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Sunday, October 25, 2026

Post #7904 Social Media Digest

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Post #7903 M: Hegseth USS Lincoln Cold Open; "French" "Students" are "Protesting!"; Stossel on We Should Celebrate When Entrepreneurs like Musk, Jobs and Bezos Succeed

 Quote of the Day

If I accept you as you are, I will make you worse; 
however if I treat you as though you are what you are capable of becoming, I help you become that.
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

Hegseth USS Lincoln Cold Open

"French" "Students" are "Protesting!"

Stossel on We Should Celebrate When Entrepreneurs like Musk, Jobs and Bezos Succeed

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Musical Interlude: 1965 Top 100 Hits

 I Go To Pieces - Peter & Gordon

Saturday, October 24, 2026

Post #7902 J

 Endemic Report

The latest CDC weekly stats:



The Sick Times


While the aggregate US stats continue to diminish, we still see pockets of increasing virus in the central and western sates. No apparent trend over the past week, but my relevant  Internet search ran to maybe a quarter of the normal citations. I'm not sure why; a change in search engine algorithms?

The latest COVID-19 news items:

Other Notes

The blog is averaging a dubious 10L page views daily. I'm working on a second essay, although I may not complete it by the end of the month. My X followers are just shy of 250.

Post #7901 M: Trump Won’t Win the Nobel Peace Prize; SOHO Debate: Will Mamdani make housing more affordable?; Why American Trucks Are Insanely Expensive

 Quote of the Day

If I were given the opportunity to present a gift to the next generation, 
it would be the ability for each individual to learn to laugh at himself.
Charles Schulz  

Trump Won’t Win the Nobel Peace Prize

SOHO Debate: Will Mamdani make housing more affordable?

Why American Trucks Are Insanely Expensive

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Political Cartoon

Courtesy of Kal via Politico

Musical Interlude: 1965 Top 100 Hits

Tell Her No - Zombies

Friday, October 23, 2026

Post #7900 M: Trump Wants His Golf Club to Be Camp David; Are Economists Measuring the Wrong Things?; McClanahan on Think Paleo

 Quote of the Day

There is an inverse relationship between 
reliance on the state and self-reliance.
William F. Buckley, Jr.  

Trump Wants His Golf Club to Be Camp David

Are Economists Measuring the Wrong Things?

McClanahan on Think Paleo

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Political Cartoon

Courtesy of Lee Judge via Politico

Musical Interlude: 1965 Top 100 Hits

It Ain’t Me Babe - Turtles

Thursday, October 22, 2026

Post #7899 M: Trump Suggests Iran Could Take Out LA; McClanahan on Lincoln Respected Founding Principles; LIVE Tenth Anniversary Show!

 Quote of the Day

I am always doing that which I can not do,
in order that I may learn how to do it.
Pablo Picasso 

Trump Suggests Iran Could Take Out LA

McClanahan on Lincoln Respected Founding Principles

LIVE Tenth Anniversary Show!

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Political Cartoon


Courtesy of John Branch via Politico

Musical Interlude: 1965 Top 100 Hits

Baby Don’t Go - Sonny & Cher

Wednesday, October 21, 2026

Post #7898 M: Jon Stewart Unpacks AI’s Dubious Promise of a "Better Future"; America's Most Complicated Pizza Delivery; Who Pays When SWAT Wrecks Your House?

 Quote of the Day

What does it matter how one comes by the truth 
so long as one pounces upon it and lives by it?
Henry Miller  

Jon Stewart Unpacks AI’s Dubious Promise of a "Better Future" 

America's Most Complicated Pizza Delivery

Who Pays When SWAT Wrecks Your House?

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Political Cartoon

Courtesy of Dave Granlund via Politico

Musical Interlude: 1965 Top 100 Hits

Laurie (Strange Things Happen) - Dickey Lee