"This might explain it. Donald Trump had a dream in which he was told that reality is an illusion, that it's all in his head, that all that exists is what he imagines. The notion would not be original to him. Nothing is, except his regard for himself." https://ofb.biz/sa1354

#DonaldTrump #TheViewFromMudsockHeights #CharlieKirk #UnitedNations

Trump's Weird Dream

This might explain it. Donald Trump had a dream in which he was told that reality is an illusion, that it’s all in his head, that all that exists is what he imagines. The notion would not be original to him. Nothing is, except his regard for himself.

Dennis E. Powell: ”Were a list compiled of my manifold sins and wickedness, near the top of that very long list would be my affection for gadgets that I imagined I needed and therefore purchased. Usually it turned out I didn't actually need them at all." #tinycomputing #retrocomputing #portablecomputing #laptop #pda #theviewfrommudsockheights https://ofb.biz/sa1336
Dinky Computers

Were a list compiled of my manifold sins and wickedness, near the top of that very long list would be my affection for gadgets that I imagined I needed and therefore purchased. Usually it turned out I didn’t actually need them at all. Sometimes they did end up being useful, though none of them will be mentioned here.

At the death of #PopeFrancis, Dennis E. Powell goes on a journey through some recent Vatican history and intrigues... and how some of it is captured in coinage. #theviewfrommudsockheights #popefrancis #vatican #politics #currency https://ofb.biz/sa1309
Sede Vacante

Pope Francis has died. We should all pray for his eternal rest and that perpetual light shine upon him, as we should for everyone who leaves this life, both as a spiritual work of mercy and in hope that having reached Heaven, in part through our prayers, he will intercede for us.

"Let me begin with an assertion that I think is undeniable: Were it not for #FoxNews Channel, particularly its simpering morning show, #DonaldTrump would never have been president." #bias #news #reporting #propaganda #theviewfrommudsockheights https://ofb.biz/sa1297
Fox Trump Channel

Let me begin with an assertion that I think is undeniable: Were it not for Fox News Channel, particularly its simpering morning show, Donald Trump would never have been president.

#theViewFromMudsockHeights: “Do all families have a deep corporate interest in #genealogy? I hope so, because it is fascinating and satisfying. The subject swoops in unannounced and occupies my days every few years.“ #bible #history https://ofb.biz/sa1288
Josiah Cummings's Book

Do all families have a deep corporate interest in genealogy? I hope so, because it is fascinating and satisfying. The subject swoops in unannounced and occupies my days every few years. Though I’m by no means an expert, I think I’m a relatively skilled dilettante and have a long, strangely constructed family tree to prove it.

#theViewFromMudsockHeights: There are things we can know about the #NewYear within a minuscule margin of error, and it’s worthwhile to know at least some of them ahead of time, for planning purposes. Many of them are things humans cannot change. https://ofb.biz/sa1276
What We Can Know About 2025

There are things we can know about 2025 within a minuscule margin of error, and it’s worthwhile to know at least some of them ahead of time, for planning purposes. Many of them are things humans cannot change. Others are things that humans could change but probably won’t, for good or bad reasons.

This week’s #TheViewFromMudsockHeights has Dennis E. Powell journeying from great #IBM Keyboards of the past to the #UnicompKeyboard Mini #ModelM with a stop by the #ModelF. #MechanicalKeyboard #TKL #TenKeyless https://ofb.biz/sa1272
I Got an M, Not an F

In my elementary school, we weren’t given grades of A B C D F as was the standard before and since. Instead, New Haven R-II school employed a different set of letters that meant the same thing. They were E S M I F. I have no idea how this came to pass, but I hope it was because some person seeking a doctorate in education realized that his dissertation was due tomorrow and he had nothing. Frankly, I could get behind that kind of education theory. Beats modern pedagogy, anyway.

#TheViewFromMudsockHeights looks for a #smartTV #remoteControl: “It's important, I think, to begin by saying that I'm writing this on my television, as I sit on the couch 10 feet away and use a wireless keyboard.” #bluetooth #wirelesskeyboard https://ofb.biz/sa1270
In search of . . .

It’s important, I think, to begin by saying that I’m writing this on my television, as I sit on the couch 10 feet away and use a wireless keyboard.

#theViewFromMudsockHeights: Much has been said this month about how to get along with “evil fascist” relatives on #Thanksgiving. To most of us, I suspect, the idea of Thanksgiving dinner battle lines being drawn are as alien as bringing a goat to dinner. https://ofb.biz/sa1266
Let Thanksgiving Be Thanksgiving

Most every publication in the country has run at least one column or “lifestyle” story this month about how to get along with relatives on Thanksgiving even though they are evil fascists. (To which I’d add, or football fans.)

If all goes well, we'll awaken a week from today to the ghastly thought that we'll be listening to *that voice* for the next four years.

#theViewFromMudsockHeights #DonaldTrump #KamalaHarris #election2024 https://ofb.biz/sa1258

But It Won't Be Over

If all goes well, we’ll awaken a week from today to the ghastly thought that we’ll be listening to that voice for the next four years. I say if all goes well, because if the election is as close as the predictors say it will be — sooner or later, just by chance, they will be right — this thing could drag on for months, or it could result in instant rioting. I say that voice because no one who should be allowed to run free can stand the sound of either of the presidential candidates.