And I have cast my vote.
How about you? Vote early and vote often.
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Tuesday, November 6, 2018
Monday, November 5, 2018
Supercomputer can mimic a mouse brain
A human's brain is a long way off yet.
But they can still play a mean game of chess.
I don't think a mouse can beat me at chess, but I never tried it.
But they can still play a mean game of chess.
I don't think a mouse can beat me at chess, but I never tried it.
Like the Kavanaugh circus, I'll be glad when this is over
Just sitting here trying to figure out something intelligent to say. Come to think of it, there is nothing here that requires a lot of intelligence. What is required is that you get off your butts and get out there and vote.
It is not rocket science, for if it were, almost nobody would be qualified to vote. Even intelligent people seem to have trouble making good voting decisions. Just saying...
It is not rocket science. All that is required is that a decision be made, and be willing to live with the result afterward.
It's too bad when the losing side won't accept the outcome. Hllary said in the debate that she would, but that was only because she expected to win. As soon as she lost, it was a problem all of a sudden.
If people would accept the outcome, then things may not be all that bad no matter who wins. But people are making too much of this. So have I, but that is letting the emotion of the thing override your reason. I'll try not to make that mistake too often.
Just vote and be done with it. That is all that is required.
One final thing: the paranoia has gotten out of hand. The world isn't going to come to an end. Just accept the inevitable, whatever that is.
It is not rocket science, for if it were, almost nobody would be qualified to vote. Even intelligent people seem to have trouble making good voting decisions. Just saying...
It is not rocket science. All that is required is that a decision be made, and be willing to live with the result afterward.
It's too bad when the losing side won't accept the outcome. Hllary said in the debate that she would, but that was only because she expected to win. As soon as she lost, it was a problem all of a sudden.
If people would accept the outcome, then things may not be all that bad no matter who wins. But people are making too much of this. So have I, but that is letting the emotion of the thing override your reason. I'll try not to make that mistake too often.
Just vote and be done with it. That is all that is required.
One final thing: the paranoia has gotten out of hand. The world isn't going to come to an end. Just accept the inevitable, whatever that is.
You don't win by losing
Don't care what anybody says. If the Dems win control of the House, it will be a very bad thing.
Not that I like the GOP all that much. But the Democrats are so over the top that it is absolutely nuts to advocate anything like this.
Talk like that is worrisome. It may indicate that a number of GOP types may slip over and vote Democrat just because they cannot bring themselves to support Trump. This has always been the chief number one problem with the GOP. The have this faction that discombobulates everything that the conservatives wish to bring forward. It is almost as if they do it out of spite.
If the Dems wins, there will be no wall. Even if the GOP wins, there still may be no wall. But the odds are much better if the GOP controls. Trump doesn't need to be checked and balanced. The Dems need to be checked and balanced. It is almost impossible to conceive why somebody who claims to be a Republican can even consider the idea of losing as somehow a benefit to Trump.
If the House is lost, the chances of Trump being re-elected go down. The conservative wing of the GOP is un-electable. Cruz could not have won. Nor could have the rest of the field. I still say that Trump is the best way forward for the GOP, but there's a large number of never Trumpers left who resist that common sense proposition.
Anybody who says differently is full of it.
Not that I like the GOP all that much. But the Democrats are so over the top that it is absolutely nuts to advocate anything like this.
Talk like that is worrisome. It may indicate that a number of GOP types may slip over and vote Democrat just because they cannot bring themselves to support Trump. This has always been the chief number one problem with the GOP. The have this faction that discombobulates everything that the conservatives wish to bring forward. It is almost as if they do it out of spite.
If the Dems wins, there will be no wall. Even if the GOP wins, there still may be no wall. But the odds are much better if the GOP controls. Trump doesn't need to be checked and balanced. The Dems need to be checked and balanced. It is almost impossible to conceive why somebody who claims to be a Republican can even consider the idea of losing as somehow a benefit to Trump.
If the House is lost, the chances of Trump being re-elected go down. The conservative wing of the GOP is un-electable. Cruz could not have won. Nor could have the rest of the field. I still say that Trump is the best way forward for the GOP, but there's a large number of never Trumpers left who resist that common sense proposition.
Anybody who says differently is full of it.
Sunday, November 4, 2018
A different perspective
There is a supposedly popular show that plays on Israeli television. It is called Toffee and the Gorilla. There is no proof that the show is popular and who watches it.
Now, I saw this on a blog, and you can google it for yourself. This story does not seem to be fake. The blogger said that Wordpress shut down the blog when this story was posted. The blogger did not say that this story about this show was specifically the reason for the blog to be shut down.
There is an episode of this show here which is a bit sick, if you ask me. Not only sick, but blasphemous.
After seeing this, and should it be true that it is popular in Israel, I think that an explanation should be forthcoming. There was a mass murder of Jews in the US which is being attributed to POTUS Trump, and yet this show receives no condemnation from anybody over here--- it may be getting censored. It could be an incitement for a mass murder. It would seem plausible how someone could be incited to murder over this. Yet at the same time, those who blame Trump may be suppressing information about shows like this.
There is no blame for Trump, by the way. Only that Trump gets blamed for anti-Semitism by a media that suppresses this kind of information. It is inconceivable to me that Trump would have anything to do with a show such as this, one way or another. This would be something that Trump would do if he were anti-Semite, and wanted to stir up the American people against Israel and the Jews.
