As a professor of engineering mechanics, I taught a section on virtual work. This is a consideration of an a fractional displacement of a structure. You then calculate the work performed by the structure for this displacement. Then one makes the assumption that the structure is in equilibrium. So that […]
US Politics
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I can say that the last presidential election of 2024 was a referendum on Sex: What is the position of Woman in our political realm? For one can say just about anything about the election. Was it a referendum on aging and the 25th amendment? Or a referendum on the […]
This is a favorite politician’s rhetorical device. There he/she stands on a podium, surrounded by teleprompters, secret service guards, sharpshooters, and an adoring crowd of thousands. Not to mention the millions of households watching on cable, broadcast and listening on radio. “Are you better off now, today, than you were […]
These are notes I have typed in from S.I. Hayakawa lecture 1968 on “General Semantics and Propaganda”. Albert Korzybski said, “The map is not the terrain”. 1. comparing the relationship of a language with reality with the relationship of maps with territories. 2. the map is not the territory, the […]
This week I heard the news of two U.S. Naval aviators downed near Mount Rainier. They were flying an F-18 which is a carrier based fighter jet. Their plane was a Growler variant which is modified for electronic warfare. The F-18 is a two seater. Both aviators were 31 years […]
I play the guitar and sing at the Gateway Arch this summer of 2024. The season is not yet over, the days are hot, but we have noticed that they are getting shorter. From where I stand, it takes about a solid hour for its shadow to pass over me. […]
I don’t have any business commenting about the recent Supreme Court decision. I can appeal to the old adage, “The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.” But the envisioned worse-case scenarios might be at an apocalyptic Judgement Day where the Courts, […]
Today, the Israelis rescued four hostages from captivity in Gaza. This is not what this blog posting is about. The New York Times headline reads “Israel’s Military Says It Rescued Four Hostages.” This is poorly written and shows clear bias. It can be termed propaganda. It is simpler to write […]
July 9, 1868. Section 3: “No person shall…hold any office, civil or military, under the United States,…,who having previously taken an oath,…, as an officer of the United States,…, to support the Constitution of the United States, shall have engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the same, or given aid […]
