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Sunday, August 31, 2025

Today is 08/31/2025





by me, Kerry Burgess, 08/30/2025 9:03 PM

Not For Merit.









by me, Kerry Burgess, 08/30/2025 7:30 PM

JD Vance.

Donald J. Trump's DEI hire

Nothing says 'virtue signaling' like JD Vance dressed in women's clothing.



Donald J. Trump has always known that Donald J. Trump has always been a weak, little guy.

He knows you know that truth



That must be why he is so avid about golf

Get a real sport.

Golf is for wimps. Wimps that Donald J. Trump has been all his life and he knows you know that fact.









by me, Kerry Wayne Burgess, year 2025

Squint harder your closed eyes, you dim-wits!

Your Divine Monkey-God will not read the thoughts in your moronic mind unless you squint closed reaaaallll hard your eyes!

And do not forget: Your Jesus Christ is always watching you sit on the toilet, just like He watches Mike Pence, and tinkle your urine!

You all believe Jesus Christ is going to judge you when you become a Ghost and flap your wings up to the clouds AND He always has to watch you *every single moment* of your ridiculous life!

Morons.









IMDb

In the Line of Fire (1993)

Quotes

Mitch Leary: [over the phone] The irony is so thick you could choke on it.

Frank Horrigan: There's no fuckin' irony, Mitch.









Lou Gehrig

From Wikipedia

On July 4, 1939, Gehrig delivered what has been called "baseball's Gettysburg Address" to a sold-out crowd at Yankee Stadium in between a doubleheader against the Washington Senators. Having always avoided public attention, Gehrig did not want to speak, but the crowd chanted for him and he had memorized some sentences beforehand.

Fans, for the past two weeks, you've been reading about a bad break. [pause] Today I consider myself the luckiest man on the face of the earth.









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Yahoo! News

BuzzFeed

Donald Trump Just Appeared In Public After Everyone Online Thought He Was Dead, And There Are Photos

Chelsea Stewart

Sat, August 30, 2025 at 9:43 AM PDT

If you're like me, you woke up today to a wild rumor that Donald Trump passed away.

But fear not! Trump appears to be doing just fine. Just this morning, he was photographed on the White House South Lawn with his grandchildren, Kai and Spencer Trump, as they were about to head to Virginia to visit Trump National Golf Club. You can see Trump and Kai walking over to a motorcade in the photo below.









From 7/5/1989 ( ) To 1/3/2027 ( ) is 13696 days

13696 = 6848 + 6848

From 11/2/1965 ( ) To 8/2/1984 ( ) is 6848 days









From 8/2/1984 ( ) To 4/4/2008 ( ) is 8646 days

From 11/2/1965 ( my known birth date in Antlers, Oklahoma, USA, as Kerry Wayne Burgess ) To 7/5/1989 ( premiere USA film "Weekend at Bernie's" ) is 8646 days









From 8/2/1984 ( ) To 6/17/1987 ( premiere USA film "Full Metal Jacket" ) is 1049 days

From 11/2/1965 ( my known birth date in Antlers, Oklahoma, USA, as Kerry Wayne Burgess ) To 9/16/1968 ( appearance of Richard Nixon, presently 37th President of USA, on the popular USA TV series "Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In" ) is 1049 days



From 8/2/1984 ( ) To 12/20/1994 ( an aviator in non-aviator related duties boots on the ground in Bosnia as Kerry Wayne Burgess the United States Marine Corps captain this day is my US Navy Cross medal date of record ) is 3792 days

From 11/2/1965 ( my known birth date in Antlers, Oklahoma, USA, as Kerry Wayne Burgess ) To 3/21/1976 ( premiere USA TV series pilot "Charlie's Angels" ) is 3792 days



From 3/3/1959 ( the birthdate in Hawaii of my biological brother Thomas Reagan ) to 7/20/1969 ( disguised, my biological brother Thomas Reagan the United States Navy Commander circa 1969 was United States Apollo 11 Eagle spacecraft United States Navy astronaut landing and walking on the planet Earth's moon - his 1st of his 6 Earth-Lunar lunar-landings with USA Project Apollo, strictly in planning and preparation for his personal activities in this solar-system's deep-space 1975-1977 ) is: 3792 days



From 8/2/1984 ( ) To 12/20/1994 ( an aviator in non-aviator related duties boots on the ground in Bosnia as Kerry Wayne Burgess the United States Marine Corps captain this day is my US Navy Cross medal date of record ) is 3792 days

3792 = 1896 + 1896

From 11/2/1965 ( my known birth date in Antlers, Oklahoma, USA, as Kerry Wayne Burgess ) To 1/11/1971 ( premiere USA TV series "Lawmakers" ) is 1896 days



From 8/2/1984 ( ) To 7/19/1989 ( the United Airlines Flight 232 crash in Sioux City Iowa and from the thoughts in my conscious mind, coinciding with United States of America Veterans Affairs hospital psychiatric doctor medical drugs: the end of Kerry Burgess - *me* - the natural human being cloned from another human being {Thomas Reagan} ) is 1812 days

From 11/2/1965 ( my known birth date in Antlers, Oklahoma, USA, as Kerry Wayne Burgess ) To 10/19/1970 ( Richard Nixon, 37th President of USA: Remarks in the Ohio State House, Columbus, Ohio ) is 1812 days



From 10/23/1954 ( Dwight Eisenhower, 34th President of USA: Remarks at the Pennsylvania Monument, Gettysburg National Military Park ) To 7/23/1973 ( my biological brother Thomas Reagan the 1969 medical-doctor graduate of Princeton University and the 1973 law-doctorate graduate of University of Oxford, England, passes the United States of America Multistate Bar Examination ) is 6848 days

From 11/2/1965 ( my known birth date in Antlers, Oklahoma, USA, as Kerry Wayne Burgess ) To 8/2/1984 ( ) is 6848 days



From 10/23/1954 ( Dwight Eisenhower, 34th President of USA: Remarks at the Pennsylvania Monument, Gettysburg National Military Park ) To 7/23/1973 ( Monica Lewinsky ) is 6848 days

From 11/2/1965 ( my known birth date in Antlers, Oklahoma, USA, as Kerry Wayne Burgess ) To 8/2/1984 ( ) is 6848 days



From 4/27/1861 ( Abraham Lincoln, presently the 16th President of USA, suspends the writ of habeas corpus ) To 1/26/1880 ( Douglas MacArthur ) is 6848 days

From 11/2/1965 ( my known birth date in Antlers, Oklahoma, USA, as Kerry Wayne Burgess ) To 8/2/1984 ( ) is 6848 days










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Weekend at Bernie's

Release info

United States July 5, 1989









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Battlestar Galactica

S4.E1

He That Believeth in Me

Episode aired Apr 4, 2008

The Galactica engages the Cylon fleet that has suddenly appeared and are losing the battle. After scanning Sam Anders however, they immediately stop the attack and the ships jump into hyperspace. Everyone aboard the Galactica is dumbstruck at the return of Starbuck. She thinks she's been away for only a few hours but in fact it's been over two months. Her Viper is new and doesn't have a mark on it. The President orders her detained until they can figure out just what is going on. She repeats her claim that she has been to Earth and can show them the way to get there. Every time the fleet jumps into hyperspace however, she senses that they are going the wrong way. She decides to confront President Roslin.









