When speaking about my teaching career working with Russian speakers, I always say that there are two parts to the history. The time before the Russians arrived and the time after. The Russians are bullies. There is no other way to say it. You can say Nazi. That’s an irony right there. But they are…
It’s interesting to listen to the conservatives Crow in the media. They won handily. It seems they have proven something. They got the popular vote that they created themselves. It’s not only about gerrymandering or forcing people into the most inconvenient types of voting. It also doesn’t mean anything that the votes themselves are meaningless…
It’s Tuesday morning just before noon in Belarus so I am a little preemptive here. A glance at the poles shows that things are going to be tight but that Harris is going to be the winner. You never can tell. You never can’t tell the level of honest excitement and you never can tell…
I feel like Ahab and there are enough harpoons in Moby Dick to believe that the job was finally done. In the ever expanding world of Christendom, resources were needed and men went out into the oceans to kill the whales so that people could read in the winter time. It is interesting to note…
I don’t know when it took a hold of me. Probably when they really wanted it to take a hold of me. It’s just a matter of texture in a world dominated by TikTok shorts. What am I going to do with myself? Stupid question, easy answer. Let’s play with the phone. Tick tock? Entertain…
Is Donald Trump competent? I decided to start by googling this concept because generally speaking, Google is pretty honest to my mind. There is the commercial aspect of the world and how much space that controls in our bandwidth. But the general algorithm does seem to believe that the world is better believing in ecology…
This is a call for a public vote. I think this should be a vote amongst all humanity regardless of religion or state affiliation. I also think this should be regardless of history except of course as people might remember things in their own experience that might give them a good chance of making the…
Where is Kamala Harris right now and what is she doing? Kamala Harris in Michigan: Action needed on gun violence, economic hurdles Craig Mauger Jennifer Chambers The Detroit News Farmington Hills — Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris told a crowd in suburban Detroit Thursday that people are finding the American dream “far more elusive than it’s…
sadism /ˈseɪdɪz(ə)m/nounthe tendency to derive pleasure, especially sexual gratification, from inflicting pain, suffering, or humiliation on others.“beneath the apparent loving concern she had glimpsed spite and sadism” From wiki: Sadist refers to: A person with sadistic personality disorder, an obsolete term for individuals who derive pleasure from the suffering of others Sadistic personality disorder was a proposed…
Dictionary Definitions from Oxford Languages democracy /dɪˈmɒkrəsi/noun: a system of government by the whole population or all the eligible members of a state, typically through elected representatives. “a system of parliamentary democracy”Similar: representative government, elective government, constitutional government, popular government, self-government, government by the people, autonomy, republic and commonwealthOpposite: tyranny, dictatorship, a state governed under…
Lately I’ve been asking this question of Google. It doesn’t seem to be much of a question anymore. I’ve been sitting on this one site because it is the most direct and I think they use a really complete spectrum of information sources. This is good old 538. The current line of thinking is that…
I was there. I’m sure I write about this every year. Every year I take a moment to think about it. In the end, it’s about getting moved from your life. It’s about having to make compromises. I was in New York serendipitously. I was into the big New Year’s. I didn’t have any particular…
Sometime this evening on the East Coast of the United States, we are going to get the first debate between two presidential hopefuls. I’m not really convinced of the genuine value of this ride. I do not particularly find either of the candidates to be particularly stimulating. I think there was a time when Kamala…
According to Belarus.by: (BelTA) – The young generation of Belarusians will need to move along Belarus’ historical path in a world that is changing at breakneck speed, Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko said at the Q&A session titled “Open Microphone with the President” at Vitebsk State University on 2 September, BelTA has learned. “Today is a special day for your…
1420 interview is not dead. This is the problem with social media in general. You get good at something, people notice who you are and suddenly you’re making important decisions. The truth is you were always making important decisions when you were working in anonymity. If now you’re somebody, well, that’s cool. But I don’t…
We live in the age of the political celebrity. I might be misstating this and the leadership has always been the single most visible element anywhere at least in places where totalitarianism is the accepted goal. It goes without saying that power is about power so again, I’m just saying this pop theme here. Political…
It’s hard to express disappointment such as I feel. There are plenty of pretty miserable things to complain about over the last few years of my life. Let’s say the entire presidency. And now we are coming up on another group of elections and again we have to sit through these painful demonstrations of exactly…
Celebrity is an amazing thing and celebrities when they get together for podcasts and other types of interviews, these are moments to truly make your point. This last week, Theo Von, The modern Southern comes from white trash comedian turned social commentator had as guests both Bernie Sanders and Donald Trump. I personally think it…
I think this is a question that we have to ask ourselves first. Okay, I understand that there is outrage to strike outwardly. We have to do harm to the people who have harmed us! But that’s a false path. And truly, do you really want to premeditatively stalk someone? Do you want to retain…
Forget about modern Life. Let’s just say we go camping and we are next to a river that’s running very quickly. You can smell the water and see a lot of life I suppose. Or maybe it’s in the mountains and it’s very very cold. Take a little drink. I bet it’s really good. Not…
I asked this question of the internet and I guess the point of view of polling has something happening and it looks something like this. Harris vs. Trump latest presidential poll numbers: Who is winning in swing states? It looks like it’s a close one. Too close to call. It seems that nothing has happened….
