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Tuesday, September 15, 2026

Post #7850 M: The Cogency of the "Lost Cause Myth"; Accredited Nonsense; The Insane Solution to Drugs (That Nobody Copies)

 Quote of the Day

The road to perdition has ever been accompanied by 
lip service to an ideal.
Albert Einstein  

The Cogency of the "Lost Cause Myth"

Accredited Nonsense | Higher Education Ep. 2 | Love Gov Season 4

The Insane Solution to Drugs (That Nobody Copies)

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Political Cartoon

Courtesy of Jack Ohman via Politico

Musical Interlude: 1965  Top 100 Hits

The Name Game - Shirley Ellis

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Monday, September 14, 2026

Post #7849 M: Dumb Bleep of the Week; A Degree of Debt; Zero-Hedge Debate: Iran War Showdown

 Quote of the Day

You've gotta dance like there's nobody watching, 
love like you'll never be hurt, 
sing like there's nobody listening, 
and live like it's heaven on earth.
William W. Purkey 

Dumb Bleep of the Week

A Degree of Debt | Higher Education Ep. 1 | Love Gov Season 4

Zero-Hedge Debate: Dave Smith Vs. Alan Dershowitz: Iran War Showdown

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Political Cartoon

Courtesy of Kal via Politico

Musical Interlude: 1965 Top 100 Hits

Game Of Love - Wayne Fontana & the Mindbenders

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Sunday, September 13, 2026

Post #7848 Social Media Digest

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Post #7847 M: From Red Tape to Real Choice: Reforming Childcare Policy; The Men on Lindsay Clancy's Jury

 Quote of the Day

Do not wait for the last judgment. 
It takes place every day.
Albert Camus 

From Red Tape to Real Choice: Reforming Childcare Policy

Heaton Explains Data Centers

The Men on Lindsay Clancy's Jury

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Musical Interlude: 1965 Top 100 Hits

Papa’s Got A Brand New Bag (Part 1) - James Brown

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Saturday, September 12, 2026

Post #7846 J

 Endemic Report

Weekly CDC stats:


The Sick Times:

The virus continues to spread in most states, but trend data in the South suggests the wave may have peaked there. After a local CVS staffing issue last Friday, I got my latest COVID shot (2026/7: XFG) on Monday.  A lot of news items focused on vaccine rollouts in other pharmacies/providers, and a number of states have authorized shots beyond seniors and other high-risk groups. (I had wondered if I was going to have to make a visit to my doctor just to get a prescription or permission slip for the vaccine. I probably know more about vaccines than most health professionals. It turned out I didn't have to because I was exempt, since I'm in a risk group. As a libertarian, it infuriated me that I had to potentially fight the Trump Administration to protect my health.)

The latest COVID-19 news items:

Other Notes

Blog pageviews unexpectedly, dubiously, more than doubled over the past week. I published my first essay of the month. X/Twitter remains mixed, with followers fluctuating around 200.

I often have to fashion workarounds for what I assume are product bugs.  I recently purchased a deeply discounted smartwatch from Walmart. It took a while to find a user manual online to walk me through the setup, which also required coordinating with a cellphone app. Some things, like the date/time, are pulled from the Internet, but unlike my cellphone weather apps, it wasn't showing the current temperature. I found a way to configure it manually in the app, but the watch often seems to "lose" the temperature setting. It didn't lose the setting. So I used an old IT trick — in this case, toggling the weather setting off and on. That seems to restore the setting, but I've found myself doing it maybe once a day. I have to use a similar trick with Joplin, a utility that enables me to capture webpages, like purchase details or key news items for the blog; it sometimes (in Chrome) doesn't generate a snap button for capturing content, so I find I have to toggle my Joplin extension off/on to restore functionality.

But what's perplexed me for months is using MailStore, free for home users, as a repository for my Thunderbird emails. I often archive changes to my local folders on MailStore, but a large percentage of messages in my Thunderbird local folders don't show up in MailStore. A key example was my postal receipt for a voided IRS refund check I sent back to the IRS. I spent hours googling for hints on what was going on. I tend to purge local folders monthly, but more recently I backed up local folder mbox files in case I need to restore old folders. I think I may have figured out at least part of the problem. I think some of the emails are logically there but not physically moved to the target folders, and you have to do something like compact folders to complete the physical moves.

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Post #7845 M: McClanahan on Huey P. Long and Modern Populism; The path to cheaper health care: stop blocking licensed cliniciansl; Immigration and crime: what the data say

 Quote of the Day

It is a good thing to be rich, 
it is a good thing to be strong, 
but it is a better thing 
to be beloved of many friends.
Euripides 

McClanahan on Huey P. Long and Modern Populism

The path to cheaper health care: stop blocking licensed clinicians

Immigration and crime: what the data say

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Political Cartoon

Courtesy of Jeff Danziger via Politico

Musical Interlude: 1965  Top 100 Hits

Red Roses For A Blue Lady - Bert Kaempfert

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Friday, September 11, 2026

Post #7844 M: 9/11 Silver Anniversary; McClanahan on Do We Have an Elected Monarchy?; Ron Paul on The Politics of AI Data Centers; Does the Right Still Believe in Limited Government?

 Quote of the Day

Think as you like, 
but behave like others.
Robert Greene  

Where Were You (When the World Stopped Turning)

I was working in the Waukesha County courthouse, which hosted the county IT infrastructure. I was racing for a government contractor on a fixed-bid ERP upgrade contract. I had relocated from California to the Chicago northwestern suburbs (my new employer only had one Wisconsin-based client) mid-contract, an 83-mile commute one way. I joined the project, replacing the original Apps DBA, and it was well behind schedule. I had to spend long (unpaid) extra hours because the county DBA's processes sometimes failed to bring up Apps processes after backups (and there were issues with their backups beyond this discussion), so I had to be at the courthouse early before testing. If I had to implement any patches, the county insisted I could only apply them after 7 PM, so I often had 12+ hour days, not including my commute.

I was well into my hectic work schedule, and I was somewhat annoyed by my Indian developer colleague who was late to work. (He lived locally.) I think I needed him to check some details. We had a few cubicles among client cubicles when my colleague finally arrived, yelling to the floor about an airplane flying into a NYC building.. I was puzzled, thinking maybe he was incoherently talking about a Cessna having a hardware failure over NYC. It soon became clear from others that it was more serious and multi-faceted. I particularly remember hearing about Flight 93. By that time, one or more clients brought in portable TVs. It seemed like I was the only person at the courthouse actually still working. It's not that I didn't care, but the county was paying for my work, not watching TV or discussing the news on their time. It really wasn't until I got home that evening and had access to the Internet. 

I remember the paranoia in the aftermath of the attacks. I was worried about soft targets like Chicago Union Station during rush hour. I recall briefly joining early morning prayer assemblies in front of the courthouse after my morning commute.

  

McClanahan on Do We Have an Elected Monarchy?

Ron Paul on The Politics of AI Data Centers

Does the Right Still Believe in Limited Government?

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Political Cartoon

Courtesy of Matt Davies via Politico

Musical Interlude: 1965 Top 100 Hits

The Beatles - Ticket To Ride

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