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Trump’s Plan to “Put a ring around” ISIS

Posted August 10th, 2015 @ 6:30pm in #Trump

Presidential candidate Donald Trump said today that he would “put a ring around ISIS” and take the oil, thus recouping some war costs and starving them of their resources at the same time.

I have no idea if that is a good plan or a bad plan. But in my 2004 book, The Religion War, I predicted that the the major powers would build a wall around the caliphate and starve it. And in July I updated that idea with the Filter Fence concept you can read here.

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What Next on the Slippery Slope to Freedom?

Posted August 10th, 2015 @ 10:42am in #marriage #polyamory #economics #freedom

One of my female friends has the view that monogamy is tantamount to slavery of men. Once you control a man’s access to sex, you own him.

This discussion requires some background briefing.

Fact: Men are happy when they are rubbing their penises on pleasant people or things. Or if they think they might soon. Or if they recently did. During other times, men are not as likely to be happy. But men are also human beings, and so they blame their bad moods on things like “stress” or a bad day at work.

Women can fact-check that claim by querying a man about his mood immediately before, during, or after sex. Now compare that answer to any randomly picked minute of the rest of his day. You might see a pattern.

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Success is a Relative Thing

Posted August 8th, 2015 @ 10:08pm in #einstein #religion

There is no such thing as absolute success. Success only has meaning in relation to other things. For example, my book, God’s Debris, is ranked #8 on a recent Amazon.com best seller list in the Religious Studies - Psychology category. That doesn’t seem like much of a success until you notice who placed 9th. It’s all relative.

Suck it, number nine!

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How Trump Becomes President

Posted August 5th, 2015 @ 9:33am in #Trump

I’m watching the Donald Trump campaign for president with the same amount of amusement as everyone else. The only difference is that I think he has a legitimate shot at becoming president. You’ll choke when I tell you why, because you’ll agree.

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Robots Read News - about the murdered Hitchbot

Posted August 4th, 2015 @ 8:52am

If your firewall blocks the image, try seeing it on Twitter.

If you are not from around here, you probably don’t know that Google’s self-driving cars are a daily sighting in Mountainview California.

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Best. Complaint. Ever.

Posted August 3rd, 2015 @ 8:08pm

I got this complaint in my email today. This gentleman says my calendars used to be funny but they no longer are. Read top to bottom to see my response.

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What is Better Than a Republic?

Posted August 3rd, 2015 @ 11:05am in #ibm watson #healthcare #democracy #politics

Most of you would agree that our democratic system (a republic) is flawed in many ways, and yet it is still better than all the known alternatives.

So I thought I would come up with a better alternative.

Keep in mind that the Constitution of the United States was written before the Internet. I doubt the founders would have created the system we have today if they had better tools. So I will try to extend their thinking to modern times, when the Internet provides us with more options.

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New Olympic Event

Posted July 30th, 2015 @ 8:03am

I have often said that training your kid for the Olympics is a form of child abuse because it is such a waste of time and talent. Especially if you don’t win. Training for the Olympics is a good example of not following the odds.

But apparently things CAN get worse, at least for the athletes that will be swimming in the rivers in Rio that are equal parts poop and water.

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Living by the Odds

Posted July 29th, 2015 @ 10:09am

I like to live my life by the odds.

For example, I don’t often ride a bicycle because the risk of injury is high while the enjoyment can be matched by safer activities. For most of my sporting life I played tennis because it offers a good exercise-to-injury ratio. Even distance running is less safe.

As a result of my safety bias, and luck too, I have never had a sporting injury of any major consequence. Today, I really, really want to own a motorcycle. But I don’t like the odds. So I don’t.

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Thinking Strategically

Posted July 27th, 2015 @ 10:27am

Are you a strategic thinker or a victim?

You’re probably one or the other.

The other day a smart, attractive, 27-year old, white woman told me it was hard to get a job in California because she is a woman.

That’s a victim.

A few months ago I had a minor leg injury that looked like it would keep me from doing cardio for a few weeks. My first thought was that it was an opportunity to do more weight training on my upper body, which I wanted to do anyway.

That’s strategic thinking. Every problem creates an opportunity.

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