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TV: House of the Dragon s3

So into it, I went back to reading the book.

Huh

This Yale Law Professor says children are hostages of their parents, and younger people, like college kids, have a better idea of what's best for future generations than their parents do. What a lunatic! On some level, I think he's close to getting at an interesting point but then totally loses it at the last minute. He says the family's priorities come before the children's. Does he fail to recognize these children are part of the family!?!

Despite All The Drama

I still have never watched a WNBA game. Not even one minute. 

Rent

If you think rent is expensive, try paying for housing upgrades, taxes, and landscaping. 

The dirt appreciates; the house depreciates.

NYC Communist Grocery Stores

Prediction: even if they were well-run, they'd still be inefficient and bad, but in practice they will almost certainly be poorly run, super inefficient, and terrible. 

The irony is that if they are good, they will simply be exploited/used by the folks who live nearby and paid for by the folks who don't live nearby. Hilarious. 

Democrats

I'd be more inclined to vote for them if they weren't blood-sucking communist leaches who intend to ruin this country and everyone in it. But that's just me. 

Even Handed

The rarest of rare things: an even-handed, sober outlook on foreign affairs. 

Yes, it would be entirely within reason to rebalance how the US deals with the Islamic world, especially in light of having a rival state on the world stage now.

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Film: Uncle Buck

Quite good in moments. Better than I remember. Totally paved the way for Home Alone and Ferris Bueller. Would be quite the triple watch.

Interesting Conclusion

This guy seems to think Israel and the US are behind the migrants from Morocco entering this place called Ceuta, a little area I've never ever heard of. Seems quite far-fetched. Are we to assume Trump even knows what this territory is?

Free Advice

Go to Mammoth Lakes and go hiking. Be prepared. 

Follow Up

On Trump not liking the Iran situation.

He doesn't know what he's doing. 

War

Getting this vague sense that Trump has no experience fighting wars.

Therapists and Parents

WSJ article claims therapists are behind the increasing number of children cutting off their parents. Counterintuitively, this makes a lot of sense to me as a parent who strongly encourages cutting off all relationships with therapists. 

Free Advice to Republicans

Pick a different hill to die on than supporting the woman who called a 5-year old kid the n-word on a playground.

Not a winning issue.

I Believe This

The number of words we speak a day is slipping. 

Or, are they just being replaced by text?

Good Work If You Can Get It

Coming around on this guy. He's discovered a little cottage industry of making DEI people look like total idiots. 

Genius

Man tricks students, catches 32/35 using AI. 

Racism 

For all the talk of systemic racism, the most obvious and glaring example, for some reason, is never discussed. The only reason folks hate on Caitlin Clark (and now, by extension, Sophie Cunningham) is her white skin. Not sure this is even debatable. All the folks spending their lives itching to find some racism finally get it thrust right in front of their faces and are silent.  

Odyssey 

I tried to see the movie before posting, but I just want to say how hilarious I find it that anyone - right or left thinks Nolan even had the option of not casting diverse actors. Make of that what you will.

Many Problems...

Can be solved by reading the instructions. 

Manual Cars

I read somewhere that driving one helps keep old people sharper. So no crosswords for me; whatever the most sensible manual car makes sense for me when the time comes shall be mine. Wish base model BMWs still had the option...

Is or Was or Will

Is Israel committing a genocide? Or did Israel commit a genocide? Or is Israel planning to commit a genocide? I'm never sure when people make the accusation. 

Network School

I only vaguely understand this concept and the world this place wants to build, but it doesn't seem freeing that on the whims of a local government (Malaysia), you can get the boot and have to entirely shift your operations to another random country where most people who attend won't speak the language or know the culture. I suppose it could work out, unless, of course, the Ukraine war spreads...