"Sheriff Department Kudos"
Last night I was driving late in a rental car from the Missoula airport to visit my dad.
I was swerving a wee bit now and then, playing with the unfamiliar rental car gadgets, looking at the stars on a clear night, navigating with my phone, and... I was a bit tired.
Got pulled over by a Ravalli County deputy sheriff.
I thanked him, asked for a sobriety test, and congratulated him for protecting his citizens.
It only delayed me ten minutes, and he bid me safely on my way.
Excellent public service.
Last night I was driving late in a rental car from the Missoula airport to visit my dad.
I was swerving a wee bit now and then, playing with the unfamiliar rental car gadgets, looking at the stars on a clear night, navigating with my phone, and... I was a bit tired.
Got pulled over by a Ravalli County deputy sheriff.
I thanked him, asked for a sobriety test, and congratulated him for protecting his citizens.
It only delayed me ten minutes, and he bid me safely on my way.
Excellent public service.
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"Greenland"
Greenland is not a sovereign nation. It is someone's property.
I say, let's buy it.
Just because there are tenants in a rental does not mean that the house can't be sold.
And we don't have to evict the current occupants. We can work something out.
Something tells me that the new owners can afford to fix up the property more than the previous owners. The existing tenants should come out ahead.
Greenland is not a sovereign nation. It is someone's property.
I say, let's buy it.
Just because there are tenants in a rental does not mean that the house can't be sold.
And we don't have to evict the current occupants. We can work something out.
Something tells me that the new owners can afford to fix up the property more than the previous owners. The existing tenants should come out ahead.
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World “Health” Organization
I was tracking and reporting the WHO numbers on Covid-19 from late 2019, and can affirm that their numbers and ideology were not only incorrect and misleading, they were anti-human life and anti-US interests.
The US should not be supporting any organizations that are opposed to our own interests, especially when they threaten our lives and the lives of our loved ones.
How refreshing to see us cleaning house.
On the other hand, experience teaches me that centralized governments seldom act in the public interest. Typically, what sounds good at first ends up being worse than what we started with.
Citizens need to stay alert and to hold our officials accountable.
I was tracking and reporting the WHO numbers on Covid-19 from late 2019, and can affirm that their numbers and ideology were not only incorrect and misleading, they were anti-human life and anti-US interests.
The US should not be supporting any organizations that are opposed to our own interests, especially when they threaten our lives and the lives of our loved ones.
How refreshing to see us cleaning house.
On the other hand, experience teaches me that centralized governments seldom act in the public interest. Typically, what sounds good at first ends up being worse than what we started with.
Citizens need to stay alert and to hold our officials accountable.
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"Questions for a KY Clerk"
1. Who is responsible for the security and integrity of our elections?
2. How much voter fraud have you found in our elections?
3. KY has some of the dirtiest voter rolls in the country. Why?
4. It's been proven in court that many of the people in our voter rolls should not be in the rolls. Why haven't they been removed?
5. It's been shown in the US and in several other countries that running paper elections locally is far more secure and about ten times less expensive. Why don't we switch?
1. Who is responsible for the security and integrity of our elections?
2. How much voter fraud have you found in our elections?
3. KY has some of the dirtiest voter rolls in the country. Why?
4. It's been proven in court that many of the people in our voter rolls should not be in the rolls. Why haven't they been removed?
5. It's been shown in the US and in several other countries that running paper elections locally is far more secure and about ten times less expensive. Why don't we switch?
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"2026 - The Year of the Audit"
The person sitting next to me on the plane is a CPA. He has an interesting mix of political views, but he said something I want to remember.
He called 2026, "The Year of the Audit."
He asked me if the entire country was as messed up as Minnesota is, and why I thought it was so. My answer:
"Too many years of affluence and laziness by our citizens. America is an experiment in self-government. We've been neglecting our civic duties, allowing others to teach our children, run the government, and run our elections. This mess is decades in the making."
The person sitting next to me on the plane is a CPA. He has an interesting mix of political views, but he said something I want to remember.
He called 2026, "The Year of the Audit."