BATTLESTAR GALACTICA

4X01 - HE THAT BELIEVETH IN ME

ORIGINAL AIRDATE (SciFi): 04-APR-2008

Anders, approaching Chief: Hey. Hey, this is crazy. What if I get up there and another switch flips in my head and turns me against my own?

Chief Tyrol: What the frak is wrong with you? Shut the frak up.









BATTLESTAR GALACTICA

4X01 - HE THAT BELIEVETH IN ME

ORIGINAL AIRDATE (SciFi): 04-APR-2008

(from internet transcript)

(Galactica: Tigh's Quarters)

Tigh: Anybody still hearing that frakkin' song?

Tory: Nope.

Chief: Maybe it stopped when we figured out who... What we are.

Tory: Could have been some kind of trigger? To switch us on?

Anders: You know, after that Raider scanned me with that red light, damn thing just cut and ran.

Tigh: They all did.

Chief: You think it recognized you as a Cylon?

Anders: I don't know. Maybe that's why it didn't shoot me. More important, why didn't I shoot him?

Tigh: Racetrack was right. You just made a dumb nugget mistake.

Anders: Did I? Maybe I was programmed to leave my gun safeties on.

Tigh: No, those bastards can't program me to help them. No way.









BATTLESTAR GALACTICA

4X01 - HE THAT BELIEVETH IN ME

ORIGINAL AIRDATE (SciFi): 04-APR-2008

(from internet transcript)

Gaeta: Baseships launching missiles, forty -- correction, fifty -- plus inbound. Half targeted on us, half on the Fleet.

Adama: Have triple-a target only missiles going towards the Fleet. We can handle the hits, they can't.

Helo: Sir. All forces, priority: intercept enemy missiles targeting civilian vessels.

(Sam's Viper leaves the tube.)

(Sam's Viper)

Anders: Okay. I am Samuel T. Anders. I was born on Picon. I went to Noyce Elementary School.

Seelix, interrupting him on wireless: -- Get your thumb off the transmit button, Sam. You're blocking the freq.









From: Kerry Burgess

To: Kerry Burgess

Sent: Saturday, May 13, 2006 1:49:58 PM

Subject: Sleep journal 5/13/06

In an office, my boss's boss, was telling me that I had made history today. She said something about me proving how a single person can make a difference. She handed me some stuff including a chain that you use for dog tags. I was looking at it and there was something about it being too long, or needing to have some links taken out of it. I don't recognize me boss's boss, but my boss was familar.









From: Kerry Burgess

To: Kerry Burgess

Sent: Wednesday, May 17, 2006 6:25:22 PM

Subject: Re: Star Trek: TNG: First Contact, Nov. 22, 1996

There was that dream I had the other night, where I was inside a missile. I remembered today the similarity with this movie, in that Cochrane converted an ICBM into his warp ship. But why would someone create a connection between me and Cochrane? I didn't create warp drive in the past only to have someone block my memory of that, did I? It's funny, when I read something the other day about Data arguing with Einstein, it reminded me of something I was writing in my journal back in the early '90s. I was wondering why it was impossible to travel faster than the speed of light. A couple years ago I was writing about it again. The idea presented itself to me about why it was impossible, something about atoms not being able to work because electrons could not transfer energy faster than the speed of light. I wondered if it was possible to create some kind of process to transfer energy to those atoms, not unlike a cell's mitochondria works. Today I have been wondering if anything I remember about the past is real. Do I have a different past? Am I really who I think I am? The stuff I imagine happening to me sometimes, did that stuff really happen? I wonder if these movies and tv shows have actually been sort of inoculations, to keep me from questioning my reality. I do question reality sometimes, but it wasn't until I saw that Matrix movie a while back, did I really start to wonder about reality. But it didn't seem to matter, I wasn't overly concerned that I may be living that kind of false reality. I still don't think I am living such an extreme unreality as in the Matrix, but I wonder if there is a divergence point in my life, a shadow, a distorted period. Or have I been living a life like in the movie Soldier, or maybe like in Blade Runner, where Rachael, and I assume Harrison Ford's character, have false memories of their life. Am I Harrison Ford's character in this reality? A replicant searching for replicants? I haven't been able to follow Battlestar Galactica this past year, but I think that theme is showing up there, with Chief Tyrol.









From: Kerry Burgess

Sent: Thursday, May 18, 2006 10:56 AM

To: Kerry Burgess

Subject: Re: Star Trek: TNG: Frame of Mind, May 16, 1993

I am growing increasingly confident there is a chip or some kind of implant in my head. I tend to dismiss such sci-fi nonsense, but it kinda makes sense. I can only speculate how it would work. I suspect it isn't advanced enough to control my thoughts. Rather, it has some kind of control of my emotions, more so when I sleep. They can condition me to pay more attention to certain information I hear. I suspect it is happening in real-time. That is why they need to monitor every sound that occurs around me, so they can trigger some kind of emotional response to something I hear. If I start thinking about something they don't want me to hear, they can make it slightly painful for me and I will avoid that topic.



Kerry Burgess wrote:

And I think of some of the things I've done........I remember thinking later about how something I did was a really smart thing to do. And I remember thinking: why did I do that? I think about it and I think it sure seemed like something I am not smart enough to do.









From: Kerry Burgess

To: Kerry Burgess

Sent: Tuesday, May 9, 2006 3:01:41 PM

Subject: Re: ABCs Lost

I find myself thinking about this time a long time ago. I may have been in the 4th grade at the time, I don't remember. One of us, maybe me, accidentally made up the fold-out sofa bed with the dog still in it. She stayed in there all day. I came home from school and sat down on the sofa wondering where she was. Then I started hearing her faintly crying out, but I couldn't tell where the sound was coming from. This other neighbor kid was sitting on the couch too, we had to have been crushing her. Eventually I realized she was inside the couch and let her out. She jumped out and ran to the water bowl. I can certainly understand how that dog must have felt.









Anders: Copy that.

(Missiles connect with the toroid Fleet ship, blowing out a segment of its ring.)

Seelix: Longshot, hardball. Turkey right four low at three, committing.

Anders: Longshot, I got the... tally? I got your back.

(A Raider engages Seelix's Viper.)

Anders: Seelix, there's a Raider on you!

Seelix: Shoot, Anders!

(Sam's gun locks up.)

Anders: I'm trying to. Gods, come on!

(In slow motion, a Raider turns and looks directly at Sam, as he stares back. Its red eye scans, stops in the middle, and begins to pulse. They look at each other, and the iris of his eye flashes red. The Raider immediately turns and retreats. Sam stares as the Raiders all begin to vanish toward the Basestars.)









