Thomas L. Knapp

Gainesville

Writer at Freelance

Blogger at Knappster.Blogspot.com

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Wordle 1448 Hint

1 day ago | knappster.blogspot.com | Thomas L. Knapp

Hint: The effect of today's Wordle, if you find it morally or intellectually instructive. Not Enough? Get the first letter of today's Wordle after the ads below. New to Wordle? You can play it at the New York Times, and here are some thoughts on how I go about solving each day's puzzle.
Quite The Little Tiff

1 day ago | knappster.blogspot.com | Thomas L. Knapp

A sample of headlines from my feed (no links -- things are changing too quickly to bother): Musk backs call to impeach Trump, replace him with Vance Trump threatens to cut Musk contracts as feud quickly escalates Musk says SpaceX will begin decommissioning Dragon spacecraft ‘immediately’ after Trump threatens contracts Steve Bannon Calls to Deport Musk Amid Messy Trump Breakup Musk says Trump is named in Epstein files Tesla loses $152 billion in market cap after Musk-Trump spat, biggest hit...
KN@PPSTER: Hmm ...

2 days ago | knappster.blogspot.com | Thomas L. Knapp

Bike comes with a new rear rim when I had the new tires mounted I was told the back rim is slightly bent. Engine has a leak, it will start no problem. Selling because I don’t have time for it anymore. It's a 2002 Buell Blast. 492cc air-cooled engine, disc brakes front and rear, belt instead of chain final drive, 5-speed, supposed top speed of 95 miles per hour, about 16,500 miles on the bike.
Starting To Plan The Next Motorcycle Trip

2 days ago | knappster.blogspot.com | Thomas L. Knapp

This one will be 100 miles or so each way, but almost certainly not all in one day. I'll be helping some friends move into their new house in Ormond Beach, some time in July. I could head south to just short of Ocala, then take State Road 40 east to get there, I've taken the bike to Ocala before and really don't like US 441 that much (kinda busy, kinda fast). Instead, I think I'll take State Road 100 most of the way (starting east of Gainesville then curving south at Palatka).
The William Lloyd Garrison Center for Libertarian Advocacy Journalism

2 days ago | thegarrisoncenter.org | Thomas L. Knapp

President Franklin Delano Roosevelt signs the National Labor Relations Act on July 5, 1935. Secretary of Labor Frances Perkins (right) looks on. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)“Sixteen million workers were represented by unions in 2024,” Jim Miller writes in the San Diego Union-Tribune .
A Perennial Complaint

2 days ago | knappster.blogspot.com | Thomas L. Knapp

I'm sure I've brought it up before, and I'm not even going to bother mentioning which platform or online tool I ran into it on this week because it's endemic. Here's what happens:You start using a site or tool. It's new to you, and there's a learning curve. Even if you've used similar sites or tools before, there will be differences, and it will take some time to find your way around and get used to everything. You get used to everything. It's a fine site or tool.
Wordle 1447 Hint

2 days ago | knappster.blogspot.com | Thomas L. Knapp

Hint: You won't need much to solve today's Wordle -- one single piece of information will be enough. Not Enough? Get the first letter of today's Wordle after the ads below. New to Wordle? You can play it at the New York Times, and here are some thoughts on how I go about solving each day's puzzle.
Politicians talk “transparency” while hiding anything inconvenient or unpleasant

2 days ago | postandcourier.com | Thomas L. Knapp

“I guarantee you,” Joe Biden told CNN’s Jake Tapper two months before winning the 2020 US presidential election, “I will be totally transparent in terms of my health and all aspects of my health.” Even as we’ve continued to learn more about the Biden administration’s desperate attempts to hide his severe cognitive decline over the last couple of years of his administration, his personal post-presidency office issued a statement on May 18 announcing that the 82-year-old was diagnosed, on May...
Don't Fall For This Scam Like the LNC Did

3 days ago | knappster.blogspot.com | Thomas L. Knapp

The Libertarian National Committee called yesterday for a "national state of emergency" over the "national debt."Meh, for the most part, but then we get to this:As of the time of this writing, every citizen of the United States of America holds a debt burden of over $106,000 as their share of the national debt. Nope. There is no such thing as "the national debt."There is a debt of "the United States," which is a constitutional term of art for the federal government.
Wordle 1446 Hint

3 days ago | knappster.blogspot.com | Thomas L. Knapp

Hint: To desist (often phrased redundantly with same in legal demands). Not Enough? Get the first letter of today's Wordle after the ads below. New to Wordle? You can play it at the New York Times, and here are some thoughts on how I go about solving each day's puzzle.