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Item #1: Trump Unveils DOGE: pic.twitter.com/Vnk4MCAofY — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) November 13, 2024 What better way to reduce government waste than to create a government agency tasked with that. This is like something pulled strait from Idiocracy. Also, DOGE will have to seek committee approval before it can actually cut anything. Nothing will change. Nothing… Continue reading The Daily View: 11/14/2024: DOGE, Crime and Prisons, Conspiracy Theories, Crypto Regulation, IQ

I saw this going viral Why Is the Tesla Cybertruck So Depressingly Ugly?, by Ted Gioia. Regarding the part about the Eiffel Tower, this logic would only apply if his was the only Cybertruck, similar to there only being a single Eiffel Tower, instead of being a mass-produced automobile. But overall, this whole article comes… Continue reading In Praise of the Cybertruck

There has been a lot of speculation of how a second Trump term will affect the economy. Similar to his first term, I am bullish on the stock market and fully-invested. Here are my thoughts. 1. Deficits will surge, but it won’t be a big deal for investors. The stock market will keep going up… Continue reading Trump economic policy and predictions; why I am bullish on stocks

Following Kamala Harris’ loss to president-elect Donald Trump, as to be expected, there is a lot of blame going around as to why she lost. Much of the blame centers around her running a bad campaign or making the same mistakes has Hillary made in 2016. Or maybe Trump cheated. Or perhaps she was simply… Continue reading Did the media cost Harris the 2024 election?

Elon Musk is yet again the man of the hour. Elon can do no wrong. I have never seen anyone as consistently able to deliver as he is. After the July assassination attempt, he went all-in on Trump when no one other billionaire would. Having acquired Twitter, he repurposed the platform to help secure what… Continue reading Elon Musk–the man of the hour.

The case for Trump. Why I'm voting for Kamala Harris. pic.twitter.com/WpRVWSGuPd — Richard Spencer (@RichardBSpencer) November 2, 2024 He inadvertently makes the case for Trump. Trump–love or hate him–as president will make the world safer by acting as a deterrent against war. Biden oversaw three major conflicts, those being Ukraine vs. Russia, Gaza vs. Israel,… Continue reading The Case for Trump

Another post by Paul Graham, Writes and Write-Nots. The reason so many people have trouble writing is that it’s fundamentally difficult. To write well you have to think clearly, and thinking clearly is hard. For some reason, writing and thinking are often equated. They are not the same thing. Writing is a subset of thinking,… Continue reading Writing is not the same as thinking

Academic-style writing is characterized by defensive or hedging language, an abundance of citations, and being overly charitable to the opposing side by writing for the most skeptical reader in mind or anticipating objections. However, it’s criticized as being inauthentic or ambiguous. Or it reads as if the writer is prevaricating or beating around the bush… Continue reading Academic-style writing persists because it works

When one thinks of a hard subject, often what comes to mind are ‘STEM’ subjects, (e.g. math and physics), not the humanities, which are assumed to be more subjective and less rigorous. But such impreciseness also makes the humanities harder in some ways. Objectivity creates boundaries and rules, which can be generalized and repeated. A… Continue reading Why good writing is one of the hardest things ever

I saw this going viral 50 Years Ago, Sugar Industry Paid Scientists to Point Blame at Fat. Every few years this story resurfaces. It’s popular narrative, and maybe there is some truth to it in that ‘big sugar’ sought lay the blame at the feet of fat. But this does not mean that sugar to… Continue reading Stop blaming obesity on sugar