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What Ignorance Looks Like
Politics

What Ignorance Looks Like

Following up on my article on a woman with dangerous ideas, today's post is about a man with ignorant ideas.Tucker Carlson may get a great deal right, but this recent anti-capitalism bender

  • John Gardner
    John Gardner
2 min read
You Should Have Gone for the Head
Sports

You Should Have Gone for the Head

I've seen some really cool Thanos-inspired merch but this post by Julian Edelman takes the cake. View this post on Instagram You should have gone for the head. . . . Link in bio. A post

  • John Gardner
    John Gardner
1 min read
What Danger Looks Like
Politics

What Danger Looks Like

I don't know if Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (AOC) is a dangerous person but her ideas definitely are. They're dangerous because they are presented as achievable and beneficial when the reality is they have no

  • John Gardner
    John Gardner
5 min read
I'm sorry for Ghost(ing) you!

I'm sorry for Ghost(ing) you!

2016! That's the last time I published an article on this blog. So much has changed since then. My work has taken up an enormous amount of time as we've gone through some

  • John Gardner
    John Gardner
1 min read
Confessions of a Cord Cutter
Technology

Confessions of a Cord Cutter

Last spring I finally cut the cord. It's something I had blogged about before, and while it's not all rainbows and unicorns, the cost savings has been worth it. If you've heard about

  • John Gardner
    John Gardner
3 min read
Hillary Received More Votes
Politics

Hillary Received More Votes

Guys and gals, enough about Hillary having secured more total votes than Trump. The Popular Vote is a completely irrelevant and meaningless number. If the Indians had blown out the Cubs in each

  • John Gardner
    John Gardner
1 min read
Assumptions Turn into Vacations
Sports

Assumptions Turn into Vacations

This Footlocker ad is genius

  • John Gardner
    John Gardner
1 min read
You Don't Fear Donald Trump
Politics

You Don't Fear Donald Trump

This post is primarily for my friends, family and anonymous internet snowflakes who are devastated by the election of Donald Trump, though the principles I present here apply no matter where you fall

  • John Gardner
    John Gardner
2 min read
Snowden
Reviews

Snowden

Our usual crew went to see Snowden this past weekend. I had already seen the Citizen Four documentary, but I was interested to see Oliver Stone's take on the topic. Overall I think

  • John Gardner
    John Gardner
1 min read
Your Tax Dollars at Work
Politics

Your Tax Dollars at Work

I wish I could say this was a work of fiction.US Border Patrol subjected a 54yr old female citizen to hours of invasive body searches after being detained at the border looking

  • John Gardner
    John Gardner
1 min read
Lack of Common Sense Gun Control Laws
Politics

Lack of Common Sense Gun Control Laws

All I keep hearing in the news lately is that we need to pass "common sense" gun laws to prevent tragedies like what happened recently in Orlando and before that in Newtown, CT.

  • John Gardner
    John Gardner
3 min read
It Couldn't Happen Here, Right?
Politics

It Couldn't Happen Here, Right?

72 Killed Resisting Gun Confiscation In Boston (1775)Boston – National Guard units seeking to confiscate a cache of recently banned assault weapons were ambushed by elements of a Para-military extremist faction. Military and

  • John Gardner
    John Gardner
1 min read
Don't Follow Your Passion
Business

Don't Follow Your Passion

Huge fan of Mike Rowe and the work he does at the mikeroweWORKS Foundation. Really enjoyed the speech he gives for PragerU's 2016 commencement. We need more people like him.

  • John Gardner
    John Gardner
1 min read
Hiding the Truth of Saudi Involvement
Politics

Hiding the Truth of Saudi Involvement

By now everyone should realize we haven't been told the entire truth of 9/11. In a move to shed a bit more light on the subject, Congress is currently considering a bill

  • John Gardner
    John Gardner
2 min read
"Fair" Workweek Law Would Be Anything But
Politics

"Fair" Workweek Law Would Be Anything But

Arlene Violet wrote a very interesting piece about the Fair Workweek legislation currently being proposed in the RI Legislature. From the article:It is infuriating to see people who have little or no

  • John Gardner
    John Gardner
1 min read
How a Driverless Car Sees the Road
Technology

How a Driverless Car Sees the Road

Amazing talk by Chris Urmson of Google talking about their driverless car program.

  • John Gardner
    John Gardner
1 min read
Every Normal Man
Politics

Every Normal Man

Every normal man must be tempted, at times, to spit upon his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin slitting throats.~ H. L. MenckenHow I feel about the political process right about now.

  • John Gardner
    John Gardner
1 min read
A Good Price for a Game
Gaming

A Good Price for a Game

No one really knows. Name a price point and a game and you'll have people argue it's too expensive, it's too cheap, and so on and so forth. Pricing is an inexact science,

  • John Gardner
    John Gardner
1 min read
We Find the Defendant
Personal

We Find the Defendant

I didn't want to be selected to serve on the jury -- I had a lot of stuff going on at work and the case sounded awful. In fact I ended up being

  • John Gardner
    John Gardner
3 min read
Open Letter to the RNC
Politics

Open Letter to the RNC

An open letter to the Republican National Committee:I received your affiliation letter recently, and when I read it, the following passage stood out at me:As a freedom-loving individual who shares our

  • John Gardner
    John Gardner
1 min read
Daredevil Season 2
Personal

Daredevil Season 2

Season 1 was fantastic. I can't wait for Season 2 to start

  • John Gardner
    John Gardner
1 min read
Paying College Athletes
Sports

Paying College Athletes

College sports is a multi-billion dollar industry and yet it's against NCAA rules to pay the very people who make the industry possible. This at the same time the NCAA President earns almost

  • John Gardner
    John Gardner
2 min read
A Look Behind the NFL Curtain
Sports

A Look Behind the NFL Curtain

Written by Eben Britton, a former right tackle in the NFL, on what it took him to stay in the league as long as he did.Continue to full article

  • John Gardner
    John Gardner
1 min read
If We Want To Stop Terrorism, We Should Stop Supporting Terrorists
Politics

If We Want To Stop Terrorism, We Should Stop Supporting Terrorists

In the wake of the barbaric Paris terror attacks, everyone is arguing over what we should do to stop further terrorism.Some say we need more war against Islamic countries … or more spying

  • John Gardner
    John Gardner
1 min read
Mizzou Protest a Sham
Sports

Mizzou Protest a Sham

I never followed the recent protests at the University of Missouri all that closely but to force the resignation of a school President (basically via extortion), I thought whatever caused it must have

  • John Gardner
    John Gardner
1 min read
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