Heather Cox Richardson and Ray Kurzweil

 I imagine these two people to be as different as two people could be BUT what they offer is a voice of the future which turns out to not be so far in the future. 

Heather speaks from a political point of view that differs from the present administration in ways that can't be qualified in mere words.  You must subscribe to her and read or listen on a regular basis to understand the vast differences.

Ray on the other hand speaks from a sociological viewpoint that probably can't be understood by 90 percent of the human population.  Maybe 1 percent is more likely.  He's the guy that wrote a book 30 years ago about The Singularity that would take place when Artificial Intelligence would merge with Human Intelligence.

He has a new book called The Singularity is Nearer.

Mainly due to the Quantum Computer advances (especially by Google) Mr. Kurzweil has altered his date to 2029 and possibly sooner.

What this means for the human race is.... ????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????

In the book he attempts to explain (not an easy read) both the positive and negative results of human intelligence and machine intelligence merging together.  Obviously medical advances are the biggest positive and machines deciding financial allocation is a negative (I think)

Our current political situation definably leans toward those with power having more power and those with money having more money and if you don't think that's true then you have your head up your ass so far that your smile looks like poop.

The Singularity that Mr. Kurzweil predicts has a slightly different outlook on the future of financial equality throughout the entire planet......(I think)

Like I said it's a complicated read and his theories are elaborate and are entirely based on computing power advances in the last 50 years.  

Life extension is one of his big ideas.  In 1924 life expectancy in the United States was 58.5 years.

Today that number is 77.5

AND THAT'S WITH MINIMAL HELP FROM MACHINES.

So it's not hard to imagine that technological advances (especially nanotechnological advances) will result in somebody being born today possibly living well into their hundreds.

THE MAIN PROBLEM WITH THAT IS IF MACHINES ARE REPLACING HUMAN WORKERS THEN WHAT WILL THOSE HUMANS DO TO GENERATE REVENUE FOR THEMSELVES AND THEIR FAMILIES.

I keep remembering that James Cameron introduced the concept rather bleakly in his Terminator movie which was released in 1984.

The idea of time traveling back and forth to fix the issues aren't really an option.....and if you think it is an option than the UFO reports are some of your favorite stories.

Getting back to Heather Cox Richardson for a sec.

Her summaries of what is currently taking place in Washington DC are probably banned in the White House and I guarantee Elon Musk will try his best to have her voice reduced to a whisper.

I hope you subscribe to her site so that you have a wider range of information.  Her post on Abraham Lincoln is really really good.

Heather

In the realm of important issues Spring Training started on Tuesday (my birthday) and The Dodgers are favored to repeat their Championship season.....BUT it's baseball and there is no predicting in baseball because human beings have arms and legs and elbows and calf muscles and numerous other things that can go POP or SNAP at anytime. 

 Machines will not be participating in any baseball season in the near future......

Hopefully

Play Ball!

She usually has it exactly right.....or left....or perfect

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Whatever you think......

 The LACK OF COMPASSION that now resides inside the White House is legendary.....and all the people who voted to put IT there will learn soon enough.

WHAT'S AMAZING IS THAT THEY DIDN'T SEE IT BEFORE.

or

even worse.........

They saw IT 

but didn't care 

because they possess the same type of personality disorder.

Well...it's official

THE MOST CELEBRATED POLITICAL A*****E THAT HAS EVER GRACED THE BEAUTIFUL SHORES OF THE UNITED STATES

IS

BACK IN THE SADDLE

AND THAT SUMS UP EXACTLY HOW I FEEL

I remember a line from a James Lee Burke novel that seems to apply if I was ever speaking to Mr. Trump

"You sure know how to put a blister on a man's conscience."

Michael Timothy McAlevey

MLK and DJT

 If, in the history of recorded information, there are two more different famous human beings than Martin Luther King and Donald J Trump....I would like to know who those candidates might be.  Maybe Jesus and Hitler but one of them might be a fictional character so that's not conclusive.

Today is MLK birthday and five days from now The Donald will take the oath for President of the United States.

