Monday, June 7, 2021

The Way It Is

First, we had Language, that no other Species had. 

Then we had Civilization, which included Writing and War

Then we had the Computer with its Internet and Phone that made Globalization possible

Globalization became Self-Destructive for many reasons, including Global Warming

Which most people cannot Comprehend. 

Saturday, June 5, 2021

Afghanistan has no Maps

This is not quite true, it has maps, but they have little relationship to the terrain they are supposed to represent. 

Accurate maps are a new invention that have only existed for a few hundred years and do not exist for most of the world - including Afghanistan where we here have been a war for a very long time. 

President Biden has proclaimed that we will leave Afghanistan soon. He doesn't know what he is talking about. 

Some troops are leaving, but we don't know which troops, or where they are leaving from. 

The Taliban are moving in as fast as we are moving out. And we have no way of stopping them, with our planes, without knowing where they are. 

Friday, June 4, 2021

The Last Battle Over Big Business

The NewYorker 

Ralph Nader, General Motors, and what we get wrong about regulation.

Thursday, June 3, 2021

These 4 Paradigm Shifts Will Define The Next Decade

Photo of a man jumping into a swamp.

The Internet is swarming with new ideas, such as this one. All you have to do is pick the right ones. 

Martha Jane Knowlton Coray

I learned about her from reading Wikipedia every day and becoming a better-educated person. 

My family was RLDS (as opposed to LDS) and did not have any members like her.

To learn about her, look her up on Wikipedia.

The Afghanistan You don't Know About

 I tried to know about it but had to give up, it was just too much work. 

Everyone else has come to this conclusion, but won't say so. This is really all you need to know about this terrible situation. 

Tuesday, June 1, 2021

Marxhmello

 Was the name of our donkey, when I was married.

We called him Marshmellow because we both l.iked them. But the name did not fit his personality, which was as ornery as he could be, as all male donkeys are. 

When we went by a farm that raised them,  Beth had to have one, right then. When we got back to Santa Barbara, where we were living, she forgot all about him, and I had to take care of him, by keeping him in a horse ranch. 

When our marriage ended, I had to sell him.