February, 2021 archive
“Pluck Me, I’m a Chicken” 0
I sometimes watch streaming video on Tubitv.com, which is free. (It’s free because it has commercials; in fairness, it has far fewer ads than commercial television and the volume of the commercials is lower than that of the shows. All-in-all, I find it a fair trade-off.)
Last night, as I watched an episode of the 1960s ITV series, The Saint, new commercials appeared for a cell phone app called “Stash” for stock trading (no link–look it up yourself). In the ad, clueless 20-somethings confess that they don’t know anything about the stock market, but then decide that they’ll give the app a whirl and make their fortunes. My guess is that the recent Game Stop kerfuffle inspired this.
I’m old enough to remember day trading and the dot-com bubble.
So I have one question for novice investors who think an app can turn them into financial wizards.
Wanna buy a bridge?
The Cultist 0
Robert Bruce Adolph is a former U. S. Army special forces member and ex-U. N. Security Chief. In the Tampa Bay Times, he tells of meeting an unreconstructed Hitler fan while serving in Germany almost four decades ago.
The tale is a disturbing one which I fear may be relevant today to our politics today.
To attempt to excerpt or summarize would be to do it an injustice. Just read it.
Cancel Culture, Republican Style 0
Clarence Page exposes the con. A nugget:
Great Moments in Gunnuttery 0
One more time, Boebert is the new Gohmert.
Nature Red in Beak and Claw 0
H/T to my brother in Virginia’s Northern Neck.
The Danger Is Not Remote
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From time to time, I have heard Bob Cesca suggest on his podcast, when discussing some particularly egregious “social” media mischief, that “we are not ready for the internet.”
Now comes psychologist Glenn Geher to say much the same thing, using the slightly more scholarly term of “evolutionary mismatch.” Here’s a bit from his article (emphasis added):
Our minds did not evolved for large-scale remote communication. In fact, when people communicate with others who have their identities partly or fully concealed, as is so often the case with remote communication, a very general pattern emerges: People behave badly.
Methinks he has a point.
Job Opening 0
(I’m certain there will be no lack of applicants eager to fill that seat.)
Image via The Bob Cesca Show Blog.
Facebook Frolics, Rule of Lawless Dept. 0
Yet another Florida Woman.
Frozen 0
At the Minneapolis Star-Tribune, Tom Horner suggests that it’s time for Texas to man up and take some responsibility for itself.
Image via Juanita Jean.
Vaccine Nation 0
It’s an all about me and to hell with the rest of you nation.
