Recent content by cognitive dissonance

I have Colorado license plates, and it's comical how cops in neighboring states eye me. (Pavlov would relate!) I once went up to a cop who was eyeing me at a gas station and said "you know, it's just like skiing. If every Coloradoan skied, no one could ever go there on vacation. There'd be no...

It is very difficult to give money away and have it do much good, whether you give it to a charity or directly to a person. I have been involved with several non-profits, few of them were willing to open their books and let me take a look.  I could write a book about it, actually... Second, I...

No, and you probably won't see that headline anytime soon. But, you will see the headlines about people killed by cops, three times a day.  This is the problem, and cops refuse to see it. I've been discussing this United incident with a good friend, Bill Scott. He's the father of Erik Scott...

LOL. Solid state security systems run perfectly for years, then magically "malfunction" at the exact moment corporate liability is proven by the footage. Then, they start working again. Those electronic gremlins are real supporters of big business.

As someone who thinks a great deal about the state of affairs in both our country and the rest of the world, I am more and more amazed by this incident - it touches on an amazing number of issues that bedevil us these days. I chose your comments, but there's othing personal here, hepcat. I...

The saddest aspect of this is that United won't lose much if any business over this. They can't. There simply isn't excess capacity in the airline industry these days, so there are not meaningful numbers of open seats at any other carrier. The only exception to this would be booking way in...

I don't feel a bit sorry for the CEO. He's an idiot. Seriously, how could anyone watch that video, then come up with an Orwellian term like "reaccomodate"??? Then he doubled down with an e-mail supporting the procedure and the action of employees. It took until the third day of this debacle for...

7wanders - There are PLENTY of ways to reduce engine noise in a box van. They were not built with low noise in mind, so it is easy to make gains on the problem. A search on "automotive sound deadening" is all you need to start researching. Up front by the engine, heat is also a concern, and you...

Vagabound Again, I'm stunned that the budget isn't $100 billion. If the problem were to be addressed in the way that it needs, it would be a financial and manpower undertaking that would dwarf the past space program. Whether we (generically) agree on the cause or not, if you (generically) don't...

gsfish said: I'll see if the library has a copy... ...Just my take, the world and it's people are in a constant state of flux. Even if there was a pattern it would be so complex as to defy analysis much less by two individuals over the course of a few years. Guy - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -...

The other reason I rarely post.  That was quick..

slynne: Stocks represent real world value in the same way gold does. Not true. Stocks can and do go to zero all the time. Physical gold has never gone to zero and never will, as long as there are humans alive who seek an honest medium of exchange. slynne: A fiat currency has value related to...

:D  Thanks for the shout out!  This was a lucky catch, because one more new topic would have driven this off the front page and I never would have seen it! I do check in here from time to time, but rarely post. And yes, the world is certainly awash in cognitive dissonance...! A number of...