Keeping or removing “under God” from the US pledge of allegiance is simply the wrong question entirely. SJC to weigh wording of pledge The state Supreme Judicial Court will begin hearing arguments this week in an atheist Acton couple’s quest to strike the words “under God” from the Pledge of Allegiance their children say in… Continue reading “Under God” is the Wrong Question
Year: 2013
More Reliable News Sources on Syria
It’s stunning to see the lies and drivel in the mainstream news media. They’ve done an excellent job at distorting truth and displaying some of the most transparent lies, e.g. Secretary of State John Kerry has been a wonderful source of lies and misdirection. You can verify that by listening to just about any word… Continue reading More Reliable News Sources on Syria
NSA Killing Business for Cloud Providers
It looks like the NSA PRISM scandal will cost businesses in the US between $22~35 billion over the next few years. Big surprise. Would you want to store your data with a company that has no choice but to bend over for the NSA? http://www.businessinsider.com/prism-the-nsa-leaks-are-starting-to-hit-the-bottom-lines-of-tech-companies-2013-8?IR=T A separate report this month by the Information Technology &… Continue reading NSA Killing Business for Cloud Providers
Consumers Are Not Job Creators
It’s rather annoying to hear the worst nonsense constantly paraded around like some kind of eternal truth. That “consumers are job creators” is some of that drivel. It only takes a moment to understand why. I, along with billions of other people, am a consumer. I want a time machine. So do a lot of… Continue reading Consumers Are Not Job Creators
SecureWP4Me – Locking Down WordPress
Being swamped with work and personal life can take a toll on one’s blog. Fortunately I happened across SecureWP4Me. What would have taken me a sick amount of time was solved very quickly. The proprietor, April, did a fantastic job. Not only did April fix up security holes for me, she helped set up a… Continue reading SecureWP4Me – Locking Down WordPress
Back Doing Guitar & Drum Trainer Development
While I’ve been back doing some more development on Guitar & Drum Trainer, I noticed a few bugs and fixed them. The funny thing is that with thousands of people using it, nobody has ever noticed the bug or at least not reported them. They were very minor, but still… one would have thought that… Continue reading Back Doing Guitar & Drum Trainer Development
“Reasonable” is Bad Reasoning
I really don’t like the use of “reasonable” in any kind of argument. It’s most common use is to mean “you must change your mind” or “you must compromise”. It does have legitimate uses, but those seem rare. An example of calling for someone to be “reasonable” is if they are using faulty logic, e.g.… Continue reading “Reasonable” is Bad Reasoning
Disinfo or Poor Reasoning at Reason.com?
A recent article at Reason.com talks about how a specific font (ZXX) can hide information from the NSA. http://reason.com/blog/2013/06/21/dont-want-the-nsa-to-read-your-email-use This is a pretty silly claim. The first reason is pretty obvious: If it’s in digital text, then since the underlying character values are all the same as normal text and the font is irrelevant, well,… Continue reading Disinfo or Poor Reasoning at Reason.com?
A $500 per ozt Silver Example
Dr. Jeff has an interesting question in a recent article: http://www.silver-coin-investor.com/Silver-Short-Squeeze-Scenario-420.html When the negligible value of paper currency eventually becomes apparent, what does it matter if silver is $500 per ounce in a world where a loaf of bread costs $100? Well, it does matter. If you buy silver now before that happens. Here’s why…… Continue reading A $500 per ozt Silver Example
The Rise of Voluntaryism/Anarchism
I just noticed that the Adam vs. the Man logo now uses the voluntaryist “V”. He used to espouse strong libertarian ideas, but now seems to be a flat out voluntaryist. Good on him!