Bitchin Dave's newsletter

This coming weekend, we once again change our clocks. What you may not know is that Benjamin Franklin is kind of the originator of the idea for Daylight Savings Time.  It comes from his time in France, as a new candle had been invented that didn't produce smoke.  He was captivated by it and it stoked his imagination. Being a thinker and a scientist, he considered how important candles were to life.  Once it got to be dark, you had to light one to see anything.  And over the course of an evening, a week, a month, or a year, he ran through many candles.  How many?  He ran the numbers.  And then he wrote a short piece about how if there was more daylight, then the need for candles would be reduced.  He determined that Parisians could save millions of French Livre every year if they had an hour of extra daylight, and didn't have to buy candles for that period of time with more light. That was pure Franklin magic.  He was good at dissecting a topic and giving a point of view that wa...

I have been tracking 4 items related to the "immigration crackdowns" that are happening.  First is the simple notion that mobilizing troops is necessary for some reason.  And some will tell you its to try and legitimize attacks on democratic-leaning cities and states.  If they can provoke a response, then they can impose more (illegal) restrictions and further their cause.   But seeing the costumes - especially the frogs! - meeting troops is uplifting.  The pushback is, indeed, peaceful.  And dare I say, awesome. Second, the troops that have been deployed (again, likely illegally) into some cities - particularly Oregon - are being denied access to some things, such as the use of restrooms and being served in restaurants, with the owners invoking the 3rd amendment.  This amendment is considered the least controversial of the amendments and rarely comes up.  But here we are, and I am all for it. The  Third Amendment  ( Amendment III ) to the  United States Constitution  places ...

I'm amazed at how a certain segment of the population doesn't believe in science.  In particular, I'm astounded at how vaccines became a bad thing.  From the dunderhead who currently heads up health and human services on down to the trolls who "do their own research," for some reason vaccines are to be avoided and shouldn't even be in the public purview because .... reasons!  But yet, these same folks clamor for drugs that are presented as some kind of miracle for reasons that make no sense - like ivermectin as a cure all, despite it having never been tested for efficacy for anything, really. Or these drugs you see advertised on TV that may treat some thing (often rare), but which also list possible death as side effect.  They are widely accepted and people clamor for them.  And things like Ozempic, which causes weight loss *for as long as you take it* as a true side effect of what the drug is intended for, makes people want it as a miracle weight loss drug. W...