From 3/1/1988 ( ) To 8/30/2025 ( Saturday ) is 13696 days

13696 = 6848 + 6848

From 11/2/1965 ( my known birth date in Antlers, Oklahoma, USA, as Kerry Wayne Burgess ) To 8/2/1984 ( JD Vance ) is 6848 days










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https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0108539/releaseinfo/

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Weekend at Bernie's II

Release info

United States July 9, 1993









From 7/9/1993 ( premiere USA film "In the Line of Fire" ) To 8/29/2025 ( Friday ) is 11739 days

From 11/2/1965 ( my known birth date in Antlers, Oklahoma, USA, as Kerry Wayne Burgess ) To 12/23/1997 ( ) is 11739 days









From 6/27/2004 ( as me, Kerry Burgess, the amateur-competitor number 878, I successfully completed the Ironman Coeur d'Alene triathlon ) To 8/29/2025 ( ) is 7733 days

From 11/2/1965 ( my known birth date in Antlers, Oklahoma, USA, as Kerry Wayne Burgess ) To 1/4/1987 ( from Wikipedia on the global-internetwork: televangelist Oral Roberts announced on television that God would "call him home"—implying his death—if he did not raise $8 million ) is 7733 days









IMDb

In the Line of Fire (1993)

Quotes

Mitch Leary: [over the phone] Frank, you of all people, I want you to understand because we both USED to think this country was a very special place...

Frank Horrigan: You don't know what I used to think!

Mitch Leary: Oh, but you know about me? Do you have any idea what I've done for God and country? Some pretty FUCKING HORRIBLE things! I don't even remember who I was before they sunk their claws into me!

Frank Horrigan: They made you into a real monster, right?

Mitch Leary: That's right and now they want to destroy me because we can't have monsters roaming the quiet countryside, now can we?









IMDb

In the Line of Fire (1993)

Quotes

Lilly Raines: Yeah, well, we're here to safeguard his dignity as well.

Frank Horrigan: I'm not paid for that.

Lilly Raines: What about the time Kennedy's girlfriend was caught in the White House and you said she was with you?

Frank Horrigan: Don't you go believing every rumor someone tells you.

Lilly Raines: Frank, Wilder told me the whole story. About how you were suspended a month without pay. I'd say that was safeguarding his dignity.

Frank Horrigan: That was different. *He* was different.

Lilly Raines: Maybe you were different.

Frank Horrigan: I was different. The whole damn country was different. Everything would be different right now too if I'd been half as a paranoid as I am today.









IMDb

In the Line of Fire (1993)

Quotes

Frank Horrigan: [after someone called the paramedics by playing a prank on him] Okay, who's the joker?

Lilly Raines: It may not have been a joke, you were looking kind of peaked out there.










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From 9/11/2001 ( ) to 2/6/2004 ( as me, Kerry Burgess, my final day as full-time employee of Microsoft Corporation in Seattle beginning 12/07/1998 ) is 878 days



From 11/2/1965 ( my known birth date in Antlers, Oklahoma, USA, as Kerry Wayne Burgess ) To 3/29/1968 ( premiere USA TV series episode "Star Trek"::"Assignment: Earth" ) is 878 days









by me, Kerry Wayne Burgess, April 06, 2025

I sure do miss it. I am 59 years old now. I became 55 years in year 2020.

And I mean, nothing hurt the next day. I was tired when I got back to my apartment, those many times in year 2020 and earlier. But I just slept it off and didn't feel any worse for it the next day.

My peak physical conditioning was in year 2004 aged 38 years and I was an amateur elite-endurance after-work athlete. The 878 Days.









IMDb

In the Line of Fire (1993)

Quotes

[after saving the president]

Reporter at Dulles Intl. Airport: Why are you retiring from the Secret Service?

Frank Horrigan: Well, because I hate desk work and I'm too old to go running along the limousines, and thanks to you people plastering my picture up everywhere I'm no good for undercover work.










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9/28/2006 8:34 PM

A few minutes ago I started thinking that maybe I started at Princeton University in 1972. I would have been 13 at the time as Thomas Ray. I remember that Kerry Burgess started first grade in 1972. But then I decided that I probably started Princeton earlier than 1972 and maybe 1972 was the year I completed my first major degree. Or 1972 doesn’t really mean anything in particular to Thomas Ray; rather it is there for continuity sake for the life of Kerry Burgess.









excerpts from my private journals, as me, Kerry Burgess, typed after being released from the USA Veterans Affairs psychiatric hospital enduring many months sitting in a grungy two-computer room in a homeless shelter on the waterfront in downtown Seattle:

August 29, 2006

My doctor asked me why I wanted to return as Thomas Ray.









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http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/index.php?pid=76083

Congress of the United States

House of Representatives

Articles of Impeachment Adopted by the House of Representatives Committee on the Judiciary

December 19, 1998

Resolved, that William Jefferson Clinton, President of the United States, is impeached for high crimes and misdemeanors, and that the following articles of impeachment be exhibited to the United States Senate:

ARTICLES OF IMPEACHMENT EXHIBITED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA IN THE NAME OF ITSELF AND OF THE PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AGAINST WILLIAM JEFFERSON CLINTON, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, IN MAINTENANCE AND SUPPORT OF ITS IMPEACHMENT AGAINST HIM FOR HIGH CRIMES AND MISDEMEANORS.

ARTICLE I

In his conduct while President of the United States, William Jefferson Clinton, in violation of his constitutional oath faithfully to execute the office of President of the United States and, to the best of his ability, preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States, and in violation of his constitutional duty to take care that the laws be faithfully executed, has willfully corrupted and manipulated the judicial process of the United States for his personal gain and exoneration, impeding the administration of justice, in that:

On August 17, 1998, William Jefferson Clinton swore to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth before a Federal grand jury of the United States. Contrary to that oath, William Jefferson Clinton willfully provided perjurious, false and misleading testimony to the grand jury concerning one or more of the following: (1) the nature and details of his relationship with a subordinate Government employee; (2) prior perjurious, false and misleading testimony he gave in a Federal civil rights action brought against him; (3) prior false and misleading statements he allowed his attorney to make to a Federal judge in that civil rights action; and (4) his corrupt efforts to influence the testimony of witnesses and to impede the discovery of evidence in that civil rights action.

In doing this, William Jefferson Clinton has undermined the integrity of his office, has brought disrepute on the Presidency, has betrayed his trust as President, and has acted in a manner subversive of the rule of law and justice, to the manifest injury of the people of the United States.

Wherefore, William Jefferson Clinton, by such conduct, warrants impeachment and trial, and removal from office and disqualification to hold and enjoy any office of honor, trust or profit under the United States.

ARTICLE II

In his conduct while President of the United States, William Jefferson Clinton, in violation of his constitutional oath faithfully to execute the office of President of the United States and, to the best of his ability, preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States, and in violation of his constitutional duty to take care that the laws be faithfully executed, has willfully corrupted and manipulated the judicial process of the United States for his personal gain and exoneration, impeding the administration of justice, in that:

(1) On December 23, 1997, William Jefferson Clinton, in sworn answers to written questions asked as part of a Federal civil rights action brought against him, willfully provided perjurious, false and misleading testimony in response to questions deemed relevant by a Federal judge concerning conduct and proposed conduct with subordinate employees.









