Friday Flotsam and Jetsam
Miscellaneous thoughts and observations.
Long been a fan of Clarence Thomas and helping strike down Affirmative Action was just the icing on the cake... Predict that many will check the Robert Kennedy Jr. box in the privacy of the ballot box this Primary season thinking they may be the only one since they can't bring themselves to vote for Crooked Joe or Kamala only to suddenly find out they weren't alone. The DNC and corporate media may be able to suppress poll numbers but actual Primary voting will be another story (perhaps this time)... Interesting - Buried History. Are there really dozens of archaeological sites just off the coast of Florida?… The New England Patriots are giving an extension to LB JaWhaun Bentley. Supposedly a 2-year extension worth $18.75 million. Have to like the Pats giving all the captains extensions... The Absolute Mind would be a good name for a blog or Substack account... The corporate media on RFK Jr. with special emphasis on Jake Tapper who transformed into a squish in front of our eyes. Know it was written by a RFK Jr. enthusiast but the point remains… By the nineteenth century nearly 9,000 Americans studied in Germany yet today alone there's roughly 6,800 US citizens studying in Germany. Not sure what to make of that despite the great leap in population... In 1968 when the push-button phone first debuted, there was no purpose to the "#" or "*" keys. They were just put in so there would be 12 keys. Kinda freaky if you think about the way it worked out... "The Lancet retracts" is quickly becoming one of the most popular phrases in the English language... The cynic in me wonders if the Big Pharma vaccine companies purposefully used some placebo vaccines during the vaccine rollout so as to both save money and to be able to claim they were running some sort of secret double-blind test since there wasn’t time to do so before hand, Time will tell…
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While greatly reduced from their height, US military bases in Germany should explain most of that - Soldiers, their dependents, retirees, and the tens of thousands of bastards and divorcees left behind by the aforementioned who now have some form of citizenship probably account for 90% of the 6800.
by the nineteenth century nearly 9,000 Americans studied in Germany
This one's pretty simple - America didn't have the University infrastructure that Europe did - It wouldn't surprise is that 9000 was more than the total capacity at all US colleges of the time. Once closer and less expensive options began available, foreign enrollment naturally dropped.