank Bailouts
Ethanol is Excrement in the Gas Tank
Like many U.S. government programs, the blended corn ethanol mandate has done little to address its avowed goals, i.e., strengthen energy security, reduce carbon emissions, and lower prices for consumers. By some accounts it, consumes more energy than it produces, increases consumer prices, distorts food production, wastes vast tracts of arable land, and contributes to … Continue reading Ethanol is Excrement in the Gas Tank
Mission Statements for this Blog
I have a weakness for how to improve your writing books.1 Lately, I’ve been reading Writing Tools by Roy Peter Clark. Writing Tools is full of useful advice that I will make efforts to heed. Clark’s Tool 40 motivated this post. Tool 40 advises writers to craft short mission statements2 for their compositions. He provides … Continue reading Mission Statements for this Blog
Ukraine Unknowns
This will be my sole posting about the ongoing clusterfuck in Ukraine. In 2014, shortly after Russia invaded Crimea, I posted this little ditty, Ukraine takeaway: Don’t give up your Nukes. I cynically observed that if the morons that constituted the first Ukrainian government after the dissolution of the Soviet Union had held onto a few … Continue reading Ukraine Unknowns
The Techadent Internet Light Bulb Age
Writing a blog that only spambots peruse affords unlimited editorial freedom. Without readers to offend I am at liberty to blither on about whatever holds my attention. And today, while sitting with pen in hand and listening to soft rain fall, my attention is held, not by the war in Ukraine, or the January 6th … Continue reading The Techadent Internet Light Bulb Age
The Great White North: Now with Shiny Pony Capital Controls
I take pride in ignoring what some perceptive individuals have labeled the “misleadia.” Our garbage press spends more time pushing their contradictory agendas than providing useful information. I monitor their tone but immediately consign the majority of their claims to the almost certainly crap unless overwhelming and independently verified bin. But, occasionally, events force the … Continue reading The Great White North: Now with Shiny Pony Capital Controls
Joe Biden = Intelligence Failure
Joe Biden, the demented imbecile in the White House, recently had his, “it will go away like a miracle” (Trump) moment. His, “the rise of the oceans began to slow” (Obama) moment. His, “mission accomplished” (Bush) moment. His, “I did not have sex with that woman” (Clinton) moment. His, “I’m not a crook” (Nixon) moment, … Continue reading Joe Biden = Intelligence Failure
Analyze the Data not the Drivel 