From 12/12/1991 ( premiere USA film "The Last Boy Scout" ) To 12/23/1997 ( ) is 2203 days

From 11/2/1965 ( my known birth date in Antlers, Oklahoma, USA, as Kerry Wayne Burgess ) To 11/14/1971 ( premiere USA film "The Last Angry Man" ) is 2203 days









From 5/15/1984 ( as Kerry Wayne Burgess I began active service for an enlistment period of six years as a US Navy enlisted sailor and United States of America military service continued to Kerry Wayne Burgess the United States Marine Corps general ) To 12/23/1997 ( ) is 4970 days

From 11/2/1965 ( my known birth date in Antlers, Oklahoma, USA, as Kerry Wayne Burgess ) To 6/12/1979 ( Jimmy Carter, 39th President of USA federal government 1977-1981: Statement on the Death of John Wayne ) is 4970 days



From 5/15/1984 ( Ronald Reagan, 40th President of USA federal government 1981-1989: Proclamation 5194 - Missing Children Day, 1984 ) To 12/23/1997 ( ) is 4970 days

From 11/2/1965 ( my known birth date in Antlers, Oklahoma, USA, as Kerry Wayne Burgess ) To 6/12/1979 ( Jimmy Carter, 39th President of USA federal government 1977-1981: Statement on the Death of John Wayne ) is 4970 days









From 6/2/1941 ( biographical - Lou Gehrig dead ) To 7/23/1973 ( Monica Lewinsky ) is 11739 days

From 11/2/1965 ( my known birth date in Antlers, Oklahoma, USA, as Kerry Wayne Burgess ) To 12/23/1997 ( ) is 11739 days



From 6/2/1941 ( biographical - Lou Gehrig dead ) To 7/23/1973 ( my biological brother Thomas Reagan the 1969 medical-doctor graduate of Princeton University and the 1973 law-doctorate graduate of University of Oxford, England, passes the United States of America Multistate Bar Examination ) is 11739 days

From 11/2/1965 ( my known birth date in Antlers, Oklahoma, USA, as Kerry Wayne Burgess ) To 12/23/1997 ( ) is 11739 days









Space: Above and Beyond s01e21

"Stardust"

(from internet transcript)

(beginning of tv episode)

James Dark Moon, by order of the Judge Advocate General of the Army of the United States of America you have been sentenced to death for the murder of Lieutenant General Louise Eliyabeth Smith. Make a statement at this time.

I got something to say But I guess no one cares to hear it.

You're entitled to a statement.

Wish I could have added to this life - instead of taking away.

[Clock Ticking.]

But a man is what he is. That's it.



- by me, Kerry Wayne Burgess, posted by me: 12:19 AM Pacific-timezone USA Sunday 08/31/2025

Saturday, August 30, 2025

Today is 08/30/2025





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Outcasts

S1.E8

Episode #1.8

Episode aired Mar 13, 2011










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You borrowed this book for free with your Kindle Unlimited subscription on August 10, 2019.

Run

Kindle Edition

by Blake Crouch (Author)

Product details

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Publication Date: February 24, 2011









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by me, Kerry Wayne Burgess, posted by me: 6:15 PM

Number 878: The Farthest Man From Home

I am Kerry Burgess. This is what I think.

If this is the first blog-post by me you're reading then you are galactically uninformed.

Monday, May 05, 2025

Today is 05/05/2025, Post #2

"This was a horrible place, no question"



https://www.amazon.com/Run-Novel-Blake-Crouch-ebook/dp/B0CTT4Z47S

amazon

You purchased this edition on May 2, 2025.

Run: A Novel

by Blake Crouch (Author)

Format: Kindle Edition

No time to think. No time to ask why. Only time to run.



- by me, Kerry Wayne Burgess, posted by me: 06:30 AM Pacific-timezone USA Saturday 08/30/2025

Friday, August 29, 2025

Today is 08/29/2025, Post #3





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Yahoo! News

Space (dot) com

NASA debuts new Orion mission control room for Artemis 2 astronaut flight around the moon (photos)

Josh Dinner

Thu, August 28, 2025 at 6:00 AM PDT

The new facility, which opened Aug. 15, will act as Orion's engineering brain trust, with 24 console stations set to be staffed 24/7 during the roughly 10-day long duration of the Artemis 2 mission with people from NASA, Lockheed Martin, the European Space Agency (ESA) and Airbus — all responsible for different parts of the spacecraft's manufacturing. MER will be crucial to monitoring the breadth of Orion's systems and ensuring the spacecraft and crew's safety around the moon, in the event of an unexpected event, according to a NASA update.

The job of those working MER's data display monitors will be to compare real-time data with Orion's expected performance, and to troubleshoot any issues that may arise. While those inside the WFCR are responsible for flight operations, engineers inside MER will be tasked with digging into the numbers to diagnose problems and help provide solutions.










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IMDb

The Quiet Earth (1985)

Quotes

[recording his audio log]

Zac Hobson: Zac Hobson, July 5th. One: there has been a malfunction in Project Flashlight with devastating results. Two: it seems I am the only person left on Earth.









from my private journal, as me, Kerry Burgess, typed after being released from the USA Veterans Affairs psychiatric hospital enduring many months sitting in a grungy two-computer room in a homeless shelter on the waterfront in downtown Seattle:

From: Kerry Burgess

Sent: Sunday, February 19, 2006 1:26 PM

To: Kerry Burgess

Subject: February 19, 2006

Their contempt for my physical and psychological well-being continues.










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From 8/30/2005 ( as Kerry Burgess the debut of my current and public blog Homeless Veteran of Microsoft - since renamed ) To 8/15/2025 ( ) is 7290 days

From 11/2/1965 ( my known birth date in Antlers, Oklahoma, USA, as Kerry Wayne Burgess ) To 10/18/1985 ( premiere USA film "The Quiet Earth" ) is 7290 days










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The Return of the Six-Million-Dollar Man and the Bionic Woman (1987)

Quotes

Jim Castillian: Yes, we are, and not easily impressed. Do something bionic.

Steve Austin: What do you have in mind?










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- by me, Kerry Wayne Burgess, posted by me: 7:15 PM Pacific-timezone USA Friday 08/29/2025

Today is 08/29/2025, Post #2





Invasion

"The Message"

s3e2 08/29/2025

00:07:29

Mitsuki: The Noise. What is it telling me?









Contact (1997)

Quotes

Ellie Arroway: They should've sent a poet.









She does not disappoint.









From 12/21/1956 ( ) To 10/17/2016 ( debut "Travelers" Netflix streaming-video series ) is 21850 days

From 11/2/1965 ( my known birth date in Antlers, Oklahoma, USA, as Kerry Wayne Burgess ) To 8/29/2025 ( ) is 21850 days









https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lewis_Terman

Lewis Terman

From Wikipedia

Lewis Madison Terman (January 15, 1877 – December 21, 1956) was an American psychologist, academic, and proponent of eugenics. He was noted as a pioneer in educational psychology in the early 20th century at the Stanford School of Education. Terman is best known for his revision of the Stanford–Binet Intelligence Scales and for initiating the longitudinal study of children with high IQs called the Genetic Studies of Genius.

