Clearing the Tabs December 31, 2021

Here are some things I've read so far this month or will be reading soon. A lot of people are staying at home looking for things to read, so I've broken this month into two parts again, expect a post on January 31. Also, just because I post something here does not mean I agree with it, it simply means it made me think and I think my readers might enjoy it.

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December 16

That's An Ugly CPI Number. Thank Goodness It's Not Inflation.

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December 17
What Will 'Build Back Better' Buy? Inflation.
Deficit spending and debt are out of control, and dragging down the purchasing power of the dollar.

Western greed fuels China’s domination
Our oligarchs prostrate themselves for profit

December 18
How inflation is squeezing working American families at Christmas

Decarbonization cannot manufacture the products demanded by civilization

December 19
Paul Volcker, the Fed, and ‘Tight Credit.’ The Myth That Won’t Die.

December 20
The Pandemic as an Employment Shell Game

December 22
The Carpetbagger’s Guide to Home Ownership

December 23
The Ghost of Christmas Inflation

December 26
Staying home and turning the town around

New U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates: A New World?

California’s keenest competition for innovation sector jobs? Other bluish Western states

December 29
The left doesn’t own minority voters
Unless left-wing parties drop their woke dogmas, they’ll struggle in the increasingly diverse West.

December 30
Give Your Money. Give Your Time. Don’t Tell Anyone.
You can find deep, lasting happiness in a good deed that no one knows you did.

Year in review

Vehicle Miles Traveled vs. Pay-at-the-Pump Gas Tax

December 31
Here’s Why California Is Losing Population for the First Time

Clearing the Tabs December 15, 2021

Here are some things I've read so far this month or will be reading soon. A lot of people are staying at home looking for things to read, so I've broken this month into two parts again, expect a post on December 31 as well to round out the year. Also, just because I post something here does not mean I agree with it, it simply means it made me think and I think my readers might enjoy it.

December 1

Own Nothing and Love It
An unholy alliance of planners, financiers, and leftists wants everyone to live in mass social housing developments.

December 2
The great nudge
Government, Big Tech and the media are all trying to nudge us into adopting the ‘right’ behaviour.

When You Can’t Change the World, Change Your Feelings
Adjusting your attitude is easier than you think.

December 3
Do Sidewalks Make Us More Social?

December 4
IRS data prove 2017 tax cuts benefited middle class the most

December 5
3 Questions about Regeneration

Horses, bourbon and a lot of luck

December 6
Work or Welfare?

Divesting in Crude Oil Guarantees Shortages and Inflation

December 7
A Conflict of Visions within Conservatism

Manchin and Sinema Hold the Key for Democrats: Respecting Regional Difference

December 10
The Way Out

Unicorns Can Grow Here, But Are There Enough Tech Workers?

December 11
This small town likes it that way

December 12
What Are the Real Third Places?
Civil society depends on places that are neither workplaces nor homes. New research on how they’ve fared during the pandemic shows which ones matter most to people.

December 13
Our Neo-Feudal Future

December 15
The new Dark Ages
The woke assault on Western civilisation is taking us backwards.

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Clearing the Tabs November 30, 2021

Ending November with some things I've read so far in the second half of this month, or will be reading soon. A lot of people are staying at home looking for things to read, so I've broken this month into two parts again, and will probably keep doing this for a while. Also, just because I share something on here does not mean I agree with it, but I think opposing ideas are good for the mind on occasion.

November 16

The Economy-Sapping Impact of the $15B Elon Musk Tax Will Be Largely Unseen

Mobility Principles for a Prosperous World

November 17
We need more families
Rising numbers of single people and plummeting birth rates are bad news for civilisation.

November 19

Greenlining is Remedy for Redlining and Bluelining

November 20
Wake up, progressives: You’re lucky to have Kyrsten Sinema

November 21
The Reshoring Imperative

Cambria County fights population loss in little, big ways

November 23
Revisionist History: Renowned Civil Rights Leader Savages the Anti-America '1619 Project'

The socialism America needs
The Left's agenda is more feudal than Marxist

Spending Restraint Is a Necessary Ingredient for Good Tax Policy

November 24
Why the 'Old North' States Have Been Economic Laggards
Hint: It’s not politics or failed strategy. But we have a 23-state region spanning the Great Plains, Midwest and Northeast, as well as some border states, that have consistently trailed the rest of the country.

