“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 details of the Coronavirus are sketchy and unreliable, which is why I avoided posting a thread. None of us want to spread bad information, and we don't want to OVERreact and spread hysteria. The problem with this issue is, that as fast as the disease is spreading, so is the bad information. Thus, this … Continue reading 20200125: Coronavirus
It was Wheatie's wonderful musical selection, early this morning on the daily open thread, that - as they say - HIT ME HARD, BRO!!! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A8T6UYZxNUQ Here it is - a beautiful musical selection for Christmas.... https://youtu.be/SQadcm_dwEM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SQadcm_dwEM My immediate thought upon seeing this beautiful video and hearing the young boys with their sweet voices was … Continue reading Remoralization
I get an enormous amount of mail, email, texts, and flyers for Republican candidates. I think I must be on every list of every candidate in every state. From California to Maine, Florida to Alaska, I get mailings and urgent texts like I live there. The reason is that I am cursed to see the … Continue reading For The Sake of One Honest Man: Why I'm Supporting Susan Collins
This ROCKTOBER [29] [PLACEHOLDER] TUESDAY open thread is VERY OPEN – a place for everybody to post whatever they feel they would like to tell the White Hats, and the rest of the MAGA / KAG! / KMAG world (KMAG being a bit of both MAGA and KAG!). You can say what you want, comment on what other people said, and … Continue reading Dear KMAG: 20191029 Open Topic
This ROCKTOBER [22] [PLACEHOLDER] TUESDAY open thread is VERY OPEN – a place for everybody to post whatever they feel they would like to tell the White Hats, and the rest of the MAGA / KAG! / KMAG world (KMAG being a bit of both MAGA and KAG!). You can say what you want, comment on what other people said, and … Continue reading Dear KMAG: 20191022 Open Topic
This ROCKTOBER [11] [NON-PLACEHOLDER] [NIGHT OF DAUGHN] [RELIEF PITCHER WOLF] [RALLY CELEBRATION] [TRUMP RALLY] FRIDAY open thread is VERY OPEN – a place for everybody to post whatever they feel they would like to tell the White Hats, and the rest of the MAGA / KAG! / KMAG world (KMAG being a bit of both MAGA and KAG!). You can say … Continue reading Dear KMAG: 20191011 Open Topic
This ROCKTOBER [08] [PLACEHOLDER] TUESDAY open thread is VERY OPEN – a place for everybody to post whatever they feel they would like to tell the White Hats, and the rest of the MAGA / KAG! / KMAG world (KMAG being a bit of both MAGA and KAG!). You can say what you want, comment on what other people said, and … Continue reading Dear KMAG: 20191008 Open Topic
This ROCKTOBER [01] [PLACEHOLDER] TUESDAY open thread is VERY OPEN – a place for everybody to post whatever they feel they would like to tell the White Hats, and the rest of the MAGA / KAG! / KMAG world (KMAG being a bit of both MAGA and KAG!). This month of ROCKTOBER is dedicated to our ROCK STAR President DJT. HOWEVER.... … Continue reading Dear KMAG: 20191001 Open Topic
The Moon's distance from Earth varies, but it it generally WITHIN a quarter of a million miles. Here is the "technical stuff" behind "quarter million". And one of the best pictorial demonstrations I have yet seen, of why "super moon" is actually a thing. https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c8/Lunar_perigee_apogee.png Lunar distance (LD or {\textstyle \Delta _{\oplus L}}), also called Earth–Moon distance, Earth–Moon characteristic distance, … Continue reading Quarter Millionth (Moon Distance) Post
This LIGHT IN SEPTEMBER [03] [PLACEHOLDER] TUESDAY open thread is VERY OPEN – a place for everybody to post whatever they feel they would like to tell the White Hats, and the rest of the MAGA / KAG! / KMAG world (KMAG being a bit of both MAGA and KAG!). LIGHT IN SEPTEMBER You can say what you want, comment on … Continue reading Dear KMAG: 20190903 Open Topic