This is the twice-weekly hidden open thread. Lets imagine there is a conspiracy theory about you that you know is false. Like that you murdered your gardener because you saw him sleeping with your wife. What is the best way to dispel this conspiracy theory? You gotta clarify more for this to be a meaningful question. First question: is the gardener still alive? For instance, it would be relatively easy and effective I think to drown that conspiracy theory in other conspiracy theories that contradict it.
While waiting to get another chest X-ray at the Oakland Kaiser hospital I wish I smoked so I could quit and have better lungs! What I heard him listening to the most in my youth was Jimmy Cliff and Hank Williams, but in the hospice the musical performance he most remembered was one by Nina Simone. We definitely resemble Boomers more, in my opinion. Gen Xers seem to resemble boomers except for those born right at the tail-end, say The media celebs probably feel younger because their image depends on it.
Trump senior is practically Boomer personified. Millennial leadership is quite frankly an embarrassment to the nation, with very few exceptions. Fortunately we can ride out the Gen X wave for a while longer. It reminds me of a joke I heard the other day:. Did anyone see this article about a famous physics institute being raided in Russia? It is from the New York Times, although the link is to my local paper. The article implies that Russia has not been able to capitalize on its tremendous human capital since the USSR fell because of the overbearing Russian government.
I am curious if those with more knowledge on Russia than me agree with this. Putin has for years called on scientists to look beyond their books and laboratories and use their world-class talents to help build a modern economy.
This is from the article. I have heard that the rise of Silicon Valley originated from the research labs of Caltech and other universities in the area. And a similar if smaller result in Boston. So I would think there would be plenty of similar research knowledge around Moscow to achieve at least a partial version of the same result. And I certainly think Putin would love to see that happen. Is he shooting himself in the foot? He will do what he can to encourage it, although he may have higher priorities.
