5 Thoughts for November 27, 2015

1. Activity Tracker Apps: Have you noticed the hundreds of apps out there, allowing you to track your activities, to ensure that you're on track to meet whatever goals you have? It's all part of the promise that, if only you had a way to track your status, you would be able to better keep up with your goals. The only problem of course, is that you have to be a goal-oriented person. If you didn't utilize a calendar book before the advent of smartphones and tracking apps, you're probably not going to be better at meeting goals with these new apps. You are who you are, and not who you think you ought to be.
2. Nexus 5X sale: As part of Black Friday, various outlets including Google Play Store, have the Nexus 5X discounted by $80. This brings it down to the same price as when the original Nexus 5 first came out, two years ago. Still, it's not enough to convince me to buy it. Using a charging system that is incompatible with Qualcomm's Quick Charge 2.0, means that the Nexus 5X requires special chargers to plug into an outlet, and they still don't have a charger for your vehicle.
3. Reverse Racism: I find it curious, that White Americans would argue that policies allowing Black student unions but disallowing White student unions, is reverse racism, and therefore bad. This argument in defense of White student unions makes no sense, because it statically treats the world in absolute values, it ignores the history of racism in America, and fails to acknowledge the current, ongoing, disproportionate economic and social treatment of minorities. Furthermore, we routinely afford special benefits to different groups of people, based on need: disabled, elderly, etc. Besides, no one seems to be able to answer a very simple question: What is the reason to create a White Union? The most ridiculous assertion I have seen, is that America's values are based on White Culture; apparently, the history of American culture stops in Northern Europe and only dates back 1000 years.
4. Xidi: On Amazon, there is a Chinese clothing brand, called Xidi. It means "washing", but the pronunciation should make you laugh: "shee dee". Say it out loud with the proper pronunciation: Amazon sells many Xidi products from China.
5. Trump: Do you understand why Donald Trump defies political common sense? If you do, then you would know that, by itself, there really is no controversy that could permanently sink his candidacy. Hence, despite the latest news that the Reuters/Ipsos rolling poll has Trump losing 12 points in less than a week, you should expect that this dip is temporary. Remember, four months ago I explained all this. Here's a hint to how to defeat him: Truth ≠ Opinion; Money ≠ Truth.