We can examine the archives and find MULTIPLE quotes from Dr. King that offer high level inspiration.

Please show me one quote from Mr. Trump that offers anything resembling high level inspiration.

I'm open to learning so go ahead and fill me in.

I would write something about the fires in LA but as of this moment it's not over.....but suffice to say we have never seen anything like this.....

All we can do is help in anyway possible.

ANYWAY possible........

JAN 6 2021 reality IS BEING repeated

Trump  

I wish the VP would do what Donald asked Mike Pence to do four years ago

2024

 Today is the last day of 2024 and whereas so many things have changed it appears that tomorrow we simply enter another year on the Gregorian calendar'

In 21 days there will be a planetary alignment according to one source.  According to another source the alignment will happen on Jan 25. 

The stars are aligning—literally! On January 25, 2025, the cosmos will orchestrate a rare planetary alignment, setting the stage for a year brimming with transformation, success, and productivity. This celestial event isn’t just about jaw-dropping views; it’s about cosmic energy turbocharging ambitions and aspirations.....

There seems to be a few dates that vary for this rare alignment....starting with the 5 and extending to the 25.

I referred to NASA simply because that makes sense but other sources claim other dates and I guess it's up to you to keep your eyes looking up during the month of January.   Also keep your eyes on January 20 2025 when the United States of America will go backwards.

Going backwards can be rather dangerous and often results in stumbling and falling down.

In case you weren't paying attention the final vote count was

 

DJT  77,303,573

Kamala Harris  75,019.257

IF THAT FEELS LIKE A LANDSLIDE TO YOU THEN YOU ARE PROABLEY IN YOUR EARLY TWENTIES OR THIRTIES.

In 1972 Nixon won 520 Electoral votes to 17 for George McGovern

In 1964 LBJ won 486 and Barry Goldwater won 52

TRUMP GOT 312

Harris 226

It's pretty obvious that our country is equally divided. 

We have been here before......1960, 2000 (which is the closes election in history when GW Jr. got 271 electoral votes) and 2016.

WE CAN WITHSTAND EVERY TWIST AND TURN THAT TAKES PLACE ON A NATIONAL LEVEL.

BUT CAN WE HANDLE THE TWISTS AND TURNS THAT TAKE PLACE ON A PERSONAL LEVEL?

SOCIAL MEDIA AND INSTANT NEWS HAVE CHANGED THE PLAYGROUND AND THE ATMOSPHERE AND INTRODUCTION OF AI INTO OUR DAILY LIVES WILL PROVE TO BE EXTREMELY CHALLANGING

ESPECIALLY TO THOSE PEOPLE WHO HAVE A TENDENCY TO IGNORE RESEARCH AND SIMPLY LISTEN TO ONE OR TWO SOURCES.

2025 MUST BE A YEAR WHERE RESEARCH AND FACT CHECKING BECOMES STANDARD BEHAVIOR.

HOW ONE DECIDES WHAT IS TRUTH

AND WHAT IS BULLSHIT

IS

THE

CHALLANGE

OF

THE 

NEXT

FOUR

YEARS

GOOD LUCK!

HAPPY NEW YEAR

Looking back and Deja Vu once again.....wow and how?????

Same as it ever was 

Click the word replay

replay 

Metals and more Metals

Gallium

Germanium

Antimony

Technology metals are cobalt, lithium, tantalum, indium, niobium, selenium and zirconium. 

And of course there are these.....

