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Five (well four) Non Political Thoughts plus daPodcast under the Fedora

Posted: March 7, 2020 by datechguy in Uncategorized

There are few problems that can’t be, if not solved, made to feel less painful for an hour by finding a good small diner to sit and eat while reading a real good book. That clears the mind most excellently.

Speaking of small diners I was at my local one this morning nextdoor to the now closed Romano’s Market when I saw Michelle the young lady who Mike said 10 years ago could be a good butcher there with her five year old daughter. She’s back to being a full time Nanny and loves it but she does miss the shop and the people.

Simply seeing her there made me feel great, and it seems to me that a lot of the old Romano’s crowd has been finding itself at that diner lately.

Tax season is here and for some reason I just have not been motivated to get started I know the clock is ticking and there is a lot to do but nothing seems to be moving me.

I wonder if that’s a product of age?

My Dynasty All times great league is in playoff modes as of this writing the 1954 Cleveland Indians hold a 3-1 lead over the 1970 Orioles while the 1955 Brooklyn Dodgers and 1962 San Francisco Giants have yet to begin their series due to scheduling conflicts among the managers.

However we do have your MVP’s and Cy Young votes in

AL MVP Joe Dimaggio 1939 NYY NL MVP Gil Hodges 1955 Bkyn & Rosgers Hornsby 1929 Cubs (tie)

AL Cy Young Tex Hughson 1947 Bos, NL Cy Young Sandy Koufax 1965 LAD

Here are the leaders in the various categories overall leaders are in bold

Battling AL Dimaggio 39 NYY .373, NL Hodges 55 Brk .371

OBP AL Williams 46 Bos .456 NL Hodges 55 Brk .456

Slug AL Simmons 29 Phil (AL) .651 NL Hodges 55 Brk .639

OB+Slug AL Dimaggio 39 NYY 1.070 NL Hodges 55 Brk 1.095

Runs AL Dimaggio 39 NYY 142 NL Mays 62 SF 150

Hits AL Dimaggio 39 NYY 228 NL Hodges 55 Brk 225

Doubles AL Greenberg 34 Det 75 NL Hodges 55 Brk 46

Triples AL Goslin Wash, Rice Wash 24 NL Hopp 42 Stl 21

Home Runs AL Powell 70 Balt Simmons 29 Phil (AL) 42 NL Aaron 57 Mil 51

RBI AL Greenberg 34 Det 159 NL Wilson 29 Cubs 159

Stolen Bases AL North 73 Oak 18 NL Wills 65 LAD 80

Walks AL Williams 46 Bos 160 NL Robinson 55 Brk 116

Pitching

ERA AL Hughson 46 Bos 2.94 NL Seaver 69 Mets 2.19

Wins AL Blue 73 Oak 20 NL Drysdale 65 LAD Newccombe 55 Brk 21

Losses AL Fischer 34 Det 19 NL Johnson 71 Pit 20

Saves AL Klinger 46 Bos 32 NL Labine 55 Brk 24

Blown Saves AL Narleski 54 Cle 5 NL Bolin 62 SF McMahon 57 Mil 7

Innings Pitched AL Blue 73 Oak 279 NL Seaver 69 Mets 279 2/3

Strikeouts AL Grove 29 Phil (AL) 211 NL Koufax 65 LAD 323

All stats below require a min of 154 IP to qualify

K per 9 inn AL Earnshaw 29 Phil (AL) 7.30 NL Koufax 65 LAD 10.98

BB per 9 inn AL Hughson 46 Bos 1.50 NL Newcombe 55 Brk 1.43

Avg against AL Blue 73 Oak .204 NL Seaver 69 Mets .180

WHIP AL Hughson Bos 1.05 NL Koufax 65 Lad 0.93

HR per 9 Inn AL Garcia 54 Cle 0.40 NL O’Dell SF 0.48

Finally if you missed Friday’s live podcast “Biden My Time” You can watch it here

If you’re free and awake Monday at 12:35 AM I’ll be back for the next live stream

If we could stop looking to the federal government to solve our problems that would be great

Posted: March 5, 2020 by Jon Fournier in Uncategorized
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It is abundantly clear from the transcripts of the Constitutional Convention and the transcripts of the Ratification Debates, the framers of the Constitution would never have dreamed that the federal government would become the primary solver of all the problems facing the people of the United States.  In fact most would be horrified, saddened, and confused to learn how it is now.

