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President Biden’s Inflection Point

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Pay attention to what the American President … and the Chair of the Fed declared

Inflection Point with what’s next. On a rare, hand drawn graph…

“Good evening, my fellow Americans.  We’re facing an inflection point in history — one of those moments where the decisions we make today are going to determine the future for decades to come.” ~ from President Joe Biden’s Address to the Nation Thursday night on the 19th of October 2023.

“We’re facing an inflection point in history…”

Those words are significant. He’s preparing the world for war.

“That’s what I’d like to talk with you about tonight. “ Except he really did not further address the inflection point. Continue reading →

Fone Guy & Eye Patch Man

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Stories from the Streets and Buses of Seattle

First noticed Fone Guy at a bus stop sitting inside the shelter on a wet, wintry day speaking passionately into his old-style flip fone while I waited for the bus. His voice was as crisp and clear as a lawyer arguing in court and as fiery as a street activist bellowing into a bullhorn. Most of the time, however, he could’ve been one of those YouTubers pontificating like Joe Rogan on the state of everything from wars to boxing matches. We were up in the north end of the City of Seattle where the neighborhoods of Greenwood, Bitter Lake, Carkeek Park/Broadview, and Crown Hill come together in one of Seattle’s somewhat chaotic, funky, octopus intersections. There I stamped around waiting for the southbound # 5 to head south down thru Greenwood and up along Phinney Ridge. Fone Guy was dressed like a laborer but without any particular jobsite uniform. His heavy coats hung open around his burly, middle-aged frame. Dawned on me he was probably homeless and the bus stop shelter was his office. In those moments, however, he was King of the Shelter and Emperor of the Flip-Fone. Continue reading →

Siri says, “Suck my titties!”

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Apple’s Siri tells a schoolteacher in a classroom full of young Deaf children to, “Suck my Titties!” LOL!

Once upon a time before the Covid Pandemic struck, a Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing teacher brought her new iPhone to work. She was so PROUD of her new iPhone. The mobile device was a sophisticated piece of technology she regarded with amazement. Twas nearly magical! Her iPhone integrated well with the other tools Deaf and HOH people require to function at a higher level in our complex society. Oh, she was SO proud of her new tool-toy! Or is toy-tool a better description? Depends on the desired function at time of use! For one thing she used her iPhone to FaceTime Hearing people and read their lips and facial expressions. She could also sign in ASL with others who communicated in sign language as well.

This woman taught at a prestigious and world renowned school for Deaf children in the Southeastern United States. She’s a person whose politics skew quite a bit to left of center, but her personal values and lifestyle are rooted in traditional conservatism. Fascinating, brilliant human being with a riveting life stories, and she made me promise not to reveal her name and the name and location of the school she taught at on the day of the incident.

The teacher propped up her iPhone on a desk at the front of the class and asked Siri a question. Siri is the artificial intelligence programmed into Apple products with a feminine voice to algorithmically respond to human inquiries, commands, and requests. Siri was ready to go.

Teacher asks question.

“Suck my titties!” Siri responds. Continue reading →

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Get Spoiled: Surfing the Excellence and the Hype of WandaVision

Oh, goddess, “In-A-Gaddus-Da-Hexa-Hexa” sounds SO STUPID, and, hey, I’m having fun, so I’m a gonna run-runna-run widdit. Certain scenes reminded me of Iron Butterfly’s trippy, psychedelic, early heavy metal hippie anthem, “In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida.” The more than a quarter-of-an-hour song spladdled with drunken, stoner spirit and mixed with mystical, psycho-religious romance and sexual innuendo was unleashed upon the planet back in 1968, tho. Some of WandaVision’s mindshows began even earlier, didn’t they? In old movies and even older comic books? At least in some minds…

Marvel’s WandaVision premiered on 15 January 2021 and concluded on the 5th of March. One can watch it on the Disney+ streaming service. For those new to the MCU, make sure you watch the mid-and-end credit scenes at the conclusion of each episode. And, wow, what a show! What a series! 

WandaVision is one of the most sophisticated, elegant, and trippy deep television shows ever created. Not only was the so-called Fourth Wall convention routinely broken and broken in quirky ways, but all of the barriers of illusion were perturbed with fiendish delight. One can imagine the actors and production staff giggling off-stage. The show is the equivalent of multiple shows nesting one inside the other like some bizarre blend of Russian dolls and Chinese boxes. With all of the dolls and boxes in motion as well. Aye, this rabbit hole burrows deeper and deeper yet into a warren of rabbit holes. Continue reading →