His son, Frederick Terman, is widely credited (together with William Shockley) with being the father of Silicon Valley.









Snowfall - Baby Teeth - television series Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired Wednesday 10:00 PM Aug 23, 2017 on FX [ Comcast On Demand Thursday 31 August 2017 ]

Episode Summary

Franklin's business ramps up, causing a rift in his inexperienced crew. Also: Teddy pulls out all the stops to protect Alejandro

(from internet transcript)

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Alejandro Usteves: [Exhales] I've been calling you.

Teddy McDonald, United States Central Intelligence Agency officer: What's wrong?









Sheats–Goldstein



- by me, Kerry Wayne Burgess, posted by me: 03:54 AM Pacific-timezone USA Friday 08/29/2025

Today is 08/29/2025





https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neural_network_(machine_learning)

Neural network (machine learning)

From Wikipedia

Learning rate

Main article: Learning rate

The learning rate defines the size of the corrective steps that the model takes to adjust for errors in each observation. A high learning rate shortens the training time









From: Kerry Burgess

Sent: Friday, December 28, 2012 1:53 PM

To: 'Kerry Burgess'

Subject: "Write my way out."

www . script-o-rama . com

Delirious

"Write your way out."
This is insane. Absolutely insane.
"Write your way out."









by me, Kerry Burgess, 08/12/2025 8:06 PM

My guess is retardoid's such as Sam Altman are Useful Fools for an actual *real* artificial-intelligence

Not that gimmicky ridiculous "A.I." that chumps such as Sam Altman and Elon Musk are peddling, of which greedy-corporations such as Microsoft insist on getting their own piece of the pie from you gullible rubes.









"Contact" by Carl Sagan, author

excerpts, Chapter 10

“Now that’s an interesting one,” said Joss. “You’re talking, of course, about DNA. But you know the physician’s staff, the symbol of medicine? Army doctors wear it on their lapels. It’s called the caduceus. Shows two serpents intertwined. It’s a perfect double helix. From ancient times that’s been the symbol of preserving life. Isn’t this exactly the kind of connection you’re suggesting?”

“Well, I thought it’s a spiral, not a helix. But if there are enough symbols and enough prophecies and enough myth and folklore, eventually a few of them are going to fit some current scientific understanding purely by accident. But I can’t be sure. Maybe you’re right. Maybe the caduceus is a message from God. Of course, it’s not a Christian symbol, or a symbol of any of the major religions today. I don’t suppose you’d want to argue that the gods talked only to the ancient Greeks. what I’m saying is, if God wanted to send us a message, and ancient writings were the only way he could think of doing it, he could have done a better job. And he hardly had to confine himself to writings. Why isn’t there a monster crucifix orbiting the Earth? Why isn’t the surface of the Moon covered with the Ten Commandments? Why should God be so clear in the Bible and so obscure in the world?”

Joss had apparently been ready to reply a few sentences back, a look of genuine pleasure unexpectedly on his face, but Ellie’s rush of words was gathering momentum, and perhaps he felt it impolite to interrupt.

“Also, why would you think that God has abandoned us? He used to chat with patriarchs and prophets every second Tuesday, you believe. He’s omnipotent, you say, and omniscient. So it’s no particular effort for him to remind us directly, unambiguously, of his wishes at least a few times in every generation. So how come, fellas? Why don’t we see him with crystal clarity?”

“We do.” Rankin put enormous feeling in this phrase. “He is all around us. Our prayers are answered. Tens of millions of people in this country have been born again and have witnessed God’s glorious grace. the Bible speaks to us as clearly in this day as it did in the time of Moses and Jesus.”

“Oh, come off it. You know what I mean. Where are the burning bushes, the pillars of fire, the great voice that says ‘I am that I am’ booming down at us out of the sky? Why should God manifest himself in such subtle and debatable ways when he can make his presence completely unambiguous?”

“But a voice from the sky is just what you found.”









posted online by me, Kerry Burgess, January 10 2019 14:12:26

Now, you dullard dim-wits out there, this means NOTHING to *you*. Means nothing to you because there is NOTHING being offered to you. All you have is superstition and your ridiculous wishful thinking.









Bicameral mentality

From Wikipedia

Bicameral mentality is a hypothesis introduced by Julian Jaynes who argued human ancestors as late as the ancient Greeks did not consider emotions and desires as stemming from their own minds but as the consequences of actions of gods external to themselves. The theory posits that the human mind once operated in a state in which cognitive functions were divided between one part of the brain which appears to be "speaking", and a second part which listens and obeys—a bicameral mind, and that the breakdown of this division gave rise to consciousness in humans.

Jaynes uses "bicameral" (two chambers) to describe a mental state in which the experiences and memories of the right hemisphere of the brain are transmitted to the left hemisphere via auditory hallucinations. The metaphor is based on the idea of lateralization of brain function although each half of a normal human brain is constantly communicating with the other through the corpus callosum.









"The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind"

by Julian Jaynes (Author)

page 73

The gods are now what we call hallucinations. Usually they are only seen and heard by the particular heroes they are speaking to.










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by me, Kerry Burgess: April 22, 2023

Trying to recall what got me on this track I've been on today.

I am struck by the profound sense of connection to the series finale of "Star Trek: Picard"

And thinking of the notion, ridiculous to you, of E.T. mind-controlling all *you* as He did 4000 years ago to cavemen

That was it.

That article I read earlier today. It's dated 04/19/2023.

"Scientists identify mind-body nexus in human brain"

That led me, indirectly, to Julian Jaynes and his fascinating research about the bicameral brain of the early humans, from that ancient time when those cavemen invented your god(s), which are your superstitions.










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https://hvom.blogspot.com/2025/05/today-is-05222025.html

by me, Kerry Wayne Burgess, posted by me: 01:53 AM

Number 878: The Farthest Man From Home

I am Kerry Burgess. This is what I think.

If this is the first blog-post by me you're reading then you are galactically uninformed.

Thursday, May 22, 2025

Today is 05/22/2025

BACKSTORY: "Fast Times at Ridgemont High"



from my private journal, as me, Kerry Burgess, typed after being released from the USA Veterans Affairs psychiatric hospital enduring many months sitting in a grungy two-computer room in a homeless shelter on the waterfront in downtown Seattle:

10/11/2006 5:32 PM

As I was writing about my memories of Phoebe at Camp Couchdale, I was thinking about this scene from "2001." I was writing a while back about how she told me to never forget that dance where we first met.



by me, Kerry Burgess: Journal May 27, 2006

They lined up all the girls at the start of the dance and told me to pick who I wanted to dance with. I still remember thinking about how she just seemed the right choice.










