Without electricity, everything stops. The Texas power grid is having huge problems keeping the power on in part because, although everything was winterized according to spec, the cold was “well beyond the design parameters of an extreme Texas winter”, plus…
Gamestop options chain. Completely insane. I’ll try to decipher this to non-traders.This chain closes today at market close. Look at strike price 290. If Gamestop closes above 290 today, it makes a profit. If it closes below, the option expires…
Their name was the National Socialist German Workers’ Party, right? So, they must have been some kind of commie! Or so say some on the right. The short answer is. Sort of. In the beginning. The Nazi Party did indeed…
Tankies are hardcore communists who believe Stalin was just a jolly guy and that rolling the tanks into streets to intimidate and kill opposition is always a good idea. Dig a little and you’ll find tankies are heavily authoritarian and…
I prepare taxes at H&R Block. Because of Covid, many taxpayers will prefer to do their taxes completely online this coming tax season. So, Block is making it even easier to do virtual tax returns starting in January. The key…
Can we please stop anguishing that MAGA militias in thrall to the Orange Toddler will be taking to the streets heavily armed and there will be blood and dead liberals. Because, nope, it ain’t going to happen. First off, there…
So, I started researching eco jeans. They are made using much less water, no pesticides, organic cotton, and sustainable techniques, with as little waste as possible. This led to me to entire new world of higher end eco jeans, selvedge,…
There’s been considerable hyperventilating about what Donald Trump will do after Biden’s inauguration, much of it is baseless. No, Trump will not be able to control Republican politics. His supposed legions of followers will increasingly forget about him. He’ll either…
Floaters are offshore wind turbines that are anchored by mooring lines. They can be installed in much deeper water than current offshore wind turbines, which have fixed foundations located less than 160 feet of water. If water is deeper than…
I stutter, so what I say is based on experience. First off, there are no personality or behavior traits for stutterers. Stuttering doesn’t indicate anything else about a person. It is in part clearly genetic. Also, stutterers have differences in…