Blog: If I understand this

Kevin Zahn

  • Update 07/16/2025

    Useless fact for today:  Grand Canyon National Park Is Bigger Than Rhode Island – and that includes Narragansett Bay. …………………………….. CBS NEWS:  Russia’s Minister of Transport reportedly killed himself just hours after being fired by President Vladimir Putin, according to the country’s state-run news agency, which cited the national Investigative Committee. A second senior Transport… Continue reading

  • Update 07/13/2025

    From the Past:  The U.S. Secret Service was originally created on July 5, 1865, during the Civil War, to fight counterfeiting, which was a huge problem. By the end of the war, between 1/3 and 1/2 of all U.S. paper currency in circulation was counterfeit. Provided by FactRetriever.com ………………………………. News:  US Navy’s Blue Angels Selects… Continue reading

  • Update 07/06/2025

    What Huffpost thinks of the new bill: “It makes the rich get richer, kicks down the poorest, helps ICE detain Americans, kills clean energy jobs and throws grandma out of her nursing home.” — I’ll go with that. …………………………. Baseball expression: “A walk is as good as a hit.”  Not to me.  Why? ………………………………….. Useless… Continue reading

  • Update 06/29/2025

    Re Trump’s attack:  There is that thing about the Constitution’s unambiguous statement that only Congress can declare war, the absence of a law akin to the Iraq War-era Authorization for Use of Military Force (even Hillary voted for that one), and — critically — a lack of an imminent threat to the United States. ……………………………… Continue reading

  • Update 06/22/2025

    Samuel Johnson: “Being on a ship is like being in jail – with the chance of drowning.” Not exactly words to live by for a sailor.  Here’s a mate’s saying from my time: “A collision at sea can ruin your whole day.” ………………………… Useless “This Week in History” fact:  The first roller coaster in American… Continue reading