He asked me if the entire country was as messed up as Minnesota is, and why I thought it was so. My answer:
"Too many years of affluence and laziness by our citizens. America is an experiment in self-government. We've been neglecting our civic duties, allowing others to teach our children, run the government, and run our elections. This mess is decades in the making."
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“Digital Astronomy and Microscopy”
The sensitivity and resolution of cameras when combined with modern computing has reached the point where just about anyone can produce stunning images of our universe from their backyard. It is fun to watch!
But even though the resulting images are indeed remarkable, there is something that is lost; the magic of seeing something with your own eyes in real time.
When I was a boy, I had a compound microscope with a mirror to illuminate the slides that I had prepared myself. Watching those little buggers swimming around, and seeing the various cell structures found in nature *with my own eyes* was addicting, and forever changed my perception of life.
When I was in college, I had the key to the physics lab and the observatory. Looking at the moon and planets with my own eyes through the 8” refractive and 12” Newtonian telescopes was addicting, and forever changed how I view the universe.
If you have a curious child or grandchild and you want to give them a telescope or microscope, consider the gift an investment… make their first experiences exhilarating by avoiding the digital screen versions.
Looking at computer-generated images is fun and illuminating, but it is not the same thing as real-time images with your own eyes.
You can set a kid up with a large field of view compound microscope for under $300. Worth every penny. Similar for telescopes. And the lessons they learn by tinkering with their own hands are invaluable.
The sensitivity and resolution of cameras when combined with modern computing has reached the point where just about anyone can produce stunning images of our universe from their backyard. It is fun to watch!
But even though the resulting images are indeed remarkable, there is something that is lost; the magic of seeing something with your own eyes in real time.
When I was a boy, I had a compound microscope with a mirror to illuminate the slides that I had prepared myself. Watching those little buggers swimming around, and seeing the various cell structures found in nature *with my own eyes* was addicting, and forever changed my perception of life.
When I was in college, I had the key to the physics lab and the observatory. Looking at the moon and planets with my own eyes through the 8” refractive and 12” Newtonian telescopes was addicting, and forever changed how I view the universe.
If you have a curious child or grandchild and you want to give them a telescope or microscope, consider the gift an investment… make their first experiences exhilarating by avoiding the digital screen versions.
Looking at computer-generated images is fun and illuminating, but it is not the same thing as real-time images with your own eyes.
You can set a kid up with a large field of view compound microscope for under $300. Worth every penny. Similar for telescopes. And the lessons they learn by tinkering with their own hands are invaluable.
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“Climate Change?”
No. The January global temperature continues to track the simple model I posted in December.
For more details, watch here: Follow the [Climate] Data with Dr Frank
https://youtu.be/ykhXrfdNHvU
No. The January global temperature continues to track the simple model I posted in December.
For more details, watch here: Follow the [Climate] Data with Dr Frank
https://youtu.be/ykhXrfdNHvU
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"Horseshoes and Hand Grenades"
How accurate is my empirical model for the global average Earth temperature?
83% of the time, the model is within 0.2°C of the satellite observations (see graph).
Some of the deviations are larger, reflecting individual significant events such as volcanic eruptions or solar events. But the error analysis supports the conclusion that the majority of deviations from the model simply reflect natural variability in the earth climate feedback system.
When you think about it, the climate feedback systems are quite remarkable to maintain such a consistent global temperature, even compensating for large perturbating events.
Humans could not survive on Earth without them.
For a more complete discussion, see: https://youtu.be/ykhXrfdNHvU
How accurate is my empirical model for the global average Earth temperature?
83% of the time, the model is within 0.2°C of the satellite observations (see graph).
Some of the deviations are larger, reflecting individual significant events such as volcanic eruptions or solar events. But the error analysis supports the conclusion that the majority of deviations from the model simply reflect natural variability in the earth climate feedback system.
When you think about it, the climate feedback systems are quite remarkable to maintain such a consistent global temperature, even compensating for large perturbating events.
Humans could not survive on Earth without them.
For a more complete discussion, see: https://youtu.be/ykhXrfdNHvU
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