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America Has an Autoimmune Disease New Medical Discovery at PUI (Punditus Universal Institute) America Losing Its Grip! I had one helluva grip in the day. To grasp the full implications of this sociomedical discovery, it's necessary to mine some bit-terms. SocioMedical Terms Civilization : the list of humanity's flaws with various attempts to correct for them. There is a positive side effect . Humanity : the first hominid to evolve a big brain and have this great body with hands, eyes, etc. Flaws :  Tends to feud among themselves; Deceitful to varying degrees; Capable of destructive rage; Selfish along with unselfish; Possessive & territorial; Acquisitive; Short sighted; Slow to adapt to change; Intelligent in a wide spectrum... Oh the list is long. Positive side effect : All the effort to correct for the flaws lets the strengths and productive traits arise. Attempts to correct : Depends on the objective.  A civilization with the objective of be

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The U.S. is Again #1 in Supercomputer speed... . ..For a bit You should see my graphics! The machine is named Summit, and it's designed for A.I. (Artificial Intelligence). Here's the well written story on it in the NY Times. Sure, the U.S. is ahead by a nose...But it's just for a bit. There is a worldwide race for supercomputing supremacy, because the stakes are so incredibly high. We are in the lead at this moment, and congratulations to the computer scientists as Oak Ridge National Labs, and let's celebrate while we can.  But watch your flanks; that may be a Chinese quantum computer coming around to the side door. No Time to Sit On our Graphics Cards!

The Holy Grail - REAL Investigative Reporting Money Hungry Managed Care Company in THE Under-regulated State Harm to babies in the pursuit of profits The Dallas Morning News has been one helluva newspaper for a long time. Under the leadership of Publisher Jim Moroney, a huge investigation was started over a year ago. The findings are devastating. Texas, My Texas Just imagine, a healthcare company more interested in profits than saving lives of babies! Just imagine a "managed-care" company denying care, but still talking the (BIG) money! Just imagine fictitious doctor "networks!" Just imagine, state officials failing at every level in overseeing it all! OK, stop imagining and look at this stunning bit of real, super documented,  investigative journalism. Roll up your sleeves and READ THE REPORT HERE. PAIN AND PROFIT

Duking It Out in the Comments Sections     I just have to write comments a lot. Thats a disgusting habit I've got. ... and mostly it's good old politics that fires up my fingers, pushing my purely polarized platitudes across the  pissoire of passionate positions. Political positions, that is.* NM Political Report story:   Understaffed National Parks   Stop complaining! Long lines are the National Park tradition. Scooter Duff   "Government is bad," the Reagan mantra, is pushed into the self-fulfilling prophecy range by underfunding government's critical jobs. (Of course that leaves more money to give to major funders via tax cuts.) No problem! Just privatize the National Parks. The Republican way. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Washington Post : Ann Telnaes cartoon:    Trump deal w/Chinese money and “saving Chinese jobs . ”  Lower, lower! scifiscooter The Forever Trumpsters must feel like their fingers are caught in a Chi

A Lost Kitty Event Defined Genders? Who Knew?* It all started like this, a post on our Nextdoor.com neighborhood bulletin board. My favorite cat had just poofed away. I waited three days - her longest away time so far - and put this out: Lost Black Kitty Our feral-turned-garage-cat has gone missing. Totally black with her left ear clipped by the feral rescue folks, Black Kitty has those luminescent aquamarine eyes and is a purely one-man cat, partially rehabbed from full feral. She will be hard to catch. If you see a smallish black cat, please give us a call. 281-5165. Thanks. (What I wrote on YouTube, celebrating the return.) Prodigal black cat named Black Kitty came home to her usual evening meal and rubdown in Olde Scooter's garage. Ten days gone. Her longest sojourn previously, three days. So I had accepted here gone-ness, mourned her, and even started thinking about a new cat.  Then there she was. Never give up hope unless you find the body. Thank You Lord.

An Old Democrat's Take on "Guaranteed Jobs" and Such MAKE WORK   PUBLIC WORKS Done right (one of my fav sayings) great Public Works can work miracles . The Result of the WPA (Water Project for America) The Mississippi Flood of 2020 (and most other U.S. floods) became the End of Drought.  The solar and wind energy industry joined the oil companies as Majors.  American technology took another great leap. Agricultural subsidy took on an entirely new meaning.  Millions of Americans became owners of a dependable money machine.  Dying aquifers began refilling.  The Presidency regained some of its luster.  And the rest of the world began to emulate a plan that worked. Ok, it's just fiction, but plausible fiction. This is how America used to solve huge problems - like building the Interstate Highway System, or laying railway track over field and mountains. There is a huge difference between "Make Work" and "Public Works."