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Right Angle: Backstage (07-26-2022)
“A death trap of wires and cables” is where we start with this Backstage meeting of the men of Right Angle.
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The local Fox news station in SLC came out last night and said that Monkey Pox IS NOT A SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE. The emphasis was theirs!
It has been a real honor to cross paths with you fine gentlemen.
I had to stop my Membership a few months ago, due to a terminal health issue (that was taking-away all of my spendable $$$)…
Things have not improved, mortality-wise, but I did get a little more help from our illustrious govt. re: medicine.
So, I am once again a ‘Member’, and for as long as I can breathe, am so happy to contribute what I can to forward you good gents’ wisdom and observations!
I wish to say- “Thank you.”
You have all done such a nincreible job, exposing things that are going-on.
Thank you.
We’re delighted you’re here, S.O.B..
Prayers for you, in this time.
And thanks for the handle making me look up Bucephalus. 😉
Once again, thanks to Scott for promoting our little band of writers over at the Writers’ Club! If you want to be a writer of fantasy or sci-fi or if you would just like to be part of the process of helping people move from “dreaming about writing a book” to “publishing a book,” hit me up over in this thread and I’ll ask Scott to add you so you can be part of our little band of misfits and miscreants. 😉
— G.K.
She lost HOW much on investments with money she could lose? 30k? I don’t feel sorry for her at all.
Someone in the Biden admin apparently said “Milton Friedman isn’t running the show anymore” as if he thought that Mr Friedman was making the economic rules and not just telling us how things works.
Matt Damon – The Great Wall (iirc) he was a merchant, former merc from Europe, trying to buy gunpowder to take home and sell for a fortune.
Scott’s second topic… I think that is just what some people were worried about, that if the option to sue companies for offering legal services or goods got popular that laws would be passed letting other companies be sued.
To Bill’s question and the blob of mercury analogy, I think you cannot eliminate it, as they said, but if we think more of the evil nature of humans oozing out of the whole to create that blob, we could with proper punishment for lawbreaking (and not the no cash bail crap that lets someone assault a candidate for office and be out on the street hours later) and slow or restrict that “oozing of mercury” to coalesce into an actual blob that can slide around creating trouble. The broken windows theory has been proven to work in several cities. Lawbreaking can be mitigated and controlled, though not eliminated in places were people are in large numbers.
I think there were a few “crazy” criminals that did go for the death penalty, but in more ways there were trying to be martyrs.
Sandy is truely fulfilling the role of “member/producer”. Thank you Sandy.
More than one dystopian story has been written essentially looking at placing all of the Mercury in one location, and blocking it off from the rest of the world.
Never works in the stories.
read the “Lensman” series by E.E. Doc Smith. or John Norman “For” series.
I won’t mess with cyber money. You’d really have to farm it yourself to make any actual money. And that requires a ton of servers. Plus, it’s one step away from global currency, which is what I firmly believe the globalist government will be taking control over, and leading into the Great Tribulation, and the mark of the Beast.
…oh, plus, being disabled, and on SSI, “when” the government does take it over, and they have threatened to do so already, I would lose my SSI and all my medical coverage. With my medical health declining rapidly, that would really suck losing it.
Regarding Concealed Carry permits vs Constitutional Carry – we are currently half way there. Exactly 25 States allow for Constitutional Carry, as of this writing.
Permits: Where the Government takes away a Right you already have, and then sells it back to you… Maybe.
When Matt Damon starts making commercials for crypto it’s time to sell.
when NPR starts writing hit pieces about crypto it’s time to buy.
I buy crypto because I think in the future the US dollar will completely collapse and we will be relying on things like crypto and precious medals for all transactions.
I do not buy bitcoin with dollars hoping that I can sell my bitcoin to make more dollars. I buy bitcoin hoping that we will get away from this fiat money and preparing for its collapse.
Steve, nice ring on the right hand. SG?
Good eye!