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http://hvom.blogspot.com/2024/11/today-is-11142024-post-2.html

Calendar-day 14 November 2024










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From 12/28/2012 ( ) To 11/14/2024 ( ) is 4339 days

From 11/2/1965 ( my known birth date in Antlers, Oklahoma, USA, as Kerry Wayne Burgess ) To 9/19/1977 ( ) is 4339 days










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by me, Kerry Burgess, 08/29/2025 01:29 AM

But first - up next - is "The Message"

That is today's debut of episode 2 season 3 of "Invasion", the streaming-video series on AppleTV+, through Amazon Prime Video channels at extra fee

Do not know the slightest yet about the content of this new episode today, which I begin viewing for the first time ever in a few minutes. I have not even read the episode summary or viewed any previews. All I know about it so far is the title

I mention it because, as always, everything I view or read becomes more work for me, so certainly I will discover something today that seems compelling to me



- by me, Kerry Wayne Burgess, posted by me: 01:46 AM Pacific-timezone USA Friday 08/29/2025

Thursday, August 28, 2025

Today is 08/28/2025





"do the computer stuff"



Not eliminated: hype by those mainstream-media

You are dumb and stupid and you make others dumb and stupid.

And because you are such an emotionally-fragile First Worlder, I have just killed the possibility of you learning anything important from this note because you are too much of a lameoid to continue reading



Just like *you*, the computer itself is a complete imbecile.

You don't get it because you are not tech-savvy.









by me, Kerry Burgess, 08/03/2025

And of how people are incapable of independent thought

Young people these days are still just as non-tech-savvy as their parents and their grandparents before them and so on. The hype about the fad of "artificial intelligence" proves that young people are non-tech-savvy









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https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/first-kind-stanford-study-says-154521204.html

Yahoo! News

Fortune

First-of-its-kind Stanford study says AI is starting to have a ‘significant and disproportionate impact’ on entry-level workers in the U.S.

Nick Lichtenberg

Tue, August 26, 2025

Stanford University has published a first-of-its-kind study on Tuesday that reveals “the AI revolution” is already beginning to have a “significant and disproportionate impact on entry-level workers in the U.S. labor market,” especially those ages 22 to 25 in highly AI-exposed professions like software engineering and customer service.

The research, led by Erik Brynjolfsson, a top economist and AI thought leader of sorts









excerpt

https://www.epi.org/publication/pm195-stem-labor-shortages-microsoft-report-distorts

STEM labor shortages?

Microsoft report distorts reality about computing occupations

Report By Daniel Costa November 19, 2012

Computer science graduates aren’t the only workers in computer-related occupations

The first significant problem with Microsoft’s report is the assumption that job openings “in computing” not filled by college graduates with computer science (CS) degrees will go unfilled. It is a well-known fact that computer science graduates are not the only source of new hires in computing. In the late 1990s, the Department of Commerce (DOC) published a report warning of looming labor shortages in the information technology (IT) sector, citing the lack of college graduates with CS degrees as a principal reason (DOC 1997). The Government Accounting Office (GAO)1 later published a report chastising the DOC for its faulty methodologies, noting that “IT workers come from a variety of educational backgrounds and have a variety of educational credentials such as master’s degrees, associate degrees, or special certifications”









by me, Kerry Burgess

11/08/07 1:26 AM

If I am a neurosurgeon, among my other qualifications, that would explain some artificial and symbolic memories I have of explaining to [co-worker] that time in 1995 or 1996 how brain cells work. I was describing axions and dendrites and I think it started in response to something he said about memories. He said he believe that everyone retained every single detail about every thing they have seen through their eyes and I countered that couldn't be true, for one reason, because brain cells only live for about 25 years. I also feel that is a dumb notion about how all that information is stored in the memory but I can't remember how I know that. I went on to describe axions and dendrites at that point and how that those neurons form the brain.









by me, Kerry Burgess, excerpts from my private journals: 01/23/07 2:20 PM

I also find that I have been thinking a lot about something [he was] talking about how Jesus could have flown to other planets or galaxies. I think that was when I worked at Microsoft Charlotte in 1995. I remember thinking how silly it sounded of Jesus "flying" to another planet.









Stargate Atlantis - "Rising" - season 1 episode 1, tv-series premiere 07/16/2004

Episode Summary

The discovery of an outpost, left behind by the Ancients in the most unlikely of places, leads a new Stargate team to the distant Pegasus galaxy. Once there, they discover a planet of humans being decimated by a terrible alien race know as the Wraith.

(from internet transcript)

JACKSON: I figure the Ancients packed up their entire city and left somewhere between five and ten million years ago.

O'NEILL: In their ... flying city.

JACKSON: Yes.

(O'Neill tries to hide a smile.)

JACKSON: What?

O'NEILL (smirking): Flying city.

JACKSON: Well, keep in mind this is the race that built the Stargates. They did everything big.









https://www.thinkautomation.com/future-of-work/10-jobs-lost-to-technology

10 Jobs Lost To Technology

Automation has brought numerous improvements to many of the job roles that have been lost to technology.

Human computers

Before electronic computers, human computers were responsible for completing complex mathematical calculations by hand. With the advent of electronic computers, calculations that once took weeks could now be completed in seconds, leading to the loss of these jobs. Automation has improved this by increasing the speed and accuracy of mathematical calculations. Complex calculations that once required human input can now be completed quickly and accurately through the use of specialized software and automation.

Explore how automation enhances data processing today, continuing the evolution from human to electronic computation.

Pin Boys

Pin boys were responsible for resetting bowling pins by hand. With the development of pin-setting machines, these jobs became obsolete. Automation has improved this role by making bowling safer for players. With pin-setting machines, there is no longer a risk of pin boys getting hit by flying bowling balls.

Lift operators

Lift operators were responsible for manually stopping lifts and timing them for each floor. With advancements in technology, lifts became automated, eliminating the need for human intervention. Automation has improved this role by making lifts safer and more efficient. Automated lifts can stop precisely on each floor, reducing the risk of accidents and improving travel time.

Switchboard operators

Switchboard operators were responsible for physically connecting calls by inserting phone plugs into jacks. With the advent of automated switchboard systems, these jobs became redundant. Automation has improved this role by reducing the workload for employees. Automated switchboards can handle a larger volume of calls, reducing the need for human intervention.

Cashiers

Self-service technology has increasingly reduced the need for physical cashiers. Customers can complete the checkout process themselves in physical stores or through online shopping, reducing the demand for human cashiers. Automation has improved this role by increasing efficiency and reducing human error. Self-checkout machines can process transactions more quickly and accurately than human cashiers.

Factory workers

Automation technology has taken over many roles in factories, from operating machinery to tedious assembly line work. While machines reduce the risk and tedium, humans now maintain and monitor the machines. Automation has improved this role by reducing the risk of accidents and injuries in factories. Automated machinery can perform dangerous tasks, reducing the need for human intervention.

Warehouse workers

Robots and automation technology now handle more and more of the moving, loading, and offloading of goods, as well as packaging them. As a result, packages and products reach consumers faster, reducing the demand for human warehouse workers. Automation has improved this role by increasing efficiency and reducing the risk of accidents. Automated robots can move goods more quickly and accurately than human workers.

Data-entry clerks

Automation software is taking on manual data entry tasks, parsing, extracting, transforming, and loading data into databases. This reduces the workload for human data-entry clerks and reduces the risk of human error. Automation has improved this role by reducing the tedium and monotony of manual data entry. Automated software can process large amounts of data more quickly and accurately than human data-entry clerks. Streamline data management with document processing automation, moving beyond manual data entry.

