The Wizard Of IPhone Speaks (20-22) podcast

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Closing Banjo Music courtesy of Banjo HangOut, Waiting for The Robert E. Lee, used with permission. I’d like to engage the Flutz capacitor and tell you something about Lee Harvey Oswald, that Walter Cronkite failed to mention… While the media acknowledged that Lee Harvey Oswald had been a marine, they failed to look at his service record. To begin with, The Marine Corps the first job is to learn to shoot, and they are much more rigorous about it than the Army. Every Marine earns a sharpshooter medal.…

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Episode 13: A constitutional minute POTUS has a duty to protect us "from enemies foreign & domestic", it's in his oath of office! 9:06

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Closing piano music courtesy of Harpeth Presbyterian Church, used with permission. The way Wikipedia tells the story, this took place at the Earl’s home. I suggest it was more likely at a “gentlemen’s” club in the afternoon. Now here is where the story becomes murky. Knowing the sensibilities of the time. The slab of bread was on a plate (hopefully small) and accompanied by a napkin knife and fork! It’s not clear as to what happened next, did the Earl of Sandwich fold over the bread and pick it up? It is clear that other players said “I’ll have what Sandwich is having!” And the name stuck. We would know it as an “open-face sandwich”!…

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Episode 12: What’s happened to collegiality? 9:47

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Closing music courtesy of Harpeth Presbyterian (recorded live via iPhone) used with permission. collegial 2(def)characterized by consideration and respect among colleagues… — coligiality. Certainly, we have been on a downward trend since the delegates to the democrat convention in San Fransico, booed the presentation of the colors by local Boy Scouts. I maintain that it was that event, not the “butterfly ballot, " which lost Al Gore and Florida electoral votes……

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Episode 9: Just Add Water, No Really Headline WSJ 03 - 02 - (20-25) P/D9 Everyone loves a good coffee story, This Ain’t it! 10:15

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Opening music courtesy of Harpeth Presbyterian Church, closing courtesy of Banjo HangOut (Come the fount of every blessing) used with permission. The dirty little secret about soliable coffee, (the trade name for what we know as instant coffee) is it’s made from higher-grade beans. Generally, mass-market roasters like Maxwell House use robusto beans, which are more widely & easiest to grow. These beans respond well to a light or city roast. It’s careful roasting that delivers that elusive ingredient we know as flavor or taste. But the added process of dehydration requires the more exotic Arabic or varietal beans. Regardless of the process, the coffee we consume is still just three things — beans, water, and time. Those are the ingredients, how they come together is the receipt.…

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Episode 8: Andrew Jackson "to the victor belongs the spoils" 13:59

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Opening piano music courtesy of Harpeth Presbyterian Church-closing The Entertainer courtesy of BanjoHangOut (used with permission) The election of Andrew Jackson ended the domination of Massachusetts and Virginia in the pantheon of early presidents.. Of course, along the way, Jackson had to dis' the Congress and the Supreme Court. But it was as Teddy Roosevelt once remarked: “Be sure you are right, then go ahead!” Here’s your digital tip of the week — This is a good time to remind everyone to buy a power strip to connect your always-on devices (except your internet modem), and turn them off when you leave home……

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Episode 11: I didn’t mean to do it of course, but this maybe another of our Constitutional Minute Series… 11:19

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Closing music courtesy of Banjo HangOut The William Tell Overture Our current Congress is more concerned with political posturing than doing any real work, like creating a budget. We have been “operating” on continuing resolutions since the Obama administration… You may not remember Congressional leaders told us, “We know The Affordable Care Act is flawed… we need to pass it to fix it! PS/During his first term President Trump reminded Congress of their “promise….” They reneged on the deal. Institutions are hardly ever a problem it is the people who are flawed. After all if power corrupts — Absolute Power Corrupts Absolutily……

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Episode 7: “No one ever spent their way to wealth…” Thank You Dave Ramsey…. 9:05

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Closing Music courtesy of Tuba Christmas, Bowling Green, KY, (used with permission) This is the last appearance of Tuba Christmas (20-24). The views expressed in this podcast are those of the writer and producer and may not represent the attitudes of others, including any sponsor. Here’s your digital tip of the day —- Heard on New Channel Two Nashville — “spend your way to wealth….” Earn “cash back” from your banking partner… Using the figures given spending $25,000 you would earn $62.50 Spend lavishly to earn 2% cash back… —- it’s a crock “No one ever spent their way to wealth…” Thank You, Dave Ramsey….…

