(A.K.A. Non-Original Rants)

–Co-opting good stuff from all over the ‘Net and maybe some original thoughts—ΜΟΛΩΝ ΛΑΒE

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  • The hypocrisy of Harvard

    Harvard is crying crocodile tears because their ability to admit foreign students has been put on hold. They are screaming about 1st Amendment rights, but I don’t think there’s anything in there about bringing foreign students in that pay top dollar (and are also the right color to meet Harvard’s continuing ‘diversity’ goals). Harvard says… Continue reading

  • Can’t believe they had to make a law for this

    But in today’s world…. In Texas, they passed the ‘Parental Bill of Rights’, the purpose of which is to keep schools and teachers from trying to usurp the rights of parents to control both what their students are taught as well as to prohibit ‘social transitioning’ of kids since it’s the ‘gateway drug’ to mutilation… Continue reading

  • DEI–Alive and well at the Secret Service

    Despite protestations to the contrary and new management, there are apparently DEI hires still serving. There seems to be an glitch in the psychological screening process as two female agents who were tasked to guard Obama’s DC house got into an altercation because one was late in relieving the other. The lack of professionalism was… Continue reading

  • Memorial Day–Never Forget

      Today, remembering SGT Shawna Morrison, KIA 5 Sep 2004 and  SPC Michelle Witmer, KIA 9 APR 2004, during Operation Iraqi Freedom II.    Ladies, you are not forgotten. ETA: To all those who shared the memories of their fallen this year, I have added those names and memories to a scheduled post for next… Continue reading

  • Stupidest quote of the day

    In CA a 13 year old girl was able to get away from an attacker who tried to punch her in the face by using her martial arts skills and apparently broke the guy’s ankle. The quote from the local gendarme: “The person was acting unusual, like potentially under the influence of something or dealing… Continue reading

  • Signal and Noise

    It’s surprisingly easy for communication to break down in today’s world. We have so many tools — email, text, phone, FaceTime, Teams, Zoom, Slack — yet despite (or maybe because of) this abundance, we often mistake activity for connection. As a remote employee, I’ve seen firsthand that face-to-face interaction matters. For my first year, I… Continue reading

  • NASCAR continues its downfall

    So, the Coca Cola 600–one of the premier races of the year, is not going to be televised. It’s going to be streamed on Prime Video. I punted Prime a while back because I rarely order from Amazon anymore and, even when I did, shipping became lax and the famous two day gratification would stretch… Continue reading