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-Benjamin Franklin
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When Humor Left the Darwin Awards
Time was when I found humor in the Darwin Awards – it’s a little sick, but people did find some humorous ways to die. Hell, it’s a lot sick – but humor tends to be a case of something happening to someone else. It was here in Trego, when someone commented that it looked like Read more
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Thinking About H1-B Visas
I see that Governor DeSantis (Florida) is moving to eliminate H1-B visas from Florida’s university system. My experience with the H1-B visa holders is limited – and at least ten years out of date – yet DeSantis’ comments match my experience: “They come in with these brokers who make a fortune of this with arbitrage. Read more
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Economic Activity or Pocketknife Swaps?
I noticed that Tim Walz has explained that EBT (once known as Food Stamps) creates $1.80 in economic activity for every dollar that goes out. Economic activity is a term that doesn’t necessarily mean what it seems. An old rancher described it as swapping pocketknives – “I spend ten grand buying a herd bull from Read more
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And Winter Approaches
In 1960, I learned that the first snow of winter could be expected around Halloween. As a young adult, my winters included snow surveys – being paid to ride snowmobiles. Now, at 75, I’m reaching a stage where the body refuses to stay warm in the cold – I can almost understand the snowbirds who Read more
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The Price of Rifles
In 1963, I entered high school. Minimum wage was $1.25 per hour. Five silver quarters – well, 90% silver. A couple of years later, they replaced that silver currency with clad coins. As I write this, the spot price of silver is a little over $52 and ounce. Gold in 1963 was $35 an ounce. Read more
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Irish Democracy – Not The AI Search Definition
Looking for information online is getting a bit harder – a search for “Irish Democracy” yields this commentary from search assist: “Irish democracy refers to the system of government in the Republic of Ireland, which is a parliamentary representative democracy. This means that the government is elected by the people and is accountable to them, Read more
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