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    Bully
    Patapsco Days

    Bully

    Robert Hamill 15 Feb 20226 Dec 2024Leave a comment

    I want to stop who is throwing rocks at Tippy. When I catch them, I'll make them so sorry.

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    Another Ball in the Air
    Tales of Cubicle and Home

    Another Ball in the Air

    Robert Hamill 6 Dec 20217 Dec 2024Leave a comment

    When I hear a hare-brained project proposed by a politician, it reminds me of a scheme an old boss of mine, another ball in the…

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    Anti-Vax Logic
    Government

    Anti-Vax Logic

    Robert Hamill 26 Sep 202129 May 2022Leave a comment

    Accept the vaccine, a bad side effect may occur. Your fault for choosing. Refuse the vaccine, they'll never pin any covid-19 deaths on you. No…

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    Covid-19 Vax Rate and New Cases
    Daily Life Society

    Covid-19 Vax Rate and New Cases

    Robert Hamill 14 Jul 202129 May 2022Leave a comment

    If your state has a low vaccination rate, you are four times as likely to catch the disease than if your state has a high…

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    Diophantine Solution
    Science

    Diophantine Solution

    Robert Hamill 11 Jul 202130 Mar 2024Leave a comment

    A equation relating Halley's Comet, the 17-year cicadas, and the calendar year is a Diophantine equation, an equation which only permits integer solutions.

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    Once in a Lifetime Events
    a_soc Mental Aspects Society & Culture

    Once in a Lifetime Events

    Robert Hamill 3 May 202127 Jul 20232 Comments

    Expect two to three extremely rare events to0 occur during your life.

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    Bitcoin, should it be in your portfolio?
    Economics

    Bitcoin, should it be in your portfolio?

    Robert Hamill 31 Mar 202111 Dec 20232 Comments

    Updated Dec 19, 2022. Bitcoin trades at $16,700., down from $60,000 in early 2021.

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    Covid World Counts

    Robert Hamill 22 Mar 202130 May 20222 Comments

    Brazil is in the direst situation. Its density of new cases is twice that of the USA.

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    Dare We Change?
    My Books

    Dare We Change?

    Robert Hamill 15 Mar 202122 May 2023Leave a comment

    What does our democratic conscience say

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    Galileo’s Dream
    Craft

    Galileo’s Dream

    Robert Hamill 23 Jan 202117 Dec 2023Leave a comment

    1st quarter of novel invokes 1600 Italy very well, the mindset and understanding of how the components of the world interact. If it stayed at…

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      Tariff Revenues and DOGE Savings: A Path to Fiscal Responsibility

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    Neural Almost Gate

    The brain works with almost matches, not exact matches.

    • Dare We Change?
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      Dare We Change?

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      Boomer…Sees the Light

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    Measure of Daily Life
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    Measure of Daily Life

    Recently deceased hoisted by adults and societyTo cumulus heaven, adding Family myths and hard-earned lessonsTo guide our daily lives. Good and evil tally Yet change…

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      Sneaking a Cig

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      Vacancy

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      Unexpected

    How Do We Think

    Visit Substack to Delve into How We Think

    We explore how biological needs give rise to emotion, emotion forms associative patterns, and language both reflects and reshapes our outlook. Discover how the mind weighs emotion against logic in shaping behavior.
    Each step rests on the brain’s All-or-Nothing firing, where near matches are treated as exact— and abstraction gives rise to emergent insight.

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    Reclaim the American Dream
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    Reclaim the American Dream

    A Civic Agenda for Renewal The American Dream was never meant to be a slogan. It was a covenant: life, liberty, and the pursuit of…

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      War Powers Act

    • The United States and the Multipolar World
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      The United States and the Multipolar World

    • Failure of Old Economic Solutions
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      Failure of Old Economic Solutions

    • The Lane Between Wall Street and Main Street
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      The Lane Between Wall Street and Main Street

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    Tabulators separate ballots into piles for each presidential candidate during a recount in Dane County (Wis.) on December 1, 2016 in Madison, Wisconsin. (Getty)