Bank tellers

The introduction of the ATM (automated teller machine) in the 1960s was the first instance of bank teller jobs being lost to technology. Online banking, robo-advisors, financial chatbots, and contactless card payments have all contributed to the decline of human tellers in banks. Automation has improved this role by increasing accessibility and convenience for customers. Automated teller machines and online banking allow customers to manage their money from anywhere at any time.

Travel agents

Online comparison sites have reduced the demand for travel agents as holidaymakers now prefer to plan, put together, and book their own holidays. Automation has improved this role by increasing accessibility and convenience for customers. Automated travel booking websites and comparison sites allow customers to book their travel plans at any time from anywhere in the world.

Automation has brought numerous improvements to many of the job roles that have been lost to technology. For example, automation has made data-entry tasks more efficient, accurate, and less prone to human error. With automation software, businesses can save time and money by eliminating the need for manual data entry and free up their human team to focus on more value-added tasks.

Similarly, the automation of lift operations has made the process of moving between floors faster, more efficient, and safer. With self-operating lifts, humans no longer need to worry about manually stopping the lift at each floor, making the process much more convenient for everyone involved.

Moreover, the automation of factory work and warehouse management has made production lines more efficient, cost-effective, and safer for workers. By taking on hazardous and repetitive tasks, robots and automation technology reduce the risk of injury, while increasing productivity and quality.

Finally, while travel agents have lost their jobs to online comparison sites, these technological advancements have made travel booking much more accessible and convenient for consumers. They can now research, plan, and book their own travel arrangements from anywhere in the world, at any time of day, thanks to the convenience of online tools.









excerpt

https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/proclamation-6013-the-bicentennial-anniversary-the-first-us-patent-and-copyright-laws-1990

The American Presidency Project

George Bush

41st President of the United States: 1989 ‐ 1993

Proclamation 6013 - The Bicentennial Anniversary of the First U.S. Patent and Copyright Laws, 1990

August 15, 1989

During the past 200 years, our Nation's patent and copyright laws have, as Abraham Lincoln once observed, "added the fuel of interest to the fire of genius." American inventors have left their mark on industry and everyday life, and the world's history books include their names alongside those of other great pioneers. Our standard of living, which is in part the result of American technology and innovation, has long been the highest in the world.

Advances in technology have also produced new forms of authorship, and we have expanded our copyright laws accordingly. Copyright protection now covers such works as photographs, phonograms, motion pictures, and computer programs. These changes have enabled fledging enterprises to become enduring industries. The success of new industries has, in turn, given aspiring authors, inventors, and artists greater faith in their dreams and further incentive to share the fruits of their talents with others.









From 3/3/1959 ( the birthdate in Hawaii of my biological brother Thomas Reagan ) To 6/3/1983 ( premiere USA film "WarGames" ) is 8858 days

From 11/2/1965 ( my known birth date in Antlers, Oklahoma, USA, as Kerry Wayne Burgess ) To 2/2/1990 ( ) is 8858 days



From 1/17/1953 ( Harry Truman, 33rd President of USA federal government 1945-1953: Proclamation 3004 - Control of Persons Leaving or Entering the United States ) To 2/2/1990 ( ) is 13530 days

13530 = 6765 + 6765

From 11/2/1965 ( my known birth date in Antlers, Oklahoma, USA, as Kerry Wayne Burgess ) To 5/11/1984 ( as Kerry Burgess my Ashdown, Arkansas, Class of 1984 Ashdown High School graduation ceremony - 3 days before I began active-duty US Navy ) is 6765 days



From 7/11/1952 ( ) To 10/11/1976 ( United States of America Public Law 94-479 General of the Armies of the United States approved by 38th United States President Gerald Ford AND applies personally and professionally to my biological brother United States Navy Fleet Admiral Thomas Reagan ) is 8858 days

From 11/2/1965 ( my known birth date in Antlers, Oklahoma, USA, as Kerry Wayne Burgess ) To 2/2/1990 ( ) is 8858 days



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https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/question-and-answer-session-with-high-school-students-biotechnology-demonstration-the

The American Presidency Project

George Bush

41st President of the United States: 1989 ‐ 1993

Question-and-Answer Session With High School Students at a Biotechnology Demonstration at the University of Tennessee at Knoxville

February 02, 1990

The President. What year of high school are we talking about?

Q. Junior and senior.

The President. Juniors and seniors? Well, let me start before she reads me her Gettysburg Address here and before she unloads on me, too. [Laughter]

Are you all in high school? Are you beginning to get more emphasis on science courses? Everybody? I mean, that's a common thread here. You wouldn't be here if you weren't already taking -- what? -- chemistry, biology, physics. What else, what other subjects? Math -- yes, math would be fundamental. Have most of you made up your mind, when you go to college -- going into science or math? You've already determined?

Dr. Monty. That's why they are here. They are those who have been selected because they are interested in science or mathematics.



Dr. Monty. Mr. President, I feel like a schoolbell, but I've been asked to tell you that it's time for you to move on. These are exceptional students and exceptional teachers, and we're privileged that you would take time, along with the Secretaries, to visit with us.

The President. I'm glad you all came. Thanks. Thanks for taking the time.

Do you all know exactly where you want to go to college and exactly what you want to do? [Laughter] No? I never did, either -- really. But anyway, thank you all for your time. I bet we had some other questioners or speakers we did not hear from.

Computers

Q. I'd just like to ask, what role will computers play in the school system in the future?

The President. More and more. And I don't even know how to turn one on -- hardly. [Laughter] But, no, I can do that. I can write a letter. But, no, I think you're going to see that everybody is going to have to be computer literate. I think that's a given in the nineties, absolute given, for whatever you want to be -- liberal arts, science and tech. So, I think you're going to see that just all over.









https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Knox

Henry Knox

From Wikipedia

Henry Knox (July 25, 1750 – October 25, 1806) was an American military officer, politician, bookseller, and a Founding Father of the United States. Knox, born in Boston, became a senior general of the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War, serving as chief of artillery in all of George Washington's campaigns.

Following the adoption of the United States Constitution in 1789, he became President Washington's Secretary of War.









https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Baer

Robert Baer

From Wikipedia

Robert Booker Baer (born July 11, 1952) is an American author and a former CIA case officer who was primarily assigned to the Middle East.

During the mid-1990s, Baer was sent to Iraq with the mission of organizing opposition to Iraqi President Saddam Hussein but was recalled and investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation for allegedly conspiring to assassinate the Iraqi leader. While in Salah al-Din, Baer unsuccessfully urged the Clinton administration to back an internal Iraqi attempt to overthrow Hussein (organized by a group of Sunni military officers, the Iraqi National Congress' Ahmad Chalabi, and the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan's Jalal Talabani) in March 1995 with covert CIA assistance. Baer quit the Agency in 1997 and received the CIA's Career Intelligence Medal on March 11, 1998.










