Category Archives: social sciences

Shifting with the Wind on OSes

There is nothing wrong with turning your sails to the wind if it gets where you are going. I find it ludicrous people feel there is some necessity of being tribal about a computer operating system. It requires a particularly … Continue reading

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American Soviet Terror

So you surely have heard by now the infamous Russian spy ring. It took the FBI ten years to act against a crew which did almost no spying on a nation which has more spies than any other. Given the … Continue reading

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Ignoring Game

People who understand “game” — AKA, the Battle of the Sexes — will tell you in modern Western societies, America in particular, the best approach is none at all. That is, for a guy who really wants to get her … Continue reading

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It’s the Debt, Stupid

I’m not the only who realizes debt is the reason for this season of madness on earth. All those highly paid economists and other policy wonks are incapable of simple logic, even at the Aristotelian level. Look, every single dollar … Continue reading

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What Does It Take to Keep You Distracted?

The basic theory of conspiracy is people will pull together in secrecy to oppose and take advantage of the majority who are outside the conspiracy. Thus, the smaller group conspires to rule, in one way or another. It need not … Continue reading

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Advertising and Marketing Are Utterly Evil

When I need something, and have some money to spend, but don’t know where to find something suitable, I ask someone I trust. Should I find something advertised, I will tend to think it’s probably the worst there is. If … Continue reading

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Improbable Dreams of Oppression

Governments are typically built by intelligent people, but always slip into the hands of the merely crafty. Precious great people appear in the history of human government. Modern governments are probably worse than ever in this respect. Sometimes we are … Continue reading

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Gulf Oil Disaster: Does Anybody Really Know?

Obviously, since I’m not an expert on petroleum extraction on any level, there is nothing here which will uncover anything really new. There are some people who know, but we can’t be sure if all those yakking about it really … Continue reading

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Don’t Trust Any Human with More Power than You – Update

This refers to a previous post: Don’t Trust Any Human with More Power than You. As with most stories, the dominant media is lying. It’s just that simple. I may not know exactly what they are hiding, but that they … Continue reading

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Bureaucracy of Death (Updated)

A primary failure of Western Civilization is the removal of the person. We have contracts, not covenants; we don’t even understand the latter. We have laws, not Law. All our wonderfully thought out procedures crash against the rocks of reality … Continue reading

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