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Bitchin Dave's Newsletter - September 8th

The NFL season kicks off this week, and as we look ahead, I see the bottom few teams are there once again, and just laughable at this point.  Perhaps a relegation system - whereby teams have to actually try in order to stay in the topmost league - would be helpful. The Miami Dolphins are one of these teams.  Yeah, they were the only team to ever go undefeated, had the winningest coach, had arguably the best pure passer in the game... and yet, since 2000, they have basically sucked. In the 26 years this century, the dolphins have had two owners, ...
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Bitchin Dave's Newsletter - September 1st

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The catastrophic flood in Nepal was astounding.  We saw bridges and buildings get destroyed, and people getting swept up as they fled.  It was heart wrenching, yet was a reminder of nature's fury. The reality is that we keep seeing these kinds of things happen, with a greater frequency every year.  Recorded history tells us there are more events, and they cause increasingly more damage.  And yet, we can’t seem to wrap our heads around it, and spend time foolishly debating about the cause of disasters. And as a result, we don’t spend much energy on unde...
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Bitchin Dave's Newsletter - August 25th

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Once again, it feels like the world around us is out of control, and I have to say that I get irrationally angry at some of it.  New stories appear every day about malfeasance, greed, corruption, subverting religion, social issues, and a total lack of concern for our future, or that of the planet.  There are lies and obfuscation that just make everything harder. And of course, the people that support the unfettered administration behind most of the nonsense are just blindly clapping, even when it directly adversely affects them.  It's a form of insanity, and cultish in the way it plays out. FAFO, indeed. But I remain hopeful about it all.  At ...
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