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Worthwhile payments not being made

Posted on January 17, 2026 by Kenneth Ballard / 0 Comment

And here’s the original tweet: Let’s throw some numbers on this… First, I doubt he borrowed the $79 thousand up front. Instead that was probab...

Foreign policy/Immigration/Law Enforcement/Police

The Constitution doesn’t say what you think it does…

Posted on January 16, 2026 by Kenneth Ballard / 0 Comment

I recently learned of this tweet’s existence: The Constitution limits the government in its dealings with anyone, whether they are a citizen or not, legal...

Ethics/Free speech and press/Journalism

Deadspin defamation lawsuit quietly settled out of Court

Posted on January 14, 2026 by Kenneth Ballard / 0 Comment

As 2025 was coming to a close, along with the Chiefs season as they finished out with a losing record, there was another Chiefs-related event that went unnotice...

Crime/Ethics

The problem with “not all”

Posted on January 4, 2026 by Kenneth Ballard / 0 Comment

Stop saying “not all”! Why? Let me illustrate with a simple example. You’ve probably seen numerous times the marketing statement “9 out ...

Foreign policy

On Venezuela

Posted on January 3, 2026 by Kenneth Ballard / 0 Comment

Venezuela needs change. Just like Iran, Russia, China, and plenty of other countries around the world. Including Ukraine. And if you don’t know why I̵...

Technology

Research before buying

Posted on December 20, 2025 by Kenneth Ballard / 0 Comment

Almost 10 years ago, a site called, of all things, Motherboard made an article called “PC gaming is still way too hard“, talking about the apparent ...

Server projects

Single-node Kubernetes “cluster” on Fedora 42/43

Posted on November 9, 2025 by Kenneth Ballard / 0 Comment

Just putting this out there for those who might need it. This will install Kubernetes from the official repositories, using containerd.io from Fedora’s re...

Free speech and press

Will Ricciardella calls for eliminating the free press

Posted on October 16, 2025 by Kenneth Ballard / 0 Comment

Quoting the tweet in case it’s later deleted: News outlets that hid behind “anonymous sources” to sell the Russia hoax and the Ukraine call narrative have...

Crime/Free speech and press

Jimmy Kimmel wasn’t wrong

Posted on September 22, 2025 by Kenneth Ballard / 0 Comment

I first discovered Jimmy Kimmel back when he was the co-host of Win Ben Stein’s Money on Comedy Central. He would later go on to host The Man Show. I watc...

Crime

On Jeffrey Epstein, again

Posted on July 9, 2025 by Kenneth Ballard / 0 Comment

Oh where to start… First, did Epstein commit suicide? Yes. As I mentioned a few months ago talking about Virginia Giuffre, I still whole-heartedly believe...

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