It was my dad’s, a high school graduation gift from his dad. Hadn’t worn it in years, finally got it re-sized.
how fortunate you are to have something so beautiful that holds even more beauty in it’s family legacy. Your only problem will be in having 2 sons and one ring. Your job is now set to start a new legacy item to pass on. You can handle it, I am sure.
Who’s the most widely-read science fiction author of all time? That would be Stanislaw Lem, from Poland who wrote for a Russian audience (who are crazy for science fiction). A good place to start with Lem would be Terminus – a chapter from the book Pirx the Pilot. It’s short, very thought-provoking, and very big on attention to technical details. Here’s an excerpt.
I meant to suggest some Ray Bradbury. His stuff isn’t so hard on the sci-fi, and his prose is almost lyrical.
5 or 6 years ago, my wife and daughter went on a church mission trip to Detroit. They did some bible study/ rebuild projects / painted etc. They also had a couple of afternoons set up to pull in neighborhood families for food and fellowship.
While going through the nearby blocks, one of our ladies pointed to one particular street where the houses were in much better shape, the lawns taken care of, and nicer cars. She started to walk in that direction when an 8 year old grabbed her hand and stopped her. Why are we not going to those home, she asked.
That’s where the drug dealers live, he answered. We don’t go down that street.
Everyone knew who they were, where they were; and they were just let be.
There are different types of viruses in this world. The Mercury still gathers and blights.
Bill I think carr was only awarded the silver star, not the medal of honor
If Washington had an AR, it would probably look like this – no frills and very useful. BTW – this may or may not be mine.
Photo taken prior to tragic boating accident, obviously.
It would be fun if you guys would do a film and book review show periodically, like a regular feature.
I second the motion.
Third the motion.
Isn’t that what Backstage becomes once per month?
But, either way 4th!
Please do not state that you have to have a compromised immune system to get AIDS. There were lots of people who got it from blood transfusions, and rare cases of even just needle sticks.
Monkey Pox shouldn’t be much more than a hiccup. I doubt a shut down will be pushed by any reasonable public health official. If they do, it will be Donkey Pox, a purely political shut down managed by Dems.
Let me know when you find one of these. Would be like sighting Nellie. 😉
Nellie? Is that Nessie the Loch Ness Monster’s sister? 😉
— G.K.
That would be her!! Rare as an honest (or earnest) bureaucrat.
All hail Nellie, then! 😉
— G.K.
My autocorrect still won’t let me type Nessie on my phone. I had to get on PC to do it. Didn’t even read my own comment accurately on my phone. Maybe my wife is right and I need to see the eye doctor.
N-E-S-S-I-E – geez!
You guys are classic!!! Thanks
Newsome “Unleash the Karens”!
The whole concept of the stock market, especially if you are a company “going public”, is surreal. You begin a company, take it to market, and your shares as a founder are valued at more money than you have ever seen in your life. Your stock is released for sale, the value goes up, high fives all around. Then stuff happens, reality sets in, major investors bale, the stock is now worthless, and only associates that sold high benefitted. If you “had faith” in your value, you crash and burn. You console yourself with the fact that it is all “funny money” to begin with, but you glimpsed the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow and took another road.
Good job guys looking forwards to all the shows this week.
Having worked in entertainment most of my life, I’ve learned that actors ain’t the swiftest and should not be listened to about anything beyond the art of acting. And even then…
Bill, is the Formosa not there anymore? That’d be sad. I used to live just down the street from there.
Ok, let’s start with a bit of background. I’m a Sci-fi, fantasy geek. Some time back me and my wives did a “bucket list” of things to do and books to read. I looked up top ten general, sci-fi and fantasy. Had all of top ten fantasy, most of general (Missed 1982, but have read since.), and all but one Sci-fi. “The moon is a harsh mistress”!. Sorry Scott, can’t help you on that one. But then again , I can’t do any spoilers either. (Unlike I did for someone reading “Lord of the Rings”. Did too much of “have you gotten to the part where..” Finally starting saying “what just happened ?” instead.)