Israel gets very favorable treatment from the US government. This post is not to be construed as to suggest that such treatment should change, only to mention that this show is pretty bad stuff that maybe people in high places don't want you to see. If anything like that was shown on American television, the people here would be scandalized. It might even change attitudes towards Israel. It is that bad.
Now, I saw this on a blog, and you can google it for yourself. This story does not seem to be fake. The blogger said that Wordpress shut down the blog when this story was posted. The blogger did not say that this story about this show was specifically the reason for the blog to be shut down.
There is an episode of this show here which is a bit sick, if you ask me. Not only sick, but blasphemous.
After seeing this, and should it be true that it is popular in Israel, I think that an explanation should be forthcoming. There was a mass murder of Jews in the US which is being attributed to POTUS Trump, and yet this show receives no condemnation from anybody over here--- it may be getting censored. It could be an incitement for a mass murder. It would seem plausible how someone could be incited to murder over this. Yet at the same time, those who blame Trump may be suppressing information about shows like this.
There is no blame for Trump, by the way. Only that Trump gets blamed for anti-Semitism by a media that suppresses this kind of information. It is inconceivable to me that Trump would have anything to do with a show such as this, one way or another. This would be something that Trump would do if he were anti-Semite, and wanted to stir up the American people against Israel and the Jews.
Israel gets very favorable treatment from the US government. This post is not to be construed as to suggest that such treatment should change, only to mention that this show is pretty bad stuff that maybe people in high places don't want you to see. If anything like that was shown on American television, the people here would be scandalized. It might even change attitudes towards Israel. It is that bad.
About those economic numbers...
There is a lot of hype about the economy right now. How much hype?
The unemployment rate is at a 50 year low, but the participation rate is still in the doldrums. Some say because of the aging baby boom generation.
There is a positive in the growth of wages, but that is also depressed. It hasn't returned to the levels of the dot com boom.
The stock market is quite volatile right now, and a reading of Shadow Stats suggests that Federal Reserve policy has something to do with it. If so, it is not showing up in the interest rates. In fact, interest rates are not inverted, so there probably is not going to be a recession.
Cross your fingers on that one.
Things are going well, but there is a bit of hype out there. Just one more thing to go into the mix as far as the economy is concerned.
One more thing: I'll add my own experiences, for what that is worth.
The ACA is in its enrollment period, and I note that the subsidies are increasing considerably. This was unexpected for yours truly. In each of the last several years, my premiums have been going up. This year, they will be going DOWN. Imagine that.
With all the talk about pre-existing conditions, I find it odd that my own situation seems to be improving with respect to the ACA ( aka Obamacare ). I have a cancer, so that is what you would call a great big pre-existing condition. Even though I have this condition, I am not suffering financially because of it. I have to call bravo sierra on that claim.
The unemployment rate is at a 50 year low, but the participation rate is still in the doldrums. Some say because of the aging baby boom generation.
There is a positive in the growth of wages, but that is also depressed. It hasn't returned to the levels of the dot com boom.
The stock market is quite volatile right now, and a reading of Shadow Stats suggests that Federal Reserve policy has something to do with it. If so, it is not showing up in the interest rates. In fact, interest rates are not inverted, so there probably is not going to be a recession.
Cross your fingers on that one.
Things are going well, but there is a bit of hype out there. Just one more thing to go into the mix as far as the economy is concerned.
One more thing: I'll add my own experiences, for what that is worth.
The ACA is in its enrollment period, and I note that the subsidies are increasing considerably. This was unexpected for yours truly. In each of the last several years, my premiums have been going up. This year, they will be going DOWN. Imagine that.
With all the talk about pre-existing conditions, I find it odd that my own situation seems to be improving with respect to the ACA ( aka Obamacare ). I have a cancer, so that is what you would call a great big pre-existing condition. Even though I have this condition, I am not suffering financially because of it. I have to call bravo sierra on that claim.
Don Surber: Republicans will surf that blue wave
Don Surber: Republicans will surf that blue wave: Pundits argue among themselves on whether there will be a blue wave or a red wave on Tuesday. The answer is both because the election is...
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Interesting post. Democrats won't get as much help as you would imagine because all of their votes are in Democrat areas already. In other words, they'll do well in California and Massachusetts, but they already do well in those states. Their pickups won't help much in those areas because there's nothing there for them to gain.
This is on top of what I suspect to be true, and that is that the electorate's habits may be changing. There is subtle evidence of that, so there may be a difference in even previously blue states. After all, Trump won Michigan, Wisconsin, and Pennsylvania in 2016. It could happen again.
Everybody wants to speculate on the horse race. So there's my two cents worth.
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Interesting post. Democrats won't get as much help as you would imagine because all of their votes are in Democrat areas already. In other words, they'll do well in California and Massachusetts, but they already do well in those states. Their pickups won't help much in those areas because there's nothing there for them to gain.
This is on top of what I suspect to be true, and that is that the electorate's habits may be changing. There is subtle evidence of that, so there may be a difference in even previously blue states. After all, Trump won Michigan, Wisconsin, and Pennsylvania in 2016. It could happen again.
Everybody wants to speculate on the horse race. So there's my two cents worth.
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