"Fool Me Once..."

I don't work with people who lie to me, or who don't keep their word.

Mistakes, fine.
Failures, fine.

Because I make mistakes,
and I fail too.

But I'll admit it,
and ask for forgiveness.

But lie to my face?
Go back on your word?

Hit the road, Jack.

"Pulling Freight"

Michelle cracks me up. She makes a lot of things go in this movement. People have no idea.

Thanks, Michelle.

"Hacking"

Cities get hacked.
Hospitals get hacked.
Businesses get hacked.
Power grids get hacked.
Credit cards get hacked.
Phones get hacked.
Some of our state officials admit that the usernames and passwords to all their county systems are on the dark web.

Yet our elections, run by technically incompetent people, are "the most secure in history."

But the thing that just blows me away is that some of our election officials actually believe that their systems are secure.

And the people believe them too.

And the media promotes this silliness.

Sooo stupid. Intolerably so.

In order to believe something so obviously stupid, people must really want to believe it. The bad orange man just had to go. And we can't let those redneck deplorables gain control of our country, or we'll never be able to convince everyone that there is no difference between and innie and an outie.

Even a sheep knows that. And sheep are really stupid.

"The Sheriff"

If your Secretary of State insists that you use their stupid election machines, simply tell them, "No."

Get your sheriff on board first, though.

I heard a sheriff say recently, "They can buy all the machines they want, but I have the keys to the buildings."

The reason you elect your sheriff is because he defends the community against the tyranny of the government.

“Invitations”

Just so you know...

I always accept invitations to speak at events and interviews, if the calendar allows. I learned during 2020 Covid that getting the word out to all audiences is paramount. I've done interviews with conservatives, liberals, and all parties. The truth is the truth.

And since what I present is always based upon the data, I have nothing to fear. And people are often surprised to discover that what I really think and say is not what they’ve been led to believe.

I once stood in front of 300 antagonistic scientists at a national meeting they had called just to attack my work. I left that meeting having converted a sizable fraction of the attendees. Because the data were on my side.

Never be afraid to face your accusers when you are on the side of truth. Stand tall, stand confident, and shine the light on the cockroaches and watch them run.

Follow the data.

"Nineveh"

When God told Jonah to go to Nineveh, he didn't want to. He wanted the Ninevites to suffer the wrath of God's judgement, and he was being sent there to boldly proclaim their sin and encourage them to repent.

So Jonah got on a ship and sailed in the opposite direction.

But God wasn't letting Jonah off that easily. God sent a storm, and Jonah's shipmates tossed him overboard. A large fish swallowed him, and three days later spit him up on the beach. Then Jonah went to Nineveh, smelling like vomit and fish guts.

When the Ninevites heard Jonah's message, they repented, and God withheld His judgement on them.

I sometimes wonder if they just wanted to get that bleached and stinky guy to leave.

But Jonah's is a good lesson. There's God's way, and there's the hard way.

I'm choosing God's way. I am a leaf on the river.

"I Corinthians 3"

"Brothers and sisters, I could not address you as people who live by the Spirit but as people who are still worldly—mere infants in Christ. I gave you milk, not solid food, for you were not yet ready for it. Indeed, you are still not ready. You are still worldly. For since there is jealousy and quarreling among you, are you not worldly? Are you not acting like mere humans? For when one says, “I follow Paul,” and another, “I follow Apollos,” are you not mere human beings?

What, after all, is Apollos? And what is Paul? Only servants, through whom you came to believe—as the Lord has assigned to each his task. I planted the seed, Apollos watered it, but God has been making it grow. So neither the one who plants nor the one who waters is anything, but only God, who makes things grow. The one who plants and the one who waters have one purpose, and they will each be rewarded according to their own labor. For we are co-workers in God’s service; you are God’s field, God’s building.

By the grace God has given me, I laid a foundation as a wise builder, and someone else is building on it. But each one should build with care. For no one can lay any foundation other than the one already laid, which is Jesus Christ. If anyone builds on this foundation using gold, silver, costly stones, wood, hay or straw, their work will be shown for what it is, because the Day will bring it to light. It will be revealed with fire, and the fire will test the quality of each person’s work. If what has been built survives, the builder will receive a reward. If it is burned up, the builder will suffer loss but yet will be saved—even though only as one escaping through the flames.

