Public Affairs - National Politics

Teddy Roosevelt’s Family Urges Republicans to Protect Public Lands

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By Glynn Wilson – COULTERVILLE, Calif. – Ted Roosevelt IV doesn’t like to put words in his great-grandfather’s mouth. But according to a letter signed by himself and three other decedents of the former Republican president, he’s pretty sure that President Theodore Roosevelt would have been “appalled” by an effort by House Republicans to allow mining near an expanse of wilderness in Minnesota. He and his relatives visited Washington on the eve of the President’s…

Legal Affairs

Letter to Google Demanding $3.4 Million for Page Views to Google Ads

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As Well as Theft of Text and Data to Train Artificial Intelligence Bots – Sundar Pichai Alphabet-Google 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway Mountain View, CA 94043 To whom it may concern: Now that a federal judge has ruled you guilty of engaging in monopolistic corporate practices in regards to search and online advertising, we wonder if you…

Media - Music - Movies

Alabama Guitar Slinger Wayne Perkins Dies at 74

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By Glynn “Cowboy” Wilson – BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Alabama guitar slinger Wayne Perkins, whose playing in the early days of Rock ‘n’ Roll inspired Southern Rock bands like Lynyrd Skynyrd and influenced British Rock bands like The Rolling Stones, and whose lead guitar licks helped make Bob Marley’s Reggae music internationally famous, died on Monday…

Long Live Rock ‘N’ Roll: Remembering the Band Chicago

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Tales From the MoJo Road – By Glynn Wilson – COULTERVILLE, Calif. – “I just want to be free … free of all the hurt … all the pain … end those lonely hours … those lonely days, yeah, yeah…” Someone could definitely write those lyrics now and I could relate, as I’m sure many…

Still Thinking Differently, Apple Computer Turns 50

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Tales From the MoJo Road – By Glynn Wilson – COULTERVILLE, Calif. – As Apple turns 50, I can’t help but think back on the turning point for the company when Steve Jobs came back in 1997, the year I turned 40. I will never forget the ad credited with bringing the company back, complete…

Letter to Google Demanding $3.4 Million for Page Views to Google Ads

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As Well as Theft of Text and Data to Train Artificial Intelligence Bots – Sundar Pichai Alphabet-Google 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway Mountain View, CA 94043 To whom it may concern: Now that a federal judge has ruled you guilty of engaging in monopolistic corporate practices in regards to search and online advertising, we wonder if you…

Opinion - Editorial Commentary and Essays

An Instinct for Truth? Or a Propensity to Spread Lies?

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“I believe there exists… an instinct for truth … & that our having such an instinct is reason enough for scientific researches without any practical results ever ensuing from them.” – Charles Darwin to J. S. Henslow, April 1, 1848 The Big Picture – By Glynn Wilson – COULTERVILLE, Calif. – Could there be any…

You Can’t Call It A Civil War If One Side Refuses to Fight

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Tales From the MoJo Road – By Glynn Wilson – COULTERVILLE, Calif. – The war for democracy is over. Trump’s authoritarianism won. So many Democrats were so worried about another Civil War that they refused to engage in the fight. Now what are the rest of us supposed to do? I know, you don’t believe…

Science -Environment - Technology

You Can’t Always Get What You Want: The A.I. Bubble Will Burst

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Tales From the MoJo Road – By Glynn Wilson – SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. – From the Golden Gate Bridge crossing San Francisco Bay to Apple’s iconic round “Spaceship” campus in Cupertino near San Jose, there lies an ideal place in the universe that embodies the American Dream in the 21st century. Driving north from San…

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