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Monday, April 20, 2026

Post #7651 M: Trump Making Calls Cold Open; How does a Robot Economy work?; Pope Leo and President Trump

 Quote of the Day

Leaders don't make excuses for inaction. 
They are first movers and early adopters. 
They make things happen.
W. Bennis, G. M. Spreitzer, and T. G. Cummings  

Trump Making Calls Cold Open

How does a Robot Economy work?

Pope Leo and President Trump

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Courtesy of Matt Davies via Politico

Musical Interlude: 1963 Top 100 Hits

Shut Down - Beach Boys

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Sunday, April 19, 2026

Post #7650 Social Media Digest

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Post #7649 M: Trump Puts "America First" With Iran War; Woods on America First After Trump: What Happens Next?; Should Illinois Tax Millionaires? The Data Says No

Quote of the Day

Posterity! You will never know how much 
it cost the present generation to preserve your freedom! 
I hope you will make good use of it!
John Adams  

Trump Puts "America First" With Iran War

Woods on America First After Trump: What Happens Next?

Should Illinois Tax Millionaires? The Data Says No

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Courtesy of Dana Summers via Politico

Musical Interlude: 1963 Top 100 Hits 

It’s All Right - Impressions

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Saturday, April 18, 2026

Post #7648 J

Endemic Report

The latest CDC weekly stats:



The Sick Times:


Nationwide, the winter surge continues to taper down, although it's increasing in Vermont. A couple of notable news items favoring the Trump vaccine skeptic perspective: Musk argued for a lower vaccine dosage based on his own bad experience. Second, they argued that the Biden Administration basically suppressed the reporting of alleged vaccine injuries.

COVID-19 news items include:

Other Notes 

Although blog pageviews are still about twice the long-term trend, most posts are (barely) breaking double digits. I'm still working on my Iran post. My X followers have continued to drift down to just above 200, after rallying to 207 earlier.  I did get my first 1k+ impression (reply) tweet, I think, for the first time in weeks, a comment reflecting on something Fetterman said. I never can tell why or when one of my posts goes viral.

I almost always use a self-service checkout when shopping (Lidl, Walmart, Home Depot, etc.) Lidl is very similar to Aldi (except for the latter's quarter shopping cart rentals): limited varieties or sizes, a large percentage of private labels often with large/multiple barcodes for ease of scanning, highly rotated treasure aisles (it could be anything from rice cookers to flip-flops to garden tools, often seasonal in nature). One annoyance I had with checkout was that almost every time it would freeze or time out, as if it thinks you didn't scan an item (it doesn't mean you didn't scan an item, but it posts it after it thinks you placed it in the purchased items area. I use plastic garbage bags. No free bags: you can buy them or bring your own). I think there's a timeout, and if I switch bags.... So, usually the clerk has to roll back the captured session to see where it froze and whether your last item is on the receipt to date. It can take 5 minutes for someone to come by and let you resume checking out. It just struck me yesterday that I now have a streak of 2 checkouts without a stoppage.

By the way, I'm probably the last to notice, but the contactless (tap-to-pay) credit card is a cool feature. Sometimes I've run into inserting or swiping the card. What annoys me is when they distance the tap target away from the conventional pay slot, like at some Royal Farms gas pumps. 

Tonight will be the first time I've missed Wrestlemania since I joined WWE Network and later Peacock. ESPN has had an expensive channel since late last year, when the contract was acquired from Peacock. I don't want to double or triple the cost of Peacock for WWE content. ESPN does offer a first hour free as a teaser on an ESPN channel each night. (So I'll refresh a PLE webpage at 411mania.)

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Post #7647 M: Remy: Gerrymandering; Dumb Bleep of the Week

 Quote of the Day

Our behavior is a function of our decisions, 
not our conditions.
Stephen Covey 

Remy: Gerrymandering


Dumb Bleep of the Week Pt. 1

 

Part 2

 

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Courtesy of Rick McKee via Politico

Musical Interlude: 1963 Top 100 Hits

Do The Bird - Dee Dee Sharp

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Friday, April 17, 2026

Post #7646 M: Trump Had NO IDEA Melania Was Making an Epstein Statement; A Southern Future?; Why Does Trump Want the Biggest Defense Budget Ever?

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Your unhappiness is not due to your want of a fortune or high position or fame or sufficient vitamins. 
It is due not to a want of something outside of you, but to a want of something inside you. 
You were made for perfect happiness. 
No wonder everything short of God disappoints you.
Fulton Sheen  

Trump Had NO IDEA Melania Was Making an Epstein Statement

A Southern Future?

Why Does Trump Want the Biggest Defense Budget Ever?

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Political Cartoon

Courtesy of Pat Bagley via Politico

Musical Interlude: 1963 Top 100 Hits

Come And Get These Memories - Martha & The Vandellas

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Thursday, April 16, 2026

Post #7645 M: Trump Declares Total Victory in Iran; McClanahan on Woke and American Universities; The Economic Destruction of Trump’s War Goes Far Beyond High Gas Prices

 Quote of the Day

It only stands to reason that where there's sacrifice, 
there's someone collecting the sacrificial offerings. 
Where there's service, 
there is someone being served. 
The man who speaks to you of sacrifice 
is speaking of slaves and masters, 
and intends to be the master.
Ayn Rand  

Trump Declares Total Victory in Iran

McClanahan on Woke and American Universities

The Economic Destruction of Trump’s War Goes Far Beyond High Gas Prices

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Political Cartoon

Courtesy of Adam Ziglys via Politico

Musical Interlude: 1963 Top 100 Hits

Talk To Me - Sunny & the Sunglows

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