I am livid because this has been going on, to my knowledge, for forty-five years. What; you ask? The failure to correct native speakers of English when the words they use are incomprehensible or just plain wrong.
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It is quite often observed that people “play the victim card,” as if they like that role in life. I do not agree. However, it does seem that victims of unjust behavior prefer to believe that they are being specially targeted and that, somehow makes them feel important. So, they hold on to their victimization instead of targeting the abusers to make them stop. It ends up being a mutual validation society. Continue reading →

Wealth management is now an industry whose workforce is aging and, because of democratization, their strategies will have to change. Behavioral economics is going to be their guide. How far we have come from counting angels dancing on the head of a pin!
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When a figment of the imagination is substituted for material assets, unlimited acquisition and accumulation become possible because there are no natural limits. For that matter, it is not possible to limit a figment of the imagination, especially not by restricting its physical representation. Substitutes are also in infinite supply.
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When I went out to fill the bird feeder, I heard a bull frog croaking in the pond. First time in years.
After I filled the bird feeder and came back to distribute some fish pellets, a luncheon plate sized turtled scurried into the deep part under the lily pads. The tail was about five inches long.
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The U.S. was founded by the commercial class which sustains itself by moving resources, including people, around. Think of the as similar to termites building mounds of dirt. Humans have idealized the behavior by inventing filthy lucre. Collecting and hoarding are basic instinctive behaviors that sustain primitive organisms. When cognitive functions in humans are missing or deficient, humans resort to the basics. A guaranteed basic income would eliminate a lot of strife. “No free lunch” is not a virtuous declaration.
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For some reason, this graph ended up in drafts. Then it was discontinued. The bottom falling out was just too much! Recent news is good. Federal tax revenues are up and economic growth is exceeding pre-pandemic predictions.

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I cut the grass.
Over night I was thinking about the words Conservatives really do not like.
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To get formatted for the web, the VHS video had to be digitized for a disk that could play on a computer and then to access the files to edit a portion, I had to run it through Handbrake and then reassembled the images with iMovie. Now it can be uploaded here, on FB and on Youtube.