Who actually controls the ‘Overton Window’??? From Wiki… In the early 1990s, Joseph Overton described a spectrum from “more free” to “less free” with regard to governmental intervention, which he presented graphically on a vertical axis to avoid comparison with … Continue reading
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To start the week!!! A fellow walked into a pet store and was looking at the animals on display. While he was there, a Chief Master Sergeant from the local Air Force Base walked in and said to the shopkeeper, “I’d like a line-service monkey please.” … Continue reading
Welp. the WNBA front office has been heard from… “We embrace justice equity, diversity, and inclusion,” the statement read. “Those are the values that unite this Union and allow it to protect women’s sports while creating transformational change. Hate, abuse, … Continue reading
This… ROTFLMAO! Former NBA Draft first round pick (3rd overall in 2011) Enes Kanter Freedom, who has been an adamant opponent of LeBron James, the Chinese Communist Party, Nike, along with more political activism, which he believes blackballed him from … Continue reading
I cannot believe kids today don’t ‘like’ root beer floats! Every year on National Root Beer Float Day, Americans celebrate the frothy combination of root beer and vanilla ice cream — a summertime favorite whose story begins centuries before the … Continue reading
Many moons ago… We had this ‘thing’ called the ‘Circuit’. Deployment site to Utapao, Thailand, to Diego Garcia, to Bandar Abbas, Iran, and ‘other places as directed’, then back… With flights from each location on what were known as MAP … Continue reading
Anybody want to bet on whether or not the WNBA/Las Vegas accepts it??? The WNBA has once again found itself embroiled in controversy, thanks in large part to the reaction from Sophie Cunningham’s comments on male competition in women’s sports. When Cunningham … Continue reading
So much for the vaunted ‘accuracy’… The controversy surrounding Flock cameras primarily centers on privacy and fears of a surveillance state. However, the cloud-based license-plate-reading system’s accuracy and effectiveness have also drawn scrutiny. In one particularly egregious case, an internal … Continue reading
To start the week… Words not yet in the Dictionary- ACCORDIONATED (ah kor’ de on ay tid) adj. Being able to drive and refold a road map at the same time. AQUADEXTROUS (ak wa deks’ trus) adj. Possessing the ability … Continue reading
This ‘problem’ has been a known problem long time, just like the muni power systems… Cyberattacks targeting municipal water systems have been reported in at least seven states this week, prompting the FBI and the Environmental Protection Agency to warn … Continue reading