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I heard that the Trump approval ratings had been improving. I thought this might just be a Fox News thing, but I trust Gallup and these survey folks say this is the case. The findings that led to the impeachment, … Continue reading →

If we are going to worry about politically emotional labels, we should be more worried about the movement of our government toward a dictatorship than socialism. This story from USA Today got me thinking about the labels applied to politicians … Continue reading →

It is the third party cookies that irritate me. When I use a free online service I feel some responsibility to trade information I generate when using that site for access. What I don’t think I owe that company is … Continue reading →

Bots have a bad reputation and sometimes they do bad things. The bot activity that has been in the news allowed a few individuals from a foreign government to relay content through multiple bots so that it might appear that … Continue reading →

You may or may not have caught this recent news story within the haze of recent political stories. The National Archive decided to digitally degrade parts of photos containing imagery that was critical of the President and other political commentary … Continue reading →

The Grabe travel blog is active again. Our winter break this year is in Kauai. In my first entry, I offer photographs of ads for shingles shots and rip tide awareness. It should get more interesting.

I was hoping to contact the Senators from North Dakota (Hoeven & Cramer) to encourage them to allow access to impeachment witnesses and documents to give Trump an opportunity to counter the strong case developed in the House. The present … Continue reading →

I have been retired now for close to five years. I worked as a professor at the University of North Dakota so my income was above average, but we were far from affluent. One of the things you try to … Continue reading →

One thing parents learn is that no matter how busy they are their children if not involved will find a way to acquire attention. Misbehavior works well. In the aftermath of the 2016 election, I spent a lot of time … Continue reading →