Peter's Place

If you think education is expensive, try ignorance. ~ Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790, was a Founding Father of America)

Today, October 21st, is my birthday. Perhaps the most common question I am asked, especially when meeting someone new, is, "how old will you be?" My typical response is, "I'll be celebrating my 29th birthday." And it's a factual statement. One can celebrate anything one chooses, and I happen to choose to celebrate my 29th birthday. But it's not for the reason most people would think. Many may deem such a response to be a sign of vanity. There is, after all, an increasing amount of anxiety surrounding the entrance to one's fourth decade of life (or in layman's terms, turning 30 ). There also is the common myth among many gay men—especially those young adults and 20-somethings—that crossing the boundary into one's thirties is the death knell of gay life. Worst of all, thirty becomes that age when one no longer can get laid and instantly transforms one into an old troll or, worse, a chicken hawk. There's even a zeitgeist surrou...

Journalist Can't Fathom How Information Spreads in Today's Social Media-Fixated Society A " senior writer " at Newsweek published this "news" story earlier today, describing the situation as "terrifying.". The story accuses Donald Trump, the Kremlin, Vladimir Putin, and Russian media of being in collusion with each other to interfere in our election by undermining Hillary Clinton's coronation campaign. The author, Kurt Eichenwald , is a 55-year old so-called "journalist" of the mainstream media. He offers only one explanation for the following series of events: The Russians engage in a sloppy disinformation effort and, before the day is out, the Republican nominee for president is standing on a stage reciting the manufactured story as truth. Apparently, Eichenwald can't fathom how information, in today's age of social media, the Internet, and related technologies, could possibly have wound up in the hands of a...

Hillary Clinton must release the transcripts of her paid speeches. #ReleaseTheTranscripts Following is the text of a file attached to the Wikileaks email dump of Tony Carrk, from Hillary Clinton's 2016 presidential primary campaign, to the campaign team. It contains certain extracts from the transcripts of various paid speeches Hillary Clinton gave to Wall Street, among others, that she has refused to release . I'm publishing it here so people don't have to download the .docx file. I performed a copy & paste from the attached file as noted above, and made the following minor changes for formatting purposes: Conformed the typeface to be the same throughout the document (done on a global basis). Tightened and conformed line spacing wherever possible. Changed the font size for the document title. Inserted beginning and ending reference points, so there is no doubt as to where, exactly, the contents of the file begin and end. No modifications or chang...