Author: Joel Gross

“Why raise questions if you already have the answers? Russia long ago formulated answers to these questions.”

Brilliant and so true.

The problem here is the price is so high… US regulations strictly limit the amount of new doctors allowed per month. This keeps prices extremely high because supply can never meet demand. The key is to lift all the government restrictions on health care and allow many more practitioners to enter the field.

No one would need health insurance if the prices came down enough.… read more “Watch “Collapsed Lung, 11 Broken Bones, Dead Olympic Dream, and Fighting Health Insurance is the Worst Part” on YouTube”

When I lived in California, I purchased three vehicles over the years. Every single vehicle was just as the seller told me and worked well for years.

Since I have moved to Washington State, I have purchased three pieces of heavy equipment and two of them have had severe problems the seller lied about. I have also purchased three vehicles here and two of them have had severe problems.… read more “Washington State People Not Trustworthy”

https://www.reuters.com/world/india/war-with-ukraine-putin-puts-nuclear-deterrence-forces-alert-2022-02-27/

Putin is doing this to try to intimidate Western leaders into silence. It’s just continued bullying. The right answer to this behavior is to ignore it and smash his invading army in Ukraine. And to notify him that any use of nuclear, biological, chemical weapons will result in the death of him, his family, and all of his allies and friends.… read more “Putin puts nuclear forces on alert | Reuters”

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/klitschko-brothers-take-up-arms-fight-ukraine-2022-02-25/

I did weight lifting for years in my 20’s… I could squat 500+ lbs, bench 325 lbs several times, do 25 consecutive pullups with a wide grip or narrow grip, etc. I looked like a bodybuilder.

Then I did Crossfit for several years in my late twenties… more cardio, a bit less weights.

Then rock climbing for several years in my early thirties.… read more “Weight lifting, cardio, exercise.”

My big picture opinion on the Ukraine Conflict: Dictators Putin and Jinping are ramping up invasions of Ukraine and Taiwan to capture new territory as free nations have done nothing to support their previous subjugation of Crimea and Hong Kong. Adolf Hitler in the 1930’s used a similar strategy of gradually conquering more and more territory while free nations twiddled their thumbs.… read more “Ukraine Conflict / Russian Invasion”

I think cycling gives me a much greater appreciation for modern power generation. The people who came before us for a hundred thousand years had our intelligence, they just had to do tons of work to get even basic tasks done. I think the industrial revolution was what actually abolished slavery; prior to that most human societies utilized various forms of it.… read more “Industrial Revolution Abolished Slavery”