With foreign trade and tariffs in the news, that map of Top Import Partner of Every U.S. State is a little bit interesting.
Author: Richard Nestoff (Page 24 of 91)
Sparky had some drama on Valentine’s Day, but he and Skunk have patched things up or come to an arrangement. I don’t know, I wasn’t really listening because Skunk is just a plushie from Tractor Supply.
We are being manipulated. We have always been manipulated, but in the past decade or so, it’s been more obvious. How does something like the George Floyd case get world-wide attention? Yeah, the incident is terrible, but in a country of 350 million people, all sorts of things happen all the time.
NYT: Trump’s New Deputy F.B.I. Director Has It Out for the ‘Commie Libs’
Michelle Goldberg, the author of this opinion piece, doesn’t understand how much we enjoy this article. It reminds me of that famous dialogue from the movie, Conan the Barbarian.
Mongol General: Wrong! Conan! What is best in life?
Conan: To crush your enemies, see them driven before you, and to hear the lamentations of their women.
Mongol General: That is good! That is good.
Michelle’s column is all lamentations, and it is good.
We are getting the first complete snow melt-off in almost two months. Sparky is wondering why I’m scooping up all his poop, and tossing it into the woods. Sparky isn’t disappointed in me, but he is wondering why I bother.
Guardian: Home ownership has become a nightmare for many Americans.
Owning a home isn’t for everyone.
Some people get their deepest sleep, while taking a nap. That’s how it is for Sparky. This a short video of Sparky taking a nap in REM sleep and vivid dreams. I made the video for a post on dog sleep, but thought I’d put it up without all the text.
Your Dog May Be Wilder Than You Think
This article is about the sleeping patterns of dogs compared to wolves. I am a Sparcheologist and not a dog scientist, but this research doesn’t match my experience. The author does get some things right.
Trump nominates Air Force Lt. Gen. Dan ‘Razin’ Caine for Joint Chiefs of Staff chairman.
Air Force Lt. Gen. Dan ‘Razin’ Caine may or may not be the right person to be chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, but Trump tells a great story about meeting Caine in Iraq.
The last time Fort Knox was audited, was in 1974.
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent says there is an audit every year
Internal and external audits aren’t the same thing, but corporate media won’t explain that. Who cares? Nobody trusts the government, so audit everything and report the results.