Don’t you know that you yourselves are God’s temple and that God’s Spirit dwells in your midst? If anyone destroys God’s temple, God will destroy that person; for God’s temple is sacred, and you together are that temple."

"From Jesus' Sermon on the Mount"

“Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep's clothing but inwardly are ravenous wolves. You will recognize them by their fruits. Are grapes gathered from thornbushes, or figs from thistles? So, every healthy tree bears good fruit, but the diseased tree bears bad fruit. A healthy tree cannot bear bad fruit, nor can a diseased tree bear good fruit. Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire. Thus you will recognize them by their fruits.

Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven. On that day many will say to me, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name, and cast out demons in your name, and do many mighty works in your name?’ And then will I declare to them, ‘I never knew you; depart from me, you workers of lawlessness.’ "

"Swimming in Data"

I've been swimming in data all day... some good stuff in the works. It's nice coming up for air every so often and reading your comments.

Thanks for expressing your concerns about the Florida event. I'll be careful. They've got some fabulous grassroots groups there, and I'm looking forward to meeting with them.

"Publicans and Sinners"

“As Jesus went on from there, he saw a man named Matthew sitting at the tax collector’s booth. “Follow me,” he told him, and Matthew got up and followed him.

While Jesus was having dinner at Matthew’s house, many tax collectors and sinners came and ate with him and his disciples. When the Pharisees saw this, they asked his disciples, “Why does your teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?”

On hearing this, Jesus said, “It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick. But go and learn what this means: ‘I desire mercy, not sacrifice.’ For I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners.” "

(From Matthew 9)

The Gallagher clan is one of my favorites! https://www.eventbrite.com/e/meet-greet-ryan-gallagher-for-county-judge-tickets-241451286297

Nothing suspicious here...

Nothing suspicious here...

I'll be there tonight!

Kim Georgeton for state rep!

"Somebody Knows"

After I'd published my discovery I was pretty famous, and the local school district wanted to take advantage of the opportunity to train some of their teachers. So they would send teachers to observe me in the lab for several weeks at a time to learn what 'real' science was like.

One case really sticks out in my mind. The teacher had watched me for several weeks, and finally asked me her burning question, "Why are you doing this experiment anyway? What can you do with the results?"

I explained that sometimes in science you do research just for the pure joy of exploration. To learn things that no one has ever known before. And that is usually how discoveries are made.

She said, "Why not just look it up in a book? It would be a lot faster."

I explained, "No one has ever done this experiment before, exploring this particular question."

She didn't believe me and insisted, "Certainly, someone knows. You just have to look it up."

Like we know everything already.

And these people are teaching science to our youngsters.

"A Missionary Vocation"

Many years ago I heard a Newt Gingrich interview about the dismal state of public education in the US. He said something that has really stuck with me. He said,

"We've convinced ourselves that we can teach people to be teachers. You can't. You're born with it—it's a gift. And teaching is a missionary vocation; it's a calling."

Our problem is that we've filled our public schools with baby-sitters instead of teachers. We've taught them to fill out forms and make displays on the wall. But they don't even really know their subject matter, they just regurgitate it from a book. They can't get the high-paying jobs, so they teach.

In the US, we educate 2.5 times as many teachers as there are teacher openings. The law of supply and demand dictates that teacher salaries will be suppressed as a result.

Furthermore, the average SAT scores of the teachers we produce are only slightly above average.

To fix public education, the first step is to set higher standards for teachers. It takes decades, but studies show that if we begin filtering now (top 10% only), our public schools will be dramatically better twenty years from now. Teachers would be paid more because they are in demand, and teaching would be highly respected as any other profession.

"Follow the Data"

I've been reading your comments, and I want to clarify something.

I don't have time to write a dissertation with every post. Sometimes, I just post data, or even just a graph as a benchmark. Coming up for air, showing you what I'm working on at the time. (I am deep in the heart of Texas right now!)

I love it when you comment or make suggestions. And seeing it up here, I often see omissions and make improvements.

I give dozens of public talks, and just about every graph I post is discussed in more detail in one of those talks. So if you need/want more explanation, that's a great place to start.

In the early days, when I wasn't giving so many talks, I took the time to prepare formal videos. Now, my time is more limited.

Nothing in this graph but DATA.