Eisenhower, Asimov and AI: Sunday musings…9/13/2026
All of my news sources are literally drowning in AI doomsday predictions. Kristen Welker of Meet the Press asked the Speaker of the House when, not if, he would force a vote on a proposal to…
The Mark of the Tau: Scripture, Consciousness, and the Biology of Salvation
On March 5, 2025, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio had appeared on on Fox TV with a large black cross on his forehead as part of the Roman Catholic “Ash Wednesday” tradition that signifies the…
Acetaminophen Part 5 – 2d Circuit 2d Guesses MDL Trial Judge
On July 13, 2026, in an opinion by Senior Judge Guido Calebresi, the Second Circuit delivered its opinion. Given Judge Calebresi’s confusion at oral argument, between causation and association, and…
My Shingetsu News Agency VM 78: “Kimi Onoda and the Trauma of History”, on how the Cabinet Minister in charge of policy towards “foreigners” is basically removing them from Japan. I see it as the natural outcome of Japan’s legacy of abuse towards its Visible Minorities.
Opening excerpt: Making much news in foreign quarters is Kimi Onoda, Minister for a “Society of Well-Ordered and Harmonious Coexistence with Foreign Nationals” since October 2025. She is the public…
Which Side Is He On?
In that same press avail he claimed that diesel prices are high because Ukraine is hitting Russian diesel refineries and tells them they need to stop. Gosh, it’s so hard to understand why…
It's a Scam
So I guess all the hype about the danger of unregulated AI is the set-up for a government bailout. Apparently the AI companies are worried they won't be able to monetize this product sufficiently…
The MAGA strongman needs a constituency thst is dumb as fcuk.
The MAGA strongman needs a constituency thst is dumb as fcuk.
Just a reminder - Before elections trump told oil executives that if they give him a billion dollars…
liberalsarecool:This will be studied and discussed in schools for centuries. This is historical...
The Iran Disaster Will Likely Be Job One
Even before Democrats will turn to oversight if they win back the House, they're likely to have to deal with the catastrophe created by Trump's Iran War debacle. The post The Iran Disaster Will…
Career development and neoliberalism
This is not really my gig, but I thought I should at least attempt to feel my way through the political aspects of work that we career practitioners tend to shy away from. From my reading, it seems…
The Musk Movie
Sam Adams at Slate reviews the new Alex Gibney documentary about Elon Musk which will hit theatres next month. I can’t wait to see it. His work is always interesting but this one looks…
Grootste demonstraties in Nederland
Met behulp van crowdsourcing via social media kanalen is in oktober 2025 een lijst opgesteld van grootste demonstraties in Nederland sinds 1900. Hierbij ligt de ondergrens op 10.000 deelnemers. De…
CA11: Possession of firearm in high crime area not RS
Possession of a firearm in one’s pocket in an open carry state is not reasonable suspicion. Being in a high crime area adds nothing to that. United States v. Joseph, 2026 U.S. App. LEXIS 27723 (11th…
CO courts can issue subpoenas for out-of-state records
Colorado courts have jurisdiction to issue subpoenas for out-of-state records. Citation of the wrong statute in the application didn’t make it void. People v. Jargowsky, 2026 COA 66 (Sep. 3, 2026).…
Why We Go to War? Discussed During Dinner in a Chinese Hot Pot Joint in NYC
By Kollengode S Venkataraman, (September 2026) People cherish friends whom they have known for a long time, or those who have interacted in domains outside their fields where they earn their living.…
The retrofit didn’t envision what happened
The casualty toll at the Pentagon on 9/11 could have been much worse, but the damage was mitigated by reinforcement work that had begun on the building, which was built in 1941 and had marked its…
I'm not happier offline.
A lot of my posts have been about reducing my use of technology and leading a more analog life. It's something I've been trying since Trump won the 2024 presidential election, and it's something I've…
The non-material consequences of growth
When growth slows, people rate their system of government more poorly and become a bit more zero sum
No worries
And you think we have problems… Poor newbie homebuyers in the US are facing mortgage rates that may hit 7% this week. That’s a withering three hundred basis points more than here. Inflation is…
I found out what anti-socialists are afraid of…
So I was randomly correcting the definition of socialism to people who didn’t pay attention in economics class because *growls* USian education SUCKS.One person got it into their head somehow…
The End of the UK
Reports indicate that breaking up the Union has proceeded to the point that they’re ready to consult the public. UPDATE: An overview of some strategic consequences .
“What’s Conspicuously Missing from the Government’s Supreme Court Reply Brief in the Mail Ballots Case”
Marty Lederman: So what does the Solicitor General have to say about all of these profound harms in his Supreme Court reply brief? Nothing. I kid you not: Not a word. (Well, actually, there…
Abolish patents
So many anarchist principles seems like they would “never work”… because they literally cannot under capitalism, but would work just fine under a different system. One really good…
Zoo advertises tickets for 'child predator tour'
BBC News wins our Headline of the Day Award for this tale from Chester. I am reminded of the glory days of Lord Bonkers' safari park at the Hall.
The NYT Catches Up to The Nerd Reich
New York Times writes about new Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor book, "End Times Fascism."
