June 2020

Why Everything Eventually Falls Apart

The 2nd Law of Thermodynamics states that in the universe (or any isolated system), there is a natural tendency to degenerate from order to chaos.

Supporting Police Reform Activists Beyond The Protests

If you don’t approve of the looting, but are horrified by the murder and want to do something actionable that is consistent with your moral and political views, you might want to contribute to this guy. (There…

George Floyd's Death And The Fight For Justice

“We can no longer ignore the fact that America is not the… land of the free and the home of the brave.” – Fannie Lou Hamer Black Lives Matter George Floyd was arrested, handcuffed, put facedown to the ground…

insouciant (adjective)

Insouciant (in-SOO-see-uhnt) describes a casual lack of concern; indifference. As I used it today: “There was something about the insouciant way in which [George Floyd] was killed… that made this killing…

Police Killings Of Unarmed Americans By Race

As to the perception that unarmed blacks are killed more often by police than unarmed whites… I assumed that was true. I looked it up. It’s not true. From 2016 to 2019, there were 208 killings of unarmed…

The Economics of Murder

(from Bill Bonner’s Diary) “Since the bottom of the Crisis of ’08-’09, the 20% of the population at the bottom of the heap – largely young and/or Black – has lost 25% of its wealth. “The next and biggest…

Must watch: “Woman gives powerful speech to looters on streets of NYC

Seven Personality Traits Of Entrepreneurial CEOs

“A leader is one who knows the way, goes the way, and shows the way.” – John C. Maxwell Hiring Someone to Grow Your Business: The 7 Personality Traits of a Superstar Entrepreneurial CEO So, you want to hire…

bromide (noun)

A bromide (BROH-mide) is a commonplace or hackneyed statement or notion. As I used it today: “That entrepreneurs (and the CEOs that run entrepreneurial companies) must be risk takers may be a bromide that is…

Pandemic Facts

* The shelter-in-place strategy was implemented to prevent hospitals from being overwhelmed. But hospitals didn’t collapse. We paid $660 million to set up mobile field hospitals to treat COVID-19 patients…

The latest issue of Independent Healing — June 3, 2020

In this issue: * Why most people will fail if they try to lose “pandemic pounds” with a traditional diet * The coronavirus risk factor every man needs to know about * 4 ways to stop COVID-somnia * How a…

Building The Ultimate Squirrel-Proof Bird Feeder

How to build the perfect squirrel-proof bird feeder…