Driving

One of the leading causes of death in America is automobile accidents for people between the ages of 15-64.

We all take this for granted and don’t talk about it or worry about it much.  We should.

You are four times more likely to die in a car crash than be murdered, three times more likely than suicide, and higher than cancer or heart disease.… read more “Driving”

Best Rehabilitation / Recidivism Reduction Method For Prisoners

I would like to propose what I believe would be the best rehabilitation / recidivism reduction method for most criminals. Prisoners should be made to work for real businesses and be allowed to save the money they earn there. This would allow them to learn real skills that will give them hope after they are released and reduce the risk of them reoffending.… read more “Best Rehabilitation / Recidivism Reduction Method For Prisoners”

Prediction: HBO Subscribers Cancel En Masse

I have a prediction that HBO is going to lose a huge proportion of their subscribers now that Game of Thrones is finished and especially since it finished in a way that was the dissatisfying for so many people. I for one am canceling immediately. I actually thought the ending was okay, but HBO has nothing left that interests me.

What Truly Brings Happiness For Me?

For many years now I have meticulously tracked in a spreadsheet all the important things to me that I did that day. It looks like this (and extends out with many more columns and rows):

Today, I decided to correlate one column – Happiness – with each of the other columns. I have rated Happiness on a scale of 1-10 for years each day.… read more “What Truly Brings Happiness For Me?”

Gresham’s Law Says America In Trouble

Gresham’s Law, named for the financier Thomas Gresham, states that in a system of circulating currency, forged currency will tend to drive out real currency, as real currency is hoarded and forged currency is spent. We see a similar result in human systems, as with bad behavior driving out good behavior in a crumbling moral system, or bad practices driving out good practices in a crumbling economic system.

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Emergency Climate Situation

https://techcrunch.com/2019/05/12/co2-in-the-atmosphere-just-exceeded-415-parts-per-million-for-the-first-time-in-human-history/

Look at that chart. CO2 levels are now higher than they have been in millions of years.

The solution here is easy- switch to nuclear power for power plants and most transportation (electric cars and nuclear powered cargo ships like our navy ships), and tax any CO2 generating activity at a high level globally.

Why won’t we switch to nuclear power?… read more “Emergency Climate Situation”

Merrill Lynch / Bank Of America’s Investment Platform is VERY Disappointing

I moved a good chunk of money into Bank America’s Merrill Lynch investment trading platform. I discovered in short order that the only funds they had were funds that had extremely high management fees. After calling in to discuss this with one of their representatives, I moved all my funds into Interactive Brokers – far better range of options and much better fees.