I ran across an article in the Wall Street Journal entitled “The best podcasts for self-improvement.”

I find it (frankly) a bit fascinating that our culture continues this quest for self-improvement when a fair part of the planet still doesn’t have clean water or food.

Do the people of well-off European and Asian countries have this level of anxiety such that these self-help podcasts or books are in equal demand?   That would probably take some real research, which would take me from casual observer to social scientist.

But I wonder if the planet’s push toward meeting everyone’s physical needs (food, water, shelter) will simply push us to worrying about mental/spiritual needs as opposed to physical needs? Maybe we will always need to worry about something?

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Like most rationale Americans, I can’t figure out how the 2016 election has come down to the Clown versus the Political Operative. Here’s all you need to know about this election: A June 29 Quinnipiac University poll showed voters found Trump more trustworthy than Hillary by 45 to 37 percent.

Donald Trump, this modern-day PT Barnum with less business acumen; this reality TV mountebank who looks like an  Oompa Loompa with a bad haircut; this waste of space is MORE trustworthy than Hillary Clinton. The sad fact is that the entire Clinton clan are a bunch of disingenuous, megalomaniac, lying Arkansas backwater slugs. The only thing more disturbing than Trump’s hair are Hillary’s pantsuits.

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As Donald Trump and other jingoistic morons clamor for a clamp down on immigration (hey, we’re here, screw the rest of the world), the WSJ runs another story of the ridiculous, fraudulent Visa scam, the EB-5 Visa program: http://on.wsj.com/28Niqlw.

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April 4, 2016: Interesting article in the NY Post today – yes, the NY Post. The headline for the article is “Millennials are being dot-conned by cult-like tech companies.”

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In the wake of yesterday’s terrorist bombings in Brussels, Presidential candidate Donald Trump has revised his controversial fence policy. He sat down with editors of the New York Herald Tribune for an interview.

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The New York Herald Tribune reported today that it had reviewed the leaked medical records of Donald Trump. It appears his personal physician, Juan Diego de Hernandez, inadvertently left these records on Seat 9c of Aeromexico flight 93 from JFK to Mexico City. According to the Herald Tribune these records indicate the following:

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I ascribe to the alleged Tennessee Williams’ dictum:

There are only three great cities in the United States: New York, San Francisco, and New Orleans. All the rest are Cleveland.

Alleged because it’s not clear that he actually said it or who did. But the sentiment is right on. Yes, call me bigoted. I was born in NYC, went to college in NYC and lived in the area for 25 years and now reside in San Francisco. New Orleans: yep, been there a couple of times: it’s gritty, authentic, decadent; it’s got great food, great music, great history. It’s where adults and derelicts go for fun.

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Last night’s Republican “Presidential” debate looked more like an episode of American Idol than a serious discussion of this country’s many ills. A couple of observations:

•  Megyn Kelly looked like she’d spent nine hours in the makeup chair. The only one with more makeup on was Bret Baier. I must have missed the segment where they actually asked policy questions because it looked to me like they lobbed a couple of softballs up and then pulled out the Tim Russert “I’ve got you” pop-ups.
• Penis jokes, really?
• Have any of these jokers ever read the Federalist Papers? Is it possible that any of them even know what they are?
• Have we become such a superficial society that this quasi-reality show, made-for-TV free-for-all is what passes for serious debate? I wonder if this is how the Lincoln-Douglas debates went down?

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Back in the early days you’d get junk mail in your good old mailbox. With the Internet we know have junk email. One large offender that somehow slips through my spam filter: Search Engine Optimization (SEO) trolls. Yes I know you create great websites and you’ll make sure my company shows up at the top of every Google search. You’ve developed breathtaking websites with blah, blah, blah. Here’s one I just received with my comments in parentheses. Continue reading “SEO Junk Email” →