“A dire warning”
“On Thursday, in The New Republic , conservative judge J. Michael Luttig published a dire warning to the Republican Party ... and to all Americans”: that’s the subject of the most recent installment…
Politically Americans Have No Where To Go
Politically Americans Have No Where To Go Paul Craig Roberts I have lost confidence in Trump, who represents Israel and […]
Us and Them
Exclusion isn't good for the team. Telling disruptive stories in a fascist locker room.
Throwing Down Our Gauntlet For 51 Days
A man stood up in Dallas last Wednesday night and offered every adult in this country five thousand dollars. Not for work. Not for service. Not because anybody earned it. He said it would come if his…
AI Arms Race
AI Arms Race Mysterian politics avoids and deplores overconfident predictions. It rarely resorts to the speech act of assertion, preferring the conditional form, and uses the word “know” sparingly.…
This is one of PCR’s best interviews as listeners comments indicate
PCR Well Interviewed by Glenn Diesen about the Rising Dangers on the World Scene This is one of PCR’s best […]
The Flag They Agreed to Hate
The Flag They Agreed to Hate Militant unionism in Bengal, the people who sneer at it, and what their sneer is made of The first union I ever saw was a room. It stood near the railway workshop gate in…
The week is over.
I woke up this morning and went for a leisurely walk before work, came home and then had a shower followed with breakfast. The weather is nice outside and I checked out the news regarding the opening…
Vinay Prasad and Other Complicated Experts
Vinay Prasad is an anti-woke Trump collaborator, but I like his critiques of cancer care, and I suspect I’d like him if I met him. JERSEY CITY, SEPTEMBER 13, 2026. If I was a real journalist,…
What does a downgraded credit rating mean for everyday Queenslanders?
On Friday, S&P Global Ratings downgraded the state’s rating to AA, noting higher wages and a softer property market sentiment would likely “weigh on” Queensland over the next few years. Higher…
Sanctimonious Food Policy Won’t Help
It is easy to feel virtuous about food policy when you have the luxury of choosing differently. Sanctimonious food policy might feel right. A new study in the Journal of Health Communication finds…
Call It Evil: Understanding the Trump Era
Henri-Pierre Danloux, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (Le Baron de Besenval dans son salon de compagnie at the Hôtel de Besenval, by Henri-Pierre Danloux (1791). The baron was a patron in both…
Lady Bountiful
A second Green Party deputy leader is a landlord, despite the party previously claiming she was not, The Telegraph can reveal. Rachel Millward, a 49-year-old former film festival director who…
A Watchman Can’t See A Ghost
On Friday the man who runs Anthropic published an essay. His name is Dario Amodei. The essay is called “We Must Pace the Frontier.” It went up on his own website on September 12, 2026. I…
It’s not too late to beat Reform – but it will be if Labour does not act now
What is there to say about the announcement made yesterday that Reform has been given two donations of £36 million, or of £72 million in Read the full article...
This Week in MAGA #90: His phoney $5,000 Bribe
Here is this week’s selection of the fools from the past week. It emanates from a blend of religious Fundamentalism with right-wing politics
On This Day in the Spanish Civil War: 13 September 1936, including the Bombing of Ibiza
Balearic Islands By September 1936, the Balearic Islands had become a fractured and bloody front line in the western Mediterranean. While Mallorca quickly fell under Nationalist control, the…
(repost) COVID-19 coronavirus videos collected by 1MAR20 – 3 (duplicate)
Here’s a bunch of videos that I collected during the (so far) six week long quarantine that everyone in China experienced. The videos are a selection of virus related subjects but generally relate to…
The Finanser’s Week: September 7th – September 13th 2026
This week’s main blog discussions include … 25 years after 9/11: An attack on America, capitalism or the world? On Tuesday, 11th September 2001, I was flying back from Nice, France, after a…
Boosted!
Pro tip for the Aussies – if you are due for a Covid booster get it before the end of the month, as from October it won’t be free anymore!
Catching up on things I missed while I was in Japan…
Tung Chee-hwa dies. The Economist says… He had an impossible job, and did it badly. Although mercilessly mocked while in office, old ‘Tofu-for-Brains’ will probably be remembered by Hong Kong’s…
Xinjiang 新疆
Xinjiang 新疆 An autonomous zone. The “wild west” of china. Only 5% habitable. 他们有这种考的鸡蛋，必须得试一试。比煮的鸡蛋香多了。.
Age of Unbalance
A wise man once said that once one stops believing in God, one does not believe in nothing: one will believe in everything. The role of the institutional Christian religion in restraining extremes,…
Dunwoody City Council Agenda for Monday September 14, 2026 (Rezoning for Townhomes at Lifesouth, Indoor Pickleball at JCC, Drive thru for Medical, AI Policy and Athletic Assoc Facility Usage Agreements)
DUNWOODY CITY COUNCIL MEETING Monday, September 14, 2026 6:00 PM DUNWOODY CITY HALL - DUNWOODY HALL 4800 ASHFORD DUNWOODY ROAD DUNWOODY, GA 30338 Agenda 6 pm - City Site City Council meetings are…