The framers of the Constitution would be horrified to learn that most problems are now solved on the federal government level because they knew the end result of this would be an extremely large and powerful federal government.  They knew that such a large and powerful federal government would be an extreme threat to the rights and liberty of the American people.  They took great care to write a Constitution that would prevent the federal government from growing so large and powerful.

The framers of the Constitution would be saddened to hear that the American people chose to abandon the constitution that they so expertly crafted for us.  Only by abandoning the Constitution could we allow the federal government to become the solver of all of our problems.

The framers of the Constitution would be confused that the federal government is now the primary solver of most of our problems because of all the provisions they worked into the Constitution to make sure the federal government would not have power and authority to carry out this role.  The federal government created by the Constitution was only meant to carry specific roles namely, to defend the United States as a whole, to represent the United States as one nation diplomatically to other nations, and to prevent the individual states from squabbling with each other.  The Constitution created a federal government with a very limited number of powers, all of them clearly spelled out.  None of those powers grant the federal government the power and authority to solve problems such as healthcare, poverty, education, and so much more.

The framers of the Constitution knew that the individual States, local governments, and individuals were the proper places to solve the problems of this nation,  That is exactly the blueprint they used when they wrote the Constitution.

Here is my solution to the healthcare crisis that would fit into the Constitution, and has a remarkable probability of working: let each state come up with their own unique solution to the problem for the residents of that state.  The government of each state could communicate with each other to find out which solutions worked the best and perhaps copy it.

The federal government has tried to fix education and has only made the problem far greater.  The same holds true for poverty.

To increase the prosperity of individuals the federal government needs to get out of the way.  For far too many decades the federal government has smothered private businesses with too many regulations.  President Trump has begun to dial this back, however, there is so much more that needs to be done.  Greatly slashing tax rates would be a tremendous help also, the first Trump tax were only a small step in that direction.

The war on poverty has only resulted in more poverty and way too much dependence on government handouts.  Private charity would do far more good along with the greatly increased standard of living that would be generated for everyone with slashed regulations and taxes.

So many other problems we are looking to the federal government to solve would actually be solved at the state and local level if we let that happen.

Just Voted for Trump In Massachusetts…

Posted: March 3, 2020 by datechguy in Uncategorized

…I was the 28th vote at my location although there was a fellow behind me about to vote Democrat.

Despite it being a warm and sunny day there was nobody holding any signs for any candidate at the entrance to the polling place which is very odd.

I’ve only seen two signs in Fitchburg yards the entire election season, both for Elizabeth Warren.

Because Deval Patrick’s name is 1st on the ballot and everyone knows him I expect a few votes to go his way.

I don’t get out of work till midnight & don’t have a phone so I won’t know the results till after I get home but that’s OK.

5 One Liners Under the Fedora

Posted: March 3, 2020 by datechguy in Uncategorized

Given that the South Carolina Primary is the 1st Primary Race Joe Biden has won in all of his attempts at the Presidency what does that say about his chances of success against Donald Trump?

One side effect of the Corona Virus is that when nobody shows up for Chargers home games this season the front office will have a ready made excuse.

I don’t understand how anyone with any knowledge of the history of Communism can be surprised at this NY Post story concerning China’s decision to cover-up the existence of the Corona virus when first alerted at the start of the year?

I know a lot of us get peeved at the seemingly insane media bias of folks on CNN & MSNBC but if the difference between a regular six or seven figure paycheck was your willingness to spit out that kind of junk wouldn’t you think twice about risking it in a thin journalism market?

Funny how the list of big liberals getting destroyed by #metoo keeps growing.

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