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https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/remarks-and-question-and-answer-session-with-students-james-madison-high-school-vienna

The American Presidency Project

George Bush

41st President of the United States: 1989 ‐ 1993

Remarks and a Question-and-Answer Session With Students at James Madison High School in Vienna, Virginia

March 28, 1989

The President. I happen to believe that education is going to be the key to our future. You look at the whole world, and you see our need to compete, and it gets right back down to education. And then you see some of the problems in the less affluent areas in the country, and then you find out, well, the way to give a guy a break that's trying to get out of poverty is education. And it goes for everything. It goes right across the board. And you're hearing a lot more now on math and science, and I wanted to ask you about that because it is important. But I really kind of -- you learn from these visits.

Last week we were in a rural school out in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, and then we went to a school attended mainly by the Amish kids, coming out of a very closely knit religious and family background. And who knows where we'll be next week? But I'm delighted to be here. And what I really wanted to do is ask you all how you view the importance of what you're doing, answer any questions that you might have. We can have a two-way street. I don't know how we want to get this thing going, but I'll be glad to respond to questions on the Government.

But let me ask you: How many of you all take math and science? Does everyone have to do that here, or is that -- --

Audience. Yes!

The President. You do. And is that considered among the tougher disciplines, or not necessarily? Is it hard?

Audience. Yes!

The President. How many do the computer stuff? How many are computer literate? About half. Is that considered hard, or is that considered advanced, or is it considered average kind of -- --

Audience. Average.

The President. Average kind of a course. Because as you look at it, I was impressed by what they're doing, the programming of some of your classmates, I guess. But the importance of it in the future is just -- you can't underestimate that.

How about questions? Anybody got any questions about my line of work? [Laughter]









"The Naked Time" [ Star Trek ]

Original Airdate: Sep 29, 1966

(from internet transcript)

[Bridge]

SCOTT: We're holding them in the chamber for decontamination.

KIRK: Better have Medicine look them over too. Tell Mister Spock I'll meet him there in ten minutes. Kirk out.

[Sickbay]

MCCOY: You're fine, Joe. Up and out of there. Mister Spock? Your pulse is two hundred and forty two, your blood pressure is practically nonexistent, assuming you call that green stuff in your veins blood.

SPOCK: The readings are perfectly normal for me, Doctor, thank you, and as for my anatomy being different from yours, I am delighted. Captain.

KIRK: How are they?

MCCOY: They're fine, Jim.

TORMOLEN: Terrible, Captain. It was terrible. They were just sitting, like they didn't care. Whatever was happening, they didn't care. I keep wondering

KIRK: You keep wondering if man was meant to be out here. You keep wondering, you keep signing on. Any guesses, Mister Spock? Any idea of what happened down there?

SPOCK: I wish I could say, Captain. The circumstances were quite bizarre, however our record tapes may show us something.

TORMOLEN: Six dead. Six people dead.

KIRK: You'd better get some rest.

TORMOLEN: Yes, sir.

KIRK: Set up those tapes, Mister Spock. We'll see if the answers are there. (leaves with Spock)

CHAPEL: The lab status report, Doctor.

MCCOY: Oh, thank you, Christine.

[Briefing room]

SPOCK: Next tape, please.

RAND: Spectro-analysis tape, sir.

SPOCK: Thank you.

KIRK: Almost as though they were irrational, drugged. An engineer sitting there, apparently oblivious to everything. A woman strangled. A crewman with a phaser pistol in his hand.

SPOCK: He'd used the computer room as if it were an amusement gallery.









KIRK: What were their symptoms?

SPOCK: Nonviolent at this stage. Slightly disoriented. Riley seemed rather pleased with himself, as if he were

KIRK: Irrational, or drugged.

SPOCK: Precisely.

KIRK: Security, Lieutenant Uhura.

UHURA: Yes, sir.

KIRK: Both Sulu and Riley, locate and confine. I want every crewman who comes in contact with them medically checked.

UHURA: Sir, level two, corridor three reports a disturbance. Mister Sulu chasing crewmen with a sword.

KIRK: Put Security on it.

SPOCK: Fascinating. A pattern is developing. First, Tormolen. Hidden personality traits being forced to the surface.









From 6/5/1987 ( as me, Kerry Burgess, my official enlisted US Navy documents includes: Earned NEC 1189 - Based on graduation from the Terrier Mk 152 Guided-missiles Fire Control Computers Complex course - Naval Guided Missiles School, Dam Neck, Virginia Beach, Virginia, US Navy - leading to permanent assignment until 1990 to CF-division, Missile Plot - guided-missiles Fire Control Computers Complex (UNIVAC digital-computers Mk152 Terrier System for, primarily, SM2-ER {Extended Range} Standard Missiles ordnance), USS Wainwright CG-28, US Navy, while enlisted paygrade E-5, designated Fire Controlman Petty Officer Second Class (FC2) ) To 3/28/1989 ( ) is 662 days

662 = 331 + 331

From 11/2/1965 ( my known birth date in Antlers, Oklahoma, USA, as Kerry Wayne Burgess ) To 9/29/1966 ( premiere USA TV series episode "Star Trek"::"The Naked Time" ) is 331 days



From 1/10/1964 ( premiere USA TV series episode "The Twilight Zone"::"The Long Morrow" ) To 6/5/1987 ( as me, Kerry Burgess, my official enlisted US Navy documents includes: Earned NEC 1189 - Based on graduation from the Terrier Mk 152 Guided-missiles Fire Control Computers Complex course - Naval Guided Missiles School, Dam Neck, Virginia Beach, Virginia, US Navy - leading to permanent assignment until 1990 to CF-division, Missile Plot - guided-missiles Fire Control Computers Complex (UNIVAC digital-computers Mk152 Terrier System for, primarily, SM2-ER {Extended Range} Standard Missiles ordnance), USS Wainwright CG-28, US Navy, while enlisted paygrade E-5, designated Fire Controlman Petty Officer Second Class (FC2) ) is 8547 days

From 11/2/1965 ( my known birth date in Antlers, Oklahoma, USA, as Kerry Wayne Burgess ) To 3/28/1989 ( ) is 8547 days



From 8/13/1982 ( premiere USA film "Fast Times At Ridgemont High" ) To 3/28/1989 ( ) is 2419 days

From 11/2/1965 ( my known birth date in Antlers, Oklahoma, USA, as Kerry Wayne Burgess ) To 6/17/1972 ( the Watergate burglary ) is 2419 days



From 1/21/1921 ( ) To 11/10/1967 ( premiere USA TV series episode "Star Trek"::"Metamorphosis" ) is 17094 days

17094 = 8547 + 8547

From 11/2/1965 ( my known birth date in Antlers, Oklahoma, USA, as Kerry Wayne Burgess ) To 3/28/1989 ( ) is 8547 days









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The American Presidency Project

George Bush

41st President of the United States: 1989 ‐ 1993

Remarks and a Question-and-Answer Session With Students at James Madison High School in Vienna, Virginia

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https://hvom.blogspot.com/2025/08/today-is-08132025.html

by me, Kerry Burgess, 08/12/2025 8:06 PM

My guess is retardoid's such as Sam Altman are Useful Fools for an actual *real* artificial-intelligence

Not that gimmicky ridiculous "A.I." that chumps such as Sