A most interesting article showed up in Tom’s Hardware’s daily email today. https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/cyber-security/security-researchers-find-surveillance-implants-in-chinese-made-routers-sold-worldwide-three-different-backdoor-like-implants-hidden-in-firmware It verifies something I’ve strongly suspected for years; that China can take control of America’s technology infrastructure virtually anytime it wants to. Read more
Mr T (President Trump, that is) just upped the spending for the pentagon by about $1.5 Trillion (approximately — I’m rounding off). Woof. Well, he’s requested that amount, and it seems to have been approved, Read more
Firstly: Mr T “allowed” the new housing bill to pass. Allowed it by not vetoing it, even though he had said he would veto it unless Congress passed his voter rights restriction bill … er, Read more
This is an election year. Too many people are not aware of that. This could be most important election in America’s history. Will it remain a nation Of the People, By the People and For Read more
Excuse me, Mr Media, but why do you keep sayin’ the “cease fire is in jeopardy” rather than ceasefire agreement is null and void? Silly us… “we”(1) are exchanging fire with Iran, during a ceasefire Read more
Just had a conversation with some one about why their website isn’t getting as many hits lately. (Not one of my websites — done by some one else, so my answer is neutral.) I suggested Read more
Dateline: 21 Feb 2026 (teletype sounds in the background, can you hear them?) So Mr T is reacting to SCOTUS’ ruling that he can not levy the tariffs he’s been levying. Now, he’s is declaring a Read more
Two national guardsmen were shot in Washington DC, while on routine patrol. . There are so many things wrong with this I hardly know where to start. Military Patrols in Washington, DC. We’re off the Read more
Forty Years Ago — America’s Message to the World was clearly shown by two songs: We Are the World, (1985, Michael Jackson and Lionel Richie) This recording was made during a flash mob performance in Read more
So this the last day before 42 million Americans might not get their food supplements, that is, before they are about to go hungry, and what is the Commander in Chief doing today? Showing off Read more
Isn’t it interesting that 5 days after 7+ million Americans declare “No Kings” South Korea decides to give Trump a crown? My opinion of South Korea just totally folded. That’s about as flagrant a spit Read more
Funny thing… I was just reminded of what Donald Trump said of government shutdowns, back in (or around) 2013. He said the President is to blame, always. . Odd thing for him say, considering that Read more
Yet another supposed drug boat is blown out of existence. Were they warned? Were they given a chance to “heeve to and surrender?” Been watching a navy chat room on reddit. These folks are not Read more
Just found this on YouTube. Nice to see that America isn’t entirely falling for the smoke and mirrors. What more is there to say here? This fellow caught it perfectly. I can’t find one thing Read more
I have a gadget that was brought in to me, (person getting rid of it, in a box of such stuff) and I’m trying to figure out what it even is. Sort of an odd Read more
I know it’s been a while since I’ve posted much here. I’ve been trying to stay out of national politics, but national politics is all most people want to discuss right now. <Sigh> National politics… Read more
I see Trump held a crypto summit yesterday (as of the time of this writing). Oh goody, goody. I’ve been researching crypto, trying vainly to understand it, for some time now. I just did some Read more
Robotics is getting awfully close to producing a true sci-fi style robot. Now a company has announced a brand new approach to robotics: a synthetic human. Artifical organs, a vascular system and a nervous system. Read more
I’m one of those wierd-os who wants to know the actual meaning of words. Black Friday is a very strange phrase we batter around in America, generally to mean the Biggest Shopping Day of the Read more
I wasn’t going to get into all this much here… but really, how can I not? The Sad Show in Washington DC keeps getting worse. Russ Vought — key architect of Project 2025 — tapped Read more
There’s been this “new” word around for a short while and it finally ocurred to me that I don’t know what it means given how it’s being used. Woke. “I woke up just as the Read more
Been getting a strange email every few days, supposedly from “Kathleen Carmel” (in quotes, because it’s literally impossible to tell whom an email is really from any more). Fairly level sounding headlines for the most Read more
Just got … at 6.30 AM ! … an AI phone call claiming that “your business listing is in serious trouble, people will NOT be able to find you. please call back at nnnnnn to Read more
Huh? They’re at it again. Refusing to do their research on what’s already been done, then declaring something I learned in grade school or junior high as “news.” Piffle… https://phys.org/news/2024-07-cloud-ground-lightning-generated-blocks.html Synopsis: in the early Earth Read more
I remember in the 5th grade (I think it was), the teacher rolled in the TV and we watched a small part of the Olympics, because it was “via satellite” for the first time in Read more
I’ve been hearing rumors of a totalitarian document (that’s what the rumors called it as I heard them) called “Project 2025.” I managed to get a copy of the “full” document. (It claims to be Read more
Date line: 20 July 2024… (da-da-di-da… <teletype noises in the background>) Yesterday’s dramatic “failure” of the Internet was because of a faulty update. Not because of a terrorist attack, or because of a junior wanna-be Read more