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LATEST ARTICLES ( 1995 )

• Former Maine State Senate President Majority Leader Rick Bennett on the Two Part...

  OpenPrimaries is having a video chat with Rick Bennett on this topic:“I’m running as an independent because Maine’s next chapter can’t be dictated by party... Read more

  Posted on 03 November 2025 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Yeah, I Would Have Picked Henry VIII...

  There's a joke about the Russian Tsar during the Kievan Rus picking a religion: The Tsar calls for representatives of all the world's religions to tell him abou... Read more

  Posted on 28 October 2025 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• The Big Beautiful Eff Up.

  

  I don't suffer from Trump Derangement Syndrome, but I do have to wonder how someone with a CV like his could become US President once, let alone twice. Read more

  Posted on 28 October 2025 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• 'Wha’ll Be King but Charlie' - Scottish Jacobite Song

  

  There's a lot of irony here in using a Jacobite song: especially since the movement is pretty much dead. Unless you're a septic or out of touch with the world. Read more

  Posted on 25 October 2025 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• AI is Denying Your Healthcare (and It's Getting Worse)

  More on why I think that Luigi Mangione is a total dickbrain. I mean he's supposed to be this tech genius, but he missed that it's Artificial Intelligence that... Read more

  Posted on 23 October 2025 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• How to Break the Two-party Hold on American Politics

  The problem with the "no Kings" movement is that they have no idea what they are talking about, which I affirm as someone who has lived in monarchies (UK,... Read more

  Posted on 21 October 2025 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• The Fallacious Thinking of the "No Kings" anti-Trumpers

  

  It’s nice to say ignorant things like « no kings » when Canada has a king and things are much better. The even more important aspect of that is that Canada IS... Read more

  Posted on 20 October 2025 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• The Fallacious Thinking of the "No Kings" anti-Trumpers

  

  They are ignorant of the fact that you would be having new elections if you still had a king because you would be under the Westminster system. Read more

  Posted on 18 October 2025 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Windows 11 Is a Lost Cause. Truly Destined for the Garbage. Don't Upgrade.

  I am amazed that hacker, open source culture didn't prevail in the computing world. Wozniak v JobsThe old Apple II, which was something you could configure... Read more

  Posted on 16 October 2025 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Meet Hugh Jeffreys, a Right to Repair Advocate

  

  I want to give a shout out to this person since he caught my eye with a video about fixing an old MacBook Pro. This, of course, would be something of interest t... Read more

  Posted on 12 October 2025 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Bring Down The Government!

  

  Or why is this man looking so smug?The bottom line is that if the US had a Westminster system, the government would be dissolved and there would be new... Read more

  Posted on 11 October 2025 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Dell Sells Linux Computers!

  

  I moved from the Microsoft operating system a while back, I'm guessing in 2011 from my old blog posts. I have a serious dislike for tech giants having worked... Read more

  Posted on 09 October 2025 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Find a COMPATIBLE Linux Computer for $200+: Roadmap to Linux. Part 1

  

  I have been seriously thinking about returning to Linux for the reasons mentioned. Apple's Mac OS is based on Linux, but has proprietary things which force you... Read more

  Posted on 07 October 2025 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Will Trump Cause the Collapse of the US Government?

  Perhaps it's time to admit that the US is a de facto Westminster Parliamentary Democracy. That is a system where the lower house of parliament has an ability... Read more

  Posted on 25 September 2025 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Civil War? The REALITY You NEED to Understand

  Adam Kinzinger on why talk about civil war is misguided.And the US Constitution does not give you a right to fight the government, which is pretty explicit in... Read more

  Posted on 17 September 2025 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• America's Downward Spiral With Political Violence

  What the supporters of "gun rights" fail to comprehend, despite their saying guns are "inanimate objects" is that "inanimate objects" can be turned against them... Read more

  Posted on 13 September 2025 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• SCOTUS Doesn't Understand the Phrase "ultra Vires".

  I'm not going to repeat what the role of the US Supreme Court is, but it is not to create laws.It's is to interpret them according to legal method.Not to... Read more

  Posted on 11 September 2025 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• When We Hang the Capitalists, They Will Have Sold Us the Rope

  

  Charlie Kirk is the product of misrepresenting the Second Amendment to make it anything other than a declaration that the militia, that is the... Read more

  Posted on 10 September 2025 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• The Black Cap

  

  The black cap – based on court headgear in Tudor times – was traditionally put on by judges passing sentence of death.Ok, if you look this thing up on the... Read more

  Posted on 10 September 2025 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Nottoway Plantation--Those Who Forget the Past May Repeat Its Mistakes

  

  I'm rather surprised by black people rejoicing at the destruction of this plantation since it seems to me that they would want to preserve this. Read more

  Posted on 21 May 2025 DEBATE, SOCIETY