Category Archives: Competition

Protesters Are Opposing Robots! Could Robots Replace Protesters?

Posted on March 20, 2015 by Jack Curtis

Anti-Robot  protesters appeared at a recent techie gathering; we wonder what took them so long? Political reaction against machines replacing people on the job dates back to the Luddites. They were unhappy to see machines replacing people in production and … Continue reading →

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I’TS (Insert Name)’s FAULT! (It can’t be US!)

Posted on January 13, 2015 by Jack Curtis

We seem a consistent, if pretty funny species. Arabs are poor and exploited by the damn Jews and the West. Russians are poor and exploited by the West as well; the Chinese are just recovering from the same disease. South … Continue reading →

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Choices We Ignore That Our Leaders Cannot (And We Pay Their Prices)

Posted on August 30, 2014 by Jack Curtis

Europe is quietly (so far as U.S. news reports are concerned) declining to improve economically. It remains Stuck   in its Greatest Depression and can no more find its way out than can the U.S. But there is one very significant difference … Continue reading →

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Supremes Deck Aereo (And The Public)

Posted on June 26, 2014 by Jack Curtis

Radio was first; nobody could figure out a means for collecting money for radio broadcasts so they were free to consumers, subsidized by advertisers. Then came TV with the same setup — until cable. Cable can charge fees for service … Continue reading →

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Channeling Jews, Chinese…And Americans Of Then And Now

Posted on December 28, 2013 by Jack Curtis

Comparing results of various societies is as discouraged as it is interesting, one supposes, because so many who are influential are so heavily invested in their particular situation that they therefore, wish to avoid comparisons. If the Jews are generally … Continue reading →

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The Wal-Mart Wall Between Left And Right

Posted on November 13, 2013 by Jack Curtis

A wall divides our Left from our Right, symbolized perfectly by Wal-Mart. The world’s most successful retailer pleases the Right by supplying multitudes of the poor with low-cost products they otherwise would find unavailable, while hiring multitudes of not very … Continue reading →

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An American Reality Fable…

Posted on November 5, 2013 by Jack Curtis

It seems curious that so many Americans are so ignorant of ordinary economics, and so uncaring that they have not figured out what is happening to them and their lifestyle. It certainly doesn’t require an advanced or even any, degree … Continue reading →

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Channeling King Cnut…

Posted on October 15, 2013 by Jack Curtis

His Majesty, Cnut the Great, King of England and Denmark and of the Norwegians and some of the Swedes is best known now for ordering the tides to roll back. His heirs in that sort of thing seem to include … Continue reading →

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How Much Progress Can We Stand?

Posted on August 22, 2013 by Jack Curtis

Fox News pundit Bill O’Reilly recently opined that black culture and the dissolution of the black family underlie the inarguable fact that the blacks have a lock on the bottom of American society. He was of course, shouted down by … Continue reading →

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Dopey Delusions About Drug-Free Jocks

Posted on August 1, 2013 by Jack Curtis

Major League Baseball has listed more players under drug investigation, shortly after suspending Ryan Braun for the rest of the season. Record winning cyclist Lance Armstrong was hounded and brought down for drugging via coerced testimony without ever failed drug … Continue reading →

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