Night Fisherman

If you think the new Star Trek movie was unfaithful to the spirits of Star Trek, you should read Star Trek Reboots, a wonderful counterargument.

Why do oil companies and car companies help each other? It is like the United States helping Israel. By that analogy, I mean to say that both countries' interests are not mutual. Israel is more interested in expanding its territory, even at the risk of a nuclear attack or increased terrorism. Its Jewish fundamentalists have an ugly influence on its politics. The United States, however, does not want further terrorist attacks, and with the elections of 2006 and 2008, the evangelical movement has declined in its ugly power.

So, the vehicular industry ought to be neutral in the oil debate, and more interested in increasing its fuel efficiency, whereas the oil industry would prefer that more oil be consumed, the more profits it obtains. Yet, they apparently infest and join frequently to lobby Congress. Now, we see the near bankruptcy of a car company, and the dispossession of another to an Italian corporation. Meanwhile, the oil companies continue to amass money, but because they are a private industry, they do not take risks the way a government would, so they do not explore, and instead lobby the federal government for money to search for oil and build pipelines for them.

What Makes Us Happy?

Is something wrong with Google's spam filter, or is there a new spammer on the block, even more vicious than the last? I noticed for several months that the spam count was going down, but now it's going back up, fast.

Watching the Watchman

I was so Sad and so Afraid
To be laid - bare,
I had a moment - once - delayed -
I did not Care -

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