• Cerium is used in light bulbs, TVs and ovens.
• Dysprosium is mixed within alloys used in wind turbines, electric vehicles and nuclear reactors.
• Erbium is used in lasers and fiber optic cables.
• Europium is used in light bulbs, nuclear reactors and lasers.
• Gadolinium is used in magnets, nuclear reactors and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI).
• Holmium is used in magnets and nuclear reactors.
• Lanthanum is mixed within alloys that are used in batteries and hydrogen vehicles.
• Lutetium is used as a catalyst in refineries.
• Neodymium is used in magnets and lasers.
• Praseodymium is used in aircraft engines, fiber optic cables and magnets.
• Promethium is used in pacemakers and guided missiles.
• Samarium is used in microwave devices and magnets.
• Terbium is used in light bulbs, memory devices and x-rays. 
• Thulium is used in lasers.
• Ytterbium is used in displays, x-ray machines and fiber-optic cables.
• Yttrium is used in radars and as an additive within alloys used in high tech devices.
• Scandium is used for fuel cells and alloys used in jet planes.
• Cobalt is used in super-alloys, jet turbines and rechargeable batteries.
• Lithium is commonly used in batteries.
• Tantalum is used in capacitors, resistors and other electronic equipment.
• Indium is often used in LCD screens.
• Gallium is used in integrated circuits, LEDs and semiconductors.
• Niobium is used in steel alloys that are a part of jet engines and rockets.
• Selenium is used in photocells and rectifiers.
• Zirconium is used in nuclear power stations.

And it's kind of amazing when you consider that just a few short years ago (in human history) there was just gold, silver and copper, tin, brass, aluminum, nickel, potassium, calcium, iron, lead and of course titanium....

I know I've left a few original darlings off the list but my point is......where are they all coming from?   Of course the answer is....

THEY HAVE ALWAYS BEEN HERE

The current dilemma for the United States is that we rely on China for a big percentage of some very important HI-TECH minerals.  It turns out that Africa has a large NOT YET MINED cache of these minerals and in truth so do WE.

Perhaps a bi-partisan Mineral Department needs to be created.....which means more government and not part of the GOP 2025 Program.

Oh well.....or is it Orwellian?

Another flashback

When Thanksgiving was on 22 of NOV 

Repeat but still important....only things have gotten weirder

 https://mindjazz.blogspot.com/2018/06/

Facts are facts

The Republican party has taken over Completely. The Presidency, The Senate, The House of Representatives and the Supreme Court.

To say I am slightly surprised would be the understatement of all understatements.

I AM ACTUALLY IN SHOCK.

In 2020 Trump got 74 million votes and lost the election by 8 million votes

In 2024 Trump got 76 million votes and won the election by 3 million votes

SOMETHING IS WRONG WITH THE MATH

I heard a funny line the other day....."Pants Suits don't work Ladies, the farmers need to see some skin."

I'm concerned that the GOP won't have anyone to blame after this thumping....and believe me it was a full flat out THUMPING.

It turns out that Elon Musk was extremely important in the 2024 Election.

I WANT YOU TO THINK ABOUT THAT FOR A SEC.

Years from now when lithium, nickel, copper and cobalt have changed the landscape of wilderness areas from massive mining projects and giant non-recyclable batteries have been buried in landfills next to your amusement parks and playgrounds.....who will get the blame?  Mr. Musk by then will be so wealthy that perhaps he will own the actual government of the United States.

I do know that it will be a lot smaller government in the next few years....right?

Our annual military budget is 960 BILLION DOLLARS and that's not going to be reduced because part of that contract budget has to go through Space X and Mr. Musk.

HE AND THE DONALD WILL BE REMEMBERED BY HISTORY IN A VASTLY DIFFERENT WAY THAN THEY ARE TODAY.

OF COURSE ELON WILL STILL BE AROUND UNLESS HE DECIDES TO RIDE ONE OF THE ROCKETS TO MARS.

THE DONALD WILL BE LONG GONE BUT BARRON WILL PROBABLY BE PRESIDENT or THE DONALD WILL HAVE PAID FOR AN IMMORTAIY DRUG AND WILL STILL BE PRESIDENT IN 40 YEARS.

By the way I would love to see our current Vice-President (remember who that is) on January 6 decide NOT TO CERTIFY THE VIOTES and standing next to her is Mike Pence.

The Donald's head would literally explode and that would be a viral video for the ages.

SIDEBAR

I just posted the US DEBT CLOCK so as to remind everybody what reality looks like.  If you study the clock you can go back to any time and see how things were under the different leaders.

Now the real question comes down to this.....WOULD I ACCEPT AN INVITATION TO PLAY GOLF WITH DONALD TTRUMP AT HIS COURSE IN SCOTLAND?

