Sometimes, often, it is O.K. to say “I don’t know enough about this to have an opinion” If the problem is critical, it’s time to find out more information.
Monthly Archives: February 2021
19 posts
Sept 7, 2021 Pres Joe Biden, “People are beginning to realize this is much, much bigger than anyone was willing to believe. And the whole segment of our population denying this thing called climate change. But I really mean it.” When hundred year storms happen every ten years…When the Colorado […]
Just because someone has a lot of responsibility, say running a large company, doesn’t mean that they know how to solve big problems. Because the skills necessary in running a big company are not the same as those needed to solve big problems. Keeping the shareholders happy by meeting profit […]
Get a Windows 10 (or other version) boot image (e.g. windows.iso) file by downloading from Microsoft. Insert the USB thumb drive. Note what device Linux has given it. (e.g. /dev/sdb ). Put a partition on the drive with fdisk. Put a file system on the drive with mkfs.fat -F32 Copy […]
JESSICA WATKIN’S MOTION FOR RELEASE TO HOME CONFINEMENT “She has no prior criminal convictions and has honorably served her country in the military, including a tour in Afghanistan.” “Beginning in 2020, then President Trump told the public that the only way he could lose the presidential election was if the […]
I kid my British friends about being subjects to a Queen. How anachronistic and outmoded. They reply that they live in a Constitutional Monarchy. But how can that be, if you don’t have a Constitution? Our Constitution was modeled after the Roman Republic, and starts with the line, “We the […]
I have learned to make sense of this. One very simple rule — Everything that Mr. Trump says is a lie. It makes my life a lot simpler. I don’t have to try to make sense of what he says. Just one simple rule. Everything Donald Trump says is a […]
The Honorable Senator Roy Blunt apparently commented on Feb 10, 2021, “Well, you know, you have a summer where people all over the country are doing similar kinds of things.” This quote is attributed to Manu Raju who is the CNN Chief Congressional correspondent. If true, Roy Blunt is equating […]
Yesterday, I filed my candidacy form with the U.S. Federal Elections Committee (FEC). I am running for United States (U.S.) Senate in 2022 for the state of Missouri. Shorthand it reads, “Strauss for 22”. Part of declaring is forming a Campaign Committee and getting my ducks in a row in […]
In Ancient Greece, the ancient city of Athens brought us many cherished things including Democracy and the Olympics. Democracy is the rule of the City State by the people. The Olympics an athletic contest for all with a single victor for each race. For democracy to work, all citizens had […]