“We do not believe any group of men adequate enough or wise enough to operate without scrutiny or without criticism. We know that the only way to avoid error is to detect it, that the only way to detect it is to be free to inquire. We know that in secrecy error undetected will flourish and subvert.” –J. Robert Oppenheimer
The Battle of Trenton First off I have to burst some bubbles--any that have survived the past couple of weeks. The Battle of Trenton did not happen on Christmas Day after a crossing of the partially frozen Delaware on Christmas Eve. No, it happened the day after Christmas after a crossing begun on Christmas. (Christmas … Continue reading 2020·12·26 KMAG Daily Thread
More On The Great Conjunction NOTE: There is some confusion about this, and it's MY fault for not explaining it well enough. Regardless of where you are, you should be out basically as soon as it gets fairly dark, and watch until Jupiter and Saturn set. There IS an instant of absolute closest approach between … Continue reading 2020·12·19 KMAG Daily Thread
The Great Conjunction Instead of politics, I'm going to talk about what's about to happen on the 21st at about 5PM. Jupiter and Saturn, which appear in the southwestern sky shortly after sunset, will appear in our sky only 6 arc minutes apart. When they come close to each other like this, it's called a … Continue reading 2020·12·12 KMAG Daily Thread
Shitstorm Saturday I generally copy an old post to start the new one. With five eagle pictures in my rotation, I grabbed my last post from October. The election hadn't even happened yet. What a world of difference in five weeks. Still waiting for the big boom of something happening in POTUS's favor in terms … Continue reading 2020·12·05 KMAG Daily Thread
Dummy post, copied an old post, comments disabled. Shitstorm Saturday? As usual I am writing this Thursday evening, so there's a decent chance something Big, something that's not just a Boom or even a Kaboom, but a Kaf*ckingboom, has happened between then and the time you're reading this! WordPress Still Sucks. I decided to go … Continue reading 2020·12·04 KMAG Daily Thread
Shitstorm Saturday! KRAKEN RELEASED! I start these posts by going back and grabbing the post from five weeks ago (since I currently have five different eagle banners), copying it, then editing. The old post is from before the election (October 24) and talks about Biden's performance in the third debate. Yes, that was fresh news … Continue reading 2020·11·28 KMAG Daily Thread
Shitstorm Saturday:The Kraken Unleashed!! What a spectacle! It's Thursday evening in Colorado, Friday morning on the East Coast (you know, the place where the people think we're just their frigging backyard live). So as I write this, I have no idea what happened on Friday. Hopefully the Kraken left some footprints around with tiny little … Continue reading 2020·11·21 KMAG Daily Thread
Shitstorm Saturday! Yeah, we’re definitely in a shitstorm right now, and we're starting to respond to the other side's opening salvos. Assuming things go as we hope (and for the most part, expect) this will be looked upon as one of the pivotal points in history we will consider ourselves lucky to have witnessed. (On … Continue reading 2020·11·14 KMAG Daily Thread
Shitstorm Saturday. Finally! (And how not to spend it curled up in fetal position saying "Oh, shit!") Yeah, we're definitely in a shitstorm right now, and worse (for our morale) is that our side hasn't really answered the other side's opening salvo. However, even a skeptic/pessimist like me can see we are gathering our forces … Continue reading 2020·11·07 KMAG Daily Thread
Shitstorm Saturday? As usual I am writing this Thursday evening, so there's a decent chance something Big, something that's not just a Boom or even a Kaboom, but a Kaf*ckingboom, has happened between then and the time you're reading this! WordPress Sucks. I decided to go back to the eagle from my first post. I … Continue reading 2020·10·31 KMAG Daily Thread