McConnell & Graham AINOs?

[What follows is a transcript of a short wave radio broadcast from where and when we do not know. The EDITORIAL concerning the more serious and substantive portion of the broadcast is halfway down.] [Note:  The purpose of this blog is to enlighten, educate and  perhaps entertain the reader about music and other current and Read More …

JOPLIN, B-52s ISRAEL v HAMAS

[Note:  The purpose of this blog is to enlighten and educate the reader about music and other current and important issues.  Please see the very bottom of this blog post about the music and other links referenced herein.]   Howdy folks Stony here comin’ atchya With some really Good cookin’ tonight   GURU is out Read More …

Tull Cilmi Cale Betts & the Digital Dollar

[Note:  The purpose of this blog is to enlighten and educate the reader about music and other current and important issues faced by all of us.   Please see the very bottom of this blog post about the music and other links referenced in this blog post.] ——————————————————————————————-   Good evenin’ folks It’s time for more Read More …

PRESIDENTS: ECONOMIC CREDIT OR BLAME

[NEWS ANALYSIS, OPINION & TUNES]   [Welcome to another edition of TNnT which is short for “Tick’s Notes & Tunes”, where we usually start with “Notes” of interest on various, usually important, topics which are followed by “Tunes” which is the transcript of a fictional short wave radio transmission from where and when we do Read More …

NO COOPERATION, NO DEMOCRACY, NO PEACE

[ANALYSIS, OPINION, NOTES & TUNES]   [Welcome to another edition of TNnT which is short for “Tick’s Notes & Tunes”, where we start with “Notes” of interest on various, usually important, topics which are followed by “Tunes” which is the transcript of a fictional short wave radio transmission from where and when we do not Read More …

LEE, LEIGH, SECESSION & KING

[ANALYSIS, OPINION, TUNES and FUN]   [Except where expressly noted, the following is totally human work product and not that of artificial intelligence.   First we talk about the causes of the Civil War and how its many lessons still have relevance today. Then we turn to music and fun.   So stick around and enjoy.]   Read More …

TTnT’s VIEW: ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE

[ANALYSIS, OPINION and FUN]   [Unless otherwise noted, nothing on our site is or was written or knowingly influenced by any artificially intelligent software. It’s just we humans writing this stuff. Imagine, a few of us still do that!]   NOTES   Lest there be any doubt please know that we assume that most of Read More …

TNnT: McCarthy Elected to Speaker

ANALYSIS, OPINION and FUN   NOTES As this is being written, Republican Congressman Kevin McCarthy, after 14 unsuccessful attempts, finally hit the jackpot on his 15th try  and was elected Speaker of the House of  Representatives. Up to that point, about 15 to 20 recalcitrant and very conservative (if that’s the right word for them) Read More …

2022 WRAP UP TNnT

ANALYSIS, OPINION and FUN We hope everyone’s 2022 was prosperous and happy. In no particular order here’s how we size up 2022. This may surprise some but first we will mention ChatGPT. In what to us is the perhaps the scariest story we’ve heard in a long time, a college philosophy professor in the Carolinas Read More …

TNnT: Nuclear Consequences, Fusion, Martial Law in America

  [ANALYSIS, OPINION and FUN] Notes: CBS News has reported that .1.  The U.S. Department of Energy announced Tuesday a monumental milestone in nuclear fusion research: a “net energy gain” was achieved for the first time in history by scientists from the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in California. In other words, total input to make Read More …