I'm pretty sure I wouldn't be allowed within a 1000 miles of anywhere The Donald was playing golf.

Anyway I'd much rather play golf with Dean Koontz and his BAD WEATHER FRIEND....who by the way is one of the best characters ever devised.  If you read the book you will agree with me.

WE ALL NEED A CRAGGLE 

AND ESPECIALLY NOW

Welcome to the future, my friends.

Michael Timothy McAlevey

Election is one week away and Dodgers are one game away. GOD only knows the results

 My avid Republican brother told me yesterday that the Madison Square Garden speech that The Donald gave on the 27th was the greatest speech he ever made.

So this morning I decided to watch the entire speech.

I am currently 16 minutes into IT and I'm once more reminded of the different interpretations that certain people have for the word GREAT.

He also informed me that 3 of his 4 daughters are voting for Trump.  I simply answered him by saying that sometimes people say things so they won't have to listen anymore.

Knowing those 4 beautiful nieces I am fairly certain that maybe 1 or perhaps 2 might be voting for Trump but since I can't imagine anyone voting for him I guess I'll just have to take a deep breath and accept that anything is possible.

Let's get back to his Madison Square Garden event.  My brother thought there were 80,000 people there and I had to explain that the building only holds 19,000....so right off the bat everything is ass backwards.

In the first 16 minutes of his speech he claimed that America was NOT going to exist anymore if Kamala Harris wins the election.

He also just said that the United States was an OCCUPIED COUNTRY.

 THIS IS THE TYPE OF STATEMENT THAT FEEDS HIS VOTERS.

THE UNITED STATES IS AN OCCUPIED COUNTRY 

like France was in WW11??????????

SERIOUSLY 

How could a person running for President say that our country is occupied?  

AND HIS PEOPLE BELIEVE THAT BULLSHIT AND THEN REPEAT IT TO THEIR FAMILY AND FRIENDS.

HE JUST STATED THAT ELECTION DAY IN 2024 WILL BE LIBERATION DAY IN AMERICA.

I will now go back and listen to the rest of the speech....maybe I'll be able to make it all the way through before the Dodger game starts in 6 hours.  It might take me that long because I simply can't stand they way he talks.  IT'S SIMPLY JUST BROKEN SENTENCES.....ONE AFTER ANOTHER......REPEATING WORDS AND THOUGHTS OVER AND OVER.

Hopefully I'll be able to give a complete report.

THEN AFTER ANOTHER 30 MINUTES OF LISTENING......

...........I can't take anymore of HIS STYLE.

I've decided to wait and finish this after the Dodger game.

I'm back and it's 8:30 pm and the LOS ANGELES DODGERS ARE WORLD CHAMPIONS FOR THE 8th TIME.

Somethings are right with the world......and somethings aren't.

Yankees have 27 championships so don't feel sorry for that franchise.

Trump's already been President once....isn't that enough?

Do I have to beg?

PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE......NOT AGAIN.

6 DAYS AWAY.

TRUE STORY

I've told this story quite a few times but never wrote it down.  

HOW I BECAME A DODGER FAN

Having been born in Hollywood California in1946 baseball was not a focal point of my early childhood but in 1955 that was about to change.  I attended Catholic schools for the first 12 years and the first 8 years the instructors were NUNS.  

CATHOLIC NUNS WITH BLACK AND WHITE HABITS...WHO CARRIED WOODEN RULERS WITH A BRASS EDGE.....and were never shy about using it as a weapon.

In my recollection they were all named Sister Mary Margaret.

My mother volunteered to drive them around to certain functions because we had a station wagon so their presence extended beyond the school boundaries.....and needless to say I was always riding in the very back looking out the rear window.

One October morning in 1955, which would put me in the 3rd grade at the age of 9, Sister Mary Margaret wheeled a cart in the room with a small  black and white TV set on top and made the following announcement.  "Boys and girls, today we are going to watch my beloved New York Yankees beat the Brooklyn Dodgers again in the 7th game of the World Series."

Sister Mary Margaret and I didn't see eye to eye on very many subjects so at that exact moment I was rooting for the Brooklyn Dodgers without knowing anything about the team and very little about baseball. 