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Episode 6: Abraham Lincoln was our first "minority" president -- The election of 1860 had three candidates 10:22

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Closing music courtesy of Banjo HangOut -- The William Tell Overture This podcast continues with a “Constitutional Minute” It escapes our notice that the election of Abraham Lincoln was a seminal event. Not just because it triggered secession. The election of Lincoln was the birth of political parties as we now know that term. The nation was emerging from what historians have labeled “the era of good feeling” a monumental misnomer if there ever was one. It earned its name because there were no political parties. The House of Representatives comprised Federalists and “Anti” Federalists with a smattering of Whigs (Anti-Jacksonian-democrats). There were no political parties in The Senate, there was no direct election of senators that had to wait for the 17th Amendment 1913. During this so-called era of “good feeling” it forced two presidential elections into the House of Representatives 1801 & 1824. Both times in a dispute over electoral ballots.…

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Episode 10: Life’s little lessons department 9:14

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Music courtesy of Tuba Christmas Bowling Green, KY, (used with permission) There’s a new subscription “savings” app on your horizon it’s called “Rocket Money” and there are others. It’s free to download but bears these dreaded words… “in-app purchases…” translation subscription is required. There are others of course, but what makes these Apps work is setting up a budget and loading all your accounts. The App won’t work unless you do! Those subscriptions are not “lost” they are alive and well and have taken up residence in your online “wallet”. Where they may be out of mind and sight. It’s just one more reason to never engage a third-party payer! It’s too difficult to open a dispute… Every user should be aware there are some Apps that may not be canceled —- Apple Music & Apple News, once these two are engaged there’s no going back.…

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Episode 5: I'll bet you think The House of Representatives has 435 members? You'd be WRONG 12:48

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Music from Chasing Tuba Christmas 20-24 from Bowling Green, KY, used with permission. Bowling Green was special, they played music from the catalog rarely heard, except for Jingle Bells. Joe Biden was so ashamed of awarding the Medal of Freedom -- he waited until Saturday, hoping to keep it out of the news cycle.…

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Episode 2: Ten Urban Myths of 20-24 inc Your bank gives you Cash Back 8:46

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Music courtesy of Tuba Christmas Bowling Green, Kentucky, Bring a Torch & Tennebaum--used with permission. There was no election fraud in 2020. The Titanic might have missed the iceberg if they hadn’t been competing for The Blue Riband of The Atlantic. ie Fastest Crossing! President Biden is committed to border security & domestic justice! Widening the Airport access exit on i40 in Nashville will not solve the problem! Too many passengers “Herr Mozart.” The “return” of La Nina is a weather fraud. It’s not neccessary to name the return of a normal pattern. It’s an illogical extension of our pattern of him-a-canes and her-a-canes.…

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Episode 5: AI is writing by default = GarbageIn/GarbageOut 27:25

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Opening & Closing Music from Chasing Tuba Christmas (20-24) Bowling Green, KY (used with permission) Hack number four of the five AI Hacks Synmamyms & Homonmyms represent a problem Dead Air (How Orson Wells Captivated a Nation) On October 30, the Mercury radio theater presented a radio adaptation of HG Wells' story War of the Worlds. It was necessary for the suspension of belief to choose a rural location. How about Grovers Mill, New Jersey? Here is a fact you need to know, (Grovers Mill) doesn't exist in New Jersey or any other state of the union. While AI might be great for constructing romance or horror novels, writing non-fiction requires more effort from the creator and editor.…

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Episode 4: Don’t use your debit card at the Publix Pharmacy! The charge will appear on your statement as “grocery”. 10:25

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Opening & closing music courtesy of Tuba Christmas Bowling Green Ky (Used with permission ) Tennebaum (opening) Carol of The Bells (closing) Digital Tax Tip of the Day Don’t use your debit card at the Publix Pharmacy! The charge will appear on your statement as “grocery”. The store receipt is printed on heat-sensitive paper and will fade over time. Later this week on Content Matters, a homage to Bob Newhart -- I place a call to Joesph Pulitzer -- editor and publisher of the New York Sun and benefactor of Lady Liberty. He raised the money to build the pedestal on which she stands in New York Harbor.…

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Episode 3: Chasing Tuba Christmas S/ix # 3 (20-24) Bowling Green, Kentucky 14:45

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