If LOTR counts as part of that genre, then I’ve read the whole series. Still a noob.
“The moon is a harsh mistress” is sci-fi. LOTR is fantasy. Sometimes the genres blur. (Dragon riders of Pern Is an example. It tries to explain dragons scientifically. Sometimes called science fantasy.) Both are fiction.
Me, I just like a good story. Noobs are fine. I once was a noob. Bill is late to LOTR. My fantasy reading started in high school (1980s) when I was assigned a choice of reading “The Hobbit” or “Fall of the house of Usher” by Poe. I had already read that, so I read “The Hobbit”.
It opened new doors for me.
By the way, “The Silmarillion” by Tolkien is a prequel to LOTR. It is dark. And kind of a slog. But it explains a lot. If you read and enjoyed the appendix to LOTR, you may enjoy it. Otherwise, probably not.
Enjoy your books. And may you go through new doors that you find intersting.
Scott – The Moon is a Harsh Mistress is a full novel. If your subscription allows, I would actually start with a couple of Heinlein’s short stories. “The Man Who Sold the Moon” would be a good one. “LifeLine” “The Roads Must Roll” have interesting historical concepts in them. You would not lose focus as they are pretty short. Look to see if you can download an anthology called “The Past Through Tomorrow” which has a dozen or more very good stories.
Got ‘The Man Who Sold the Moon’ just now. Thanks, RSAE.
Let us know how you like it. On the plus side, after reading that you will understand some of Steve’s references when you guys talk about Elon Musk!
LotR is a stable of fantasy since Tolkien is considered the Father of Modern Fantasy. 🙂
If The Moon Is A Harsh Mistress is too much, try World War Z. It’s done more like a documentary which might help you with bridging that divide between fiction/non-fiction. 😀
Also, while I love my sci-fi, I’m actually more of a fantasy geek. LOL. If you ever decide to give fantasy a try, wow, do I have some suggestions for you!
— G.K.
How do you feel about Lackey’s Elemental Masters series or the 500 Kingdoms books?
I never actually got to read those because the bookstores around me (when I was a kid) carried very few of her books. However, I will add those to my TBR pile.
Right now I’m going between books on Greek religion and philosophy and Brandon Sanderson’s cosmere books. I just finished Elantris, The Emperor’s Soul, Warbreaker, and the first Mistborn Trilogy (Mistborn, the Well of Ascension, and the Hero of Ages) last week. I’m arguing with myself over whether or not to pick up the second Mistborn trilogy or go straight into Way of Kings again. 🙂
— G.K.
I realized after I posted that comment that a forum post might make more sense. The 500 Kingdoms books are pretty much fairy tale, “but something went wrong” type stories. The first is essentially Cinderella but the prince is a 10 year old so he’s not holding any balls for her to sneak into, dance, and lose her shoe.
Elemental Masters is probably closer to Harry Potter in theme, but with adults not children protagonists and the magic is focused on the 4 classic elements and the mage’s responsibility to the elemental creatures and the “great power, great responsibility” theme.
Cool. They both sound interesting. I’ll put them in my TBR pile and grab them when I get paid next or tell my parents and SO that I would love to have the first few books of those series for my birthday at the end of August. 😉
Are you in the Writers’ Club? If not, do you want in? I have a thread recommending sci-fi stuff for Scott but would love to have a similar one for us fantasy geeks.
— G.K.
I use a a buy high, sell low investment strategy. I’ve also stopped doing my own investing about 20yrs ago.
I know this is considered harsh, but the quickest way to fix the inner cities is for its citizens to accept their culpability in the rot. Voting for crooks and charlatans for decades will do this. Stop it and accept responsibility. Then make the changes. It won’t be easy but nothing worth doing ever is.
My experience in city precincts shows that most don’t vote for crooks or charlatans…they just don’t vote, except in Presidential elections.
Indecision is a decision – would you agree?