She proceeded to give us a history of how the Yankees had beaten the Dodgers every time they played in the World Series. I also liked the name Dodgers because one of our recess games was Dodgeball....and I assumed the team was named after the game we played....and since they were throwing a ball around it made perfect sense to me.

As you may or may not know the result of that game resulted in a very upset Sister Mary Margaret and a jubilant young Michael Timothy McAlevey.  For the first time the Dodgers beat the Yankees and won the World Series.  I'm pretty sure my reaction got me sent to the corner of the room because I did share cheering loudly when the final out was made.  Obviously Sister Mary Margaret was from the east coast and obviously she had grown up a Yankee fan but on that October day in 1955 her world was turned upside down and The Dodgers were now a central part of my sports awareness.

Anything that made her unhappy had to be a really good thing.

That might sound harsh but my NUN stories are legendary and they still rest in parts of my frontal lobe.

But this is a baseball story so let's get back to the Dodgers.

From that year on I started playing baseball in the street with my friends and in 1958 the Brooklyn Dodgers  moved to Los Angeles, California and at the age of 12  I signed up for my first and last year of  Little League.  The Dodgers in their first year finished  7th out of 8 teams....but in 1959, in my first year of Babe Ruth Baseball the LOS ANGELES DODGERS WON THE WORLD SERIES.  In that World Series the Dodgers lost the first game to the Chicago White Sox 11-0....but came back to win the series in 6 games.

The  one truly constant attraction for loving the Dodgers lies directly on the voice of Vin Scully.  I listened to him when I was 12 years old in my backyard swinging a bat.....and in 2016 I was standing in my living room swinging at bat in the last game in announced as he retired.

58 years listening to the Greatest Dodger of all time is truly one of best sports memories I will carry to my home plate....which hopefully isn't scheduled for any time soon.

The Dodgers vs Sister Mary Margaret's beloved Yankees in the 2024 World Series.....69 years after a day that made her weep and made me a lifetime Dodger fan.

GO DODGERS!

Good News and WTF

The Dodgers are in the World Series and after 43 years they will be playing The Yankees.

The Presidential Election is 12 days away and after all the things The Grifter Trump has said and done in the last eight years the polls show that the race is too close to call.  It's come down to a Man vs a Woman thing and even if you don't believe that to be true.....IT'S A FACT.

Political experience doesn't seem to matter anymore and public service isn't an honorable thing like it used to be.

The Dodgers in the World Series is more of a focal point for me personally and I am fully aware that that shouldn't be the case....but it is.

I just find it so amazing the The Donald has a following close to the last time he lost.  He got 73 million votes in 2020 and it looks like that number will be repeated.  Biden got 83 million and hopefully Mrs. Harris will get close to that number.

There are 161 million registered voters in America.  You have to a citizen to vote. There are another 60 million eligible but not registered.  

NO IMMIGRANT WHO HAS ENTERED THIS COUNRTY ILLIGALLY IS ALLOWED TO VOTE.

But when The Grifter talks he tells you that illegal immigrants are the reason he lost the last election and of course The non-existent cheating that took place.

AND HIS FOLLOWERS NOT ONLY BELIEVE HIM BUT WILL TELL YOU WITH A STRAIGHT FACE THAT THEY HAVE PROOF.

68 COURTROOMS in 2020 election heard the arguments and threw them all out.  Note that the main lawyer working for DJT, Rudy Guliani, was just ordered to give his assets to two women in Georgia as part of the lawsuit he lost after accusing those women off being responsible for voter fraud.

This is the type of election information that really makes me focus on The Dodgers vs The Yankees.

The Dodgers lost a legend yesterday who was involved in the 1981 World Series when the Dodgers beat The Yankees in 5 games.  

Fernando Mania was as big a thing at the time as the Ohtani thing is now.

Two 17's makes a 34 and if Ohtani keeps it up maybe his number will also be retired.

Probably need a few World Series wins and this might be a good time to start.

Go Dodgers

Go Away Donald

The THIRD part of the season is here

 Baseball has three seasons.....Pre-season, Regular season and POST season.