November 29
Dot's, Rivian, Kohl's: Homegrown Successes Get Coastal Boosts

November 30
Minorities Monopolize California’s Suburban and Exurban Growth

The comic cries of climate apocalypse — 50 years of spurious scaremongering

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Clearing the Tabs November 15, 2021

Here are some things I've read so far this month or will be reading soon. A lot of people are staying at home looking for things to read, so I've broken this month into two parts again, expect a post on November 30 as well. Also, just because I post something here does not mean I agree with it, it simply means it made me think and I think my readers might enjoy it.

November 1
Serfing the planet
Green policies will accelerate the immiseration of the global working and middle class.

November 3
Crude Oil is seldom used for electricity, so why tinker with the supply chain?

November 4

Did critical race theory lose Virginia?
The Republicans' shock win proves Bidenism is dead

Henry Kissinger Writes With Worry About a Future That Will Be Brilliant

November 5
Without fossil fuel infrastructure we’re supposed to have an ENERGY CRISIS!

November 6
Virginia election proves voters are sick of hearing about Donald Trump

November 7
The voters revolt against our cultural curators, again

New congressional districts could spell trouble for Democrats

You Don’t Hate Jeff Bezos And Elon Musk, Rather You Hate Big Government

November 9
Shortage Economy: Will We Go Marching?

November 11
The Next Environmental Crisis

November 11
No One Cares!
Our fears about what other people think of us are overblown and rarely worth fretting over.

November 12
California Dreamin’

November 14
It Would Help If the Neo ‘Inflation’ Hawks Understood What Inflation Is

America Is Built on a Great Culture. Progressives Want to Abandon It

November 15
The GND has no plan to replace crude oil products

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Clearing the Tabs October 31, 2021

Ending October with some things I've read so far in the second half of this month, or will be reading soon. A lot of people are staying at home looking for things to read, so I've broken this month into two parts again, and will probably keep doing this for a while. Also, just because I share something on here does not mean I agree with it, but I think opposing ideas are good for the mind on occasion.

The view of Mt. Rushmore from Canada

October 16
Rod Dreher: Hungary's Viktor Orban is a model for American Conservatives
"Orban seems to have taken an accurate measure of what he's up against, what conservatives are up against, with the system, with the institutionalized wokeness, and globalism..."

October 20
Have we reached the high water mark of woke?
American progressives are provoking a furious backlash.

October 26
The Affordable-Housing Industrial Complex

The Poor Places That Made Our Cities Richer
Dense, often dilapidated neighborhoods were routes to prosperity for an earlier generation of low-income urbanites. Their destruction has hurt us all.

October 27
Slow Boat from China
What happens when the weakest link in the chain is you?

October 28
One Boondoggle Down, Hundreds to Go

October 29
Elites Are Using Climate Hysteria to Immiserate the Working Class

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My Two Reviews of No Time To Die on James Bond Radio

The best, and perhaps longest running, podcast devoted to 007 films, James Bond Radio, has a cool way of leaving 90-second audio messages via their website. They asked their listeners to leave 90-second reviews about No Time To Die as part of their "30 Days of No Time To Die" coverage since the U.K. release of the film.

When I first saw the movie, I wanted to talk to someone about it, someone who had not yet seen it. Knowing no one like that, I left the fellas at James Bond Radio a message with my instant thoughts about the movie, not knowing they would use it. When they finally got around to their final of the "30 Days" episodes, they asked their listeners to leave their messages, so I complied and left another review.

Well, as luck would have it, both of my messages made the cut, and at different points in the episode. There are over 150 reviews, and it's a long episode, but it is really cool to hear over 150 different opinions about No Time To Die. I commend the entire episode to you, but if you just wish to hear my brilliant takes, you can skip to 4:34 (the overall second review) and 3:06:02.

   

No Time To Die Music Stories

James Bond Radio has an episode out today that discusses the music of No Time To Die. One of the guests hosting the music episode is Chris Wood, who is a great follow on Instagram (@BondOnVinyl), a great music mind and a great Bond music aficionado. Listen below, and see the other podcast as well. 

As a result of hearing Chris Wood mention Mike Lovatt, who played trumpet on the No Time To Die soundtrack, being a recent guest on the Scorey Time podcast, I listened to that episode as well and really enjoyed it, listen to it here.