America Is A Fairytale
I am disenfranchised. The very idea of America is becoming a fairytale. We are being asked to take things on “faith” when the facts are in direct opposition to it. My twins used to…
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The New Social Media Police
It may be too radical, so I don’t want to associate the word “evangelist” with chatGPT, so I will stop short and invoke the word “puritan”. Artificial intelligence is minding the shop and functioning as…
Consider This
If you look closely at your, mine and everyone’s profile, you will see a message, informing you that you are a digital creator and that your pages are or are not monetized. Facebook is monetizing…
Reparations
The present debate concerning reparations for slavery has hit the expected wall. “It would be wrong to single out one race of people over the rest, when so many groups have suffered,” is the present…
Self Driving Dilemma
Over the last 50 years I have driven cabs, tour buses, shuttle vans, and city buses. The focus on driverless cars ignores the thousands of vehicle versus pedestrians, cycles and other vehicles every day. Contrary…
Why They Are Dangerous
This is the difference in me and them. As an independent, I browse sites and pages from both sides of the aisle, and I post and repost information and memes from both sides. Some of…
What Thoughts Matter?
When I first spotted this ad, I was predictably insensitive to it, but then, because I am consistently on the fence when it comes to what freedom of speech truly means in a melting pot,…
Entertanment 101
Before y’all start crying about body shaming, that is not what this is about… This is from an entertainment perspective We recently saw pictures from a Janet Jackson concert. She sounded great, but there was…
A New World Order
Get ready for the next wave of technology. If you have not already received a call from you “providers ” offering you a new money saving plan if you drop cable service and downsize to…
Street vendors
Another bonehead move by Los Angeles mayor and pandering chief executive, Eric Garcetti, was to allow vendors to set up shop anywhere they find a slot on the street. I don’t want to cause them…