Friday October 18, 2024

The Lion’s Den

It takes courage and verbal skill to sit for an interview with a news source trying to defeat your candidacy.  But VP Harris consented to an interview with Fox News anyway.  Her interviewer was on the attack and Harris was on defense immediately, but she called him out for talking over her.  The consensus is […]

Tradition

When is tradition a useless tool of government?   Perhaps when after 700+ years, it is time to get rid of it.  That is what the UK is considering with the House of Lords.  The message is that it is time to constitute a body of legislators who more closely reflect the citizens of the country.  […]

Misleading

Tesla misled humans by introducing robots at an event that were manipulated behind the scenes by other humans.  The robots served drinks but were not autonomous in doing it.  Observers condemned the trickery and Tesla got a black PR eye.  Musk should know better. Tweet This Post

Amazing

You don’t have to like Elon Musk to understand that this was amazing.  It is incredible PR for SpaceX and the company’s engineers are rightly gobsmacked with wonder.  Tweet This Post

Living With Luck

Citizens of Tampa FL were lucky again.  Hurricane Milton struck land 70 miles below the city and its spinning wall actually sucked water out of Tampa Bay rather than pushing it in.  It is now more than 100 years since the town has taken a direct hit.  Its reputation of a hurricane-free zone will be […]

Far Out

This is thinking beyond the normal way of doing things.  It’s still far too early to know if the drone-robot combination will work and is cost-efficient.  Such far out ideas can easily fail and it is still open whether the world needs such high-tech delivery of packages.  The test is attracting publicity, but it is […]

Promise ‘Em Anything

A candidate for high office makes promises to the electorate to win votes.  Trump has been bruiting tax cuts for just about anyone and everyone.  The problem say economists is that they will sink the budget of the country for decades to come. Do voters care?  They tend to think about immediate effects of campaign […]

Insults

When you can’t win on the facts, substitute insults and invective.  Trump is a master.  It’s poor PR, however. Tweet This Post

Confidence

JD Vance is exuding confidence that he will win the debate tonight against Tim Walz.  He is a skilled debater and Walz is not.  It should be interesting if Walz can hold his positions and neutralize Vance’s venom.  The whole debate is a publicity exercise for the two campaigns.  As one political commentator has said, […]