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-Benjamin Franklin
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The End of the Swastika
I see that Finland’s Air Force is removing the Swastika from it’s flag: They put the swastika on the flag in 1918 (long before Hitler got an audience for National Socialism) and it was officially ended in 1920 – but not all units have been issued new flags. Apparently not everyone who sees the flag Read more
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Climate Change and Screwworms
The United States eradicated the New World Screwworm back when I was in high school. I’m reading about a guy in Maryland diagnosed with screwworm infection – but he had been in Honduras before the diagnosis. According to Scientific American https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/flesh-eating-screwworm-parasites-are-headed-to-the-u-s/ “The pest is marching northward at an alarming rate and has now moved some Read more
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Rules For A Gunfight – From Gerard Van der Leun
One of the last emails I received from Gerard Van der Leun was the following “Rules For A Gunfight.” Gerard has passed from writing his American Digest – and I kind of miss his observations and humor. These bits of wisdom are reputed to come from Drill Instructor Joe Frick. American Digest: Conceived in Liberty Read more
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Graphs & Memes
I spotted this graph on Mary Pat Campbell’s substack. It reminded of me of a time when I pulled out more data from CDC correlating reservations and suicide. Campbell points out that Black Elk is moving forward toward sainthood – a step I am certain that was not considered in 1876. ” The hidden life Read more
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Artificial Intelligence and Natural Stupidity
I’m looking at reports of Artificial Intelligence citing things as fact “that ain’t necessarily so.” The basis for scientific method is to test assertions, that we need to verify our beliefs – testability is the determinant. Time was that bad air was believed to be the cause of malaria – we now know it’s a Read more
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Mowing Hay
I stopped mowing when a young hound decided to come close and check out the operation. A comment from Renata made me realize that most folks haven’t mowed hay, and haven’t seen, first hand, the danger a mower is to small animals. Then I thought of the differences in mowers, and what makes the old Read more
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