Monthly Archives: March 2017

I find myself in an odd position.  I want a thing going here where some of the less-rowdy (or at least less frequently rowdy) folks are completely in their element.  I am likely the wrong person to set this up, but will eagerly participate when I can.

Nanda, please take charge and move out.  Let me know if you need anything.  I understand that there are some proposals for times and phone numbers etc — just tell me what the answer is.  I am not going to set a time, as my own schedule is volatile.  I would no sooner set it up then I would suddenly be unable to show up.  So let’s don’t build it around my schedule — I don’t really have one.

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So we have a bit more good news. From my little perch, I am seeing domestic economic activity not seen since the 1980s with construction, manufacturing expansion and new capital equipment on order.

Meanwhile, down Brent’s way the other good news is rolling in.

So Trump puts two Texans in charge of State and Energy so we can exploit a   foreign policy hand full of aces against Russia, Iran and China. We can engage in the ME when we need to , not from necessity.  The piece below lines it out fairly well.  Brent- let me know if I am overblowing this…

http://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2017/03/why-opec-is-finished-and-russia-too.php

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http://www.breitbart.com/video/2017/03/22/house-intelligence-chair-nunes-surveillance-trump-transition-team-incidentally-collected/

This is just good fun now.   I would fire Comey and the team that did this very publicly, with jail time.

I would guess the WSJ might wish they had exercised more judgement on their editorial page.

Oh well. Time for another Media Memory Hole Exercise.

Charles Murray, in his book, We The People, not only outlines when and with which case we lost our liberties and unchained the federal government, but also proposes a solution. Flat out repealing all the bureaucracy simply won’t work. Too many links and too many depending on all this. The only way is to start cutting back on government power.

Murray’s proposal is to fight EVERY overstepping of authority, EVERY snide bureaucrat thinking HE (or she) had the answer AND authority (EPA just naturally comes to mind) – all the way to federal court.

This, of course, can get expensive. So Murray’s proposal is that rich conservatives and libertarians set up think tank-like organizations dedicated to fighting in court every overstep they can find.

Like this.

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I am not optimistic about this health care bill.  I am happy that Hillary and Pelosi did not get a license to expand the breach, which would have been truly horrific.  But when comparing horrors of different magnitude, it is easy to lump it all together as just so much gore.  So my internal risk manager tells me to be grateful.  Fine, I’m grateful.

But that does not mean optimistic.  I don’t wish to make perfect the enemy of good, but I’m hardly insisting upon perfection here.  All I want is for government to get out of the health care rationing business, and that’s not what we’re going to get.  The Republicans are likely to get stuck with the failure of this all, and then the next round of … Continue reading →

The combination of these two fields is an exciting place to be. I am not there right now. But being away gives me a chance to learn away from the field for a while, and helps provide perspective. Time and distance are my favorite remedies for nearly all problems.
IT is a new-ish field, and has nothing like the maturity which benefits other defined business fields. This is great because it affords many opportunities for innovation. This is a disaster because it affords many opportunities for innovation. Most new ideas are no damned good, and in IT, we try them all.
I am fond of a quote from somebody about the Last Big Thing. We spend our energy seeking a new solution while nobody masters the … Continue reading →

https://pjmedia.com/video/this-dad-figured-out-the-coolest-way-to-announce-the-sex-of-his-baby/

This is what makes America great.

(H/T to Instapundit’s Stephen Green)

Our friend Dime brought up an interesting point in his post on Iconography which has a parallel in terminology. Obama was very much a leader to his people (Alinskyites, Kenyans, Islamists, crackpots), whereas Trump is not regarded as a leader by those of us who nonetheless support him. The two sides have very different ideas of how government should run, what it should do, and how it should relate to society and the individual. Leftists want a leader — rightists want a representative.
We like us some Trump because he is like us, because he literally represents us.  He is not better than we are, not smarter, not chosen except by we schlubs, and does not claim any right to lead an ignorant mass where it … Continue reading →

When Obama was the leader, his supporters created icons to show the depth of their spiritual commitment.

Here is one of the many Obama as Messiah and Light Bringer Icons.

Now we have , shall we say, a different kind of leader and I have noticed a distinct style and theme for the iconography surrounding our new President by his ardent supporters

So one group gets hysterical and a bit childlike when their icon is gone.

What do you think the other group will do if their … Continue reading →