Statistics show that 60 % of the people who watch baseball don't start until the Post Season.

The Post season is a crap shoot because any team can win in a short series.

The Los Angeles Dodgers are currently the favorite to win the World Series BECAUSE they have THE SHO.

If you don't know about The Sho then you should stop reading this because nothing will mean anything to you.

Shohei Ohtani just had the greatest offensive season of any player in history.  54 Homeruns and 59 stolen bases.  If he falters in the post season it won't take away from the history he created this year.

The ball he hit for the 50th Homerun is estimated to be worth 2-3 MILLION dollars....and there's a possession lawsuit in play.  It's an interested sidebar story.  Check it out.

I've said it before and I'll say it again.....THERE IS NO PREDICTING IN BASEBALL but of course I want the Dodgers to win the first series this weekend against the Padres.  They have some starting pitcher issues and their great first baseman, Freddy Freeman , has a bad ankle.

Enjoy the excitement

PLAY BALL!

Springfield and the tales of all tails

 Springfield is the primary fictional setting of the American animated sitcom The Simpsons and related media. It is an average-sized, fictional city within an unknown state in the United States. The fictional city's geography, surroundings, and layout are flexible, often changing to accommodate the plot of any given episode.^[1]

According to the creator of the series, Oregon native Matt Groening, Springfield was inspired by a number of real-life locations (including Springfield, Oregon, and West Springfield, Massachusetts).^[2][3] However, in order to emphasize it as an example of "Anytown, USA", the location of the fictional Springfield remains a mystery.^[2][3] "Clues" regarding Springfield's climate, geology, history, distance from real cities, or political alignment, which are found in numerous episodes of the series, are intentionally contradictory.^[3][4]

(Wikipedia)

I realize that it's a fictional town but the irony tying The Simpsons to the TRUMP campaign is just too much to ignore.

During the DEBATE last week The Donald made a statement about immigrants (Haitian's mainly) eating dogs and cats in the town of Springfield, Ohio.

THE NEXT DAY J.D. VANCE SAID HE CREATED THE STORY TO BRING THE IMMEGRATION PROBLEM TO THE ATTENTION OF THE AMERICAN PUBLIC.

This acknowledged fabrication has created a universe of HILARIOUS video material that is allowing hundreds of users to go viral.

Example:

PETS REACTIONS

Now, I am quite familiar with Voodoo ties to the Haiti population and don't doubt for a second that strange sacrifices are probably a part of their religion BUT I must remind everyone that animal sacrifices have a place in OTHER religions including Catholics The old adage when in "Rome do as the Romans do" should apply in reverse for this type of behavior.

I also have to recognize that immigration groups (which include you and me) brought strange practices to this country when they arrived and slowly adjusted their behavior to adapt in a more civilized manner while becoming naturalized citizens of America.

The fact that TRUMP supporters are now saying the PET EATING STORY is a TRUE STORY simply baffles my mind.

VANCE ADMITTED IT WAS NOT TRUE AND YET SPRINGFIELD, OHIO HAS HAD TO CLOSE SOME SCHOOLS BECAUSE OF BOMB THREATS.

Maybe the 20,000 LEGAL immigrants from Haiti that are helping to rebuild the town of Springfield after it's population  went from 80,000 in the 70's to 60,000 today should start their own website and name it PETSNOWAY.

In the meantime.....watch the pet video's....THEY ARE REALLY REALLY FUNNY.

The ability to choose

Every thought and every dream

is a reality we can't touch

           and every second you deny that fact

           doesn't matter very much

So much denial regarding the upcoming Presidential election....people are picking sides for reasons that make little sense.

A convicted felon is running for President.

Just because he hasn't gone to jail YET seems to be the answer his supporters keep repeating.

HE WAS FOUND GUILTY BY A JURY

GUILTY

By the way, I image JFK and RFK are both wondering how one of their own.......lost his mind.

AND THE FOLLOWING IS A REPRINT

FAKE NEWS

Olympics really distracts from world BS,,,,try it,,,,only 4 days left

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