Sign of the Times

Last week I tried to ‘Boost’ my Post…this could be done by paying some form of Social Media to ‘push’ a posting out to a thousand or more people than it usually goes to…My application to ‘Boost’ was denied…”They” would not tell me why. My guess is I made the mistake of mentioning somebody’s name in what I thought was humorous derision.  So…I will refrain from mentioning someone’s name in future posts…Trying to think of something to write about, something I’m wondering about, or interested in – I decided to look into the pile of old notes which sit on my desktop. Here is a sampling of what intrigued me years ago:

  • 2018:  I read the Federal Government spends 20% of  GDP on Soc, Sec. & Medical…the rest basically on Military & Security…Should taxes go up? or Military or Aging go down? (Same old, same old?)
  • 1999: I read Lee Iacocca (Head of Chrysler, during ‘Bailout’) spent $2 million on gold faucets in the company suites in the Waldorf….and bathrooms were separated by rank…(Sign of times to come?) 
  • 2012: Credit Cards…it is estimated there were 1.1 billion of them worldwide…10 for every American cardholder…charges $700 billion goods in 1994…$325 Billion in debt…(Ibid to comment above?)
  • 2018: Studies show Violence and Sexual aggression in mice is caused by an absence of Nitric Acid…(Has anyone done a study on how  a lack of Nitric Acid affects MAGA types?)
  • 2015: There is a theory which holds that ‘intersections/mixes’ of peoples will bring about ground breaking ideas….large quantities of ideas produces ‘Good ideas’…Mosaics, Melting pots, Confluences, Rainbows… (Where did these types of wonderings go?)
  • 1989: I read that in 1857 Baseball had 21 Aces and the first team to  get 21 Aces won the game. (See? We have made progress, after all.)

There. This post should be able to be pushed.

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