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Well you force me to retaliate with this. In the comedic movie "1,2,3" a loyal Communist is forced to admit to being a US spy after being tortured, over and over, by the song "Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polkadot Bikini". (The clip below does not show some of the preceding "torture".)

Wealth is mobile. Those who are rich can simply move to another location that is more tax friendly to them. So - should they leave, they will no longer directly be involved and/or contribute to the economy. Moreover, there are issues of corruption and political orientation. One can view...

Fernando is another fantastic song. The theme of this song is worthy of a full length movie. As an aside: I was extremely disappointed that Top Gun: Maverick did not have Berlin's "Take My Breath Away"

I like ABBA. Enjoy listening to it as an occasional music as part of Classic Rock.

I just bought an internet radio. Like your dad, we live in a rural environment which means that the local radio stations tend to be junk. So, should your father enjoy listening to the radio and has internet access, than that may be a good gift.

The saga continues. The unfortunate downside of proprietary development. The Starliner was launched on June 5th and they are still up there, moths later. Fortunately there is room at the "inn"...

Not obvious at all. Do you even read what those you assert to be MAGA aficionados post? As one example, @Isaac wrote: "In fact if you'd been paying attention: I've often said the opposite, I've said there are plenty of aspects of him that I don't care for, but I still very much want him to win...

This morning Fox News had Nicole Malliotakis (R, NY) on to discuss illegal immigrants and voting. She, of course, noted that illegal immigrants can't vote. Democrats of course point out with great fanfare and bluster that illegal immigrants can't vote which makes it a non-issue. But Malliotakis...

I have only been casually following the Democratic convention. Based on the reporting of Fox News, it appears that the Democrats are silent concerning the plight of Israel and Democrats have openly expressed concern for the plight of Palestinians in Gaza. I understand that Biden never mentioned...

A satirical take on Harris's economic illiteracy. https://babylonbee.com/news/kamala-harris-unveils-new-campaign-slogan-we-must-seize-the-means-of-production-and-execute-the-bourgeoisie

Harris proclaimed that we need to fix price gaging gouging. There is an irony in that. In an inflationary environment, corporations will (of course) report "record" profits because the value of the dollar has depreciated. Next, if Biden Economics is truly working, the political optics would...

The word "coup" is being applied liberally by the public and media, even by Democrats. https://www.foxnews.com/media/powerful-democrats-pushed-president-biden-out-coup-nyt-columnist

@Pat Hartman, you are correct that MariaDB "is simply another database engine". There is no "front end" or "back end" when using MariaDB. You interact with the database through your internet browser, essentially you are implementing a web-based methodology. The web-base approach is made...

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:) Glad you brought that up. When I quit using MS Access, I experimented with Base. Very frustrating. Never understood it. Moved onto MariaDB as the alternative to MS Access. I would not recommend Base. As an afterthought. Upgrades to the LibreOffice suite are periodically released, but I have...

https://www.makeuseof.com/libreoffice-why-instead-microsoft-365/ At times it may be worth considering alternatives to Microsoft products.

Good question. I doubt that I will be attending. I have not seen anything about actually speaking. "Questions? Email us at events@eff.org." I have been sending some emails to the event email address asking the panel to consider issues such as why EFF would even get into this political topic...

The mantra of the Electronic Frontier Foundation (of which I am a member) is "The leading nonprofit defending digital privacy, free speech, and innovation." Periodically, I have received email notifications that have made me wonder if the organization has been tainted by woke culture. I had a...

Welcome aboard. Based on your introduction, you are starting from "scratch". Assuming that, do you really want to implement an MS Access database solution? There are other databases that could be considered more "modern", but may require more work to implement. Nevertheless, this is an excellent...

Using federal taxpayer money to mask Medicare premium hikes implies a greater governance problem. Federal money is also apparently being used to "mask" the humanitarian (welfare) aid illegal immigrants are receiving. The Biden/Harris administration, by "masking" how programs are funded...