Linky Links

Stuff I found interesting or amusing and thought I'd share.

- DOGE's gift: The data that cracked open the theft of Medicare. Think fact that fraud in places like Ohio may have started with Obamacare doesn't get enough scrutiny.

- Iran's Historic Mistake. He's not wrong.

- Independent bookstores keep growing in the US. Keep seeing articles like this - just wish some of those new stores were being opened near me. (HT Steve Landry)

- Kevin Kelly: Speculation on the future of the scientific method.

More Linky Links

Stuff I found interesting or amusing and thought I'd share.

- VDH on why is governor Newsome going full Jefferson Davis?

-  This news may have flown under the radar but the CEO of a healthcare software company found guilty of defrauding Medicare of $1 billion.

- California and the LA Riots, "Chose a side America." I know what side I'm on.

- Danielle Bolelli - the case against writing with AI

Flotsam and Jetsam

Miscellaneous thoughts and observations.

When I saw President Trump's tweet about LeBron James - my honest first thought was that Trump either consciously or unconsciously wants to be a one-term President... God help me but I laughed at this... If Donald Trump ever goes on trial for anything in his life one of the jury pool selection questions will now have to be "Are you a fan of LeBron James?" If the prospective juror says yes then they will be shown the door... Turns out that $32.6 TRILLION cost for Medicare for All over 10-years was a best case scenario. Anyone who argues for this has no idea how the world works... "God will not have his work made manifest by cowards." Ralph Waldo Emerson... For no reason I'm suddenly curious if a reggae version of The Band's Up On Cripple Creek exists... I'm curious how President Trump going after LeBron James polls in Miami and Ohio. Sure it will poll poorly in Akron but what about in Cleveland?...

Linky Links

Stuff I found amusing or interesting and thought I'd share.

- Single payer "Medicare for all" would cost 32.6 TRILLION over 10-years. Not even doubling existing taxes would be enough to pay for it. Time to put away childish things.

- On the other hand - it is getting near impossible to argue that the Trump tax cuts weren't great for the US economy

- This made me chuckle more than it should have

- NASA's space suit drama could delay our trip to the moon. This is disappointing.

- According to new study Marines drink more and f*ck more than the other military branches. That should go on every recruiting poster! Oh and despite having less sex than Marines - Navy sailors get more STD's.

- I guess calling John McAfee "tech eccentric" might be because they lawyers would let them say "batshit insane".

- And speaking of more sex (and yes I have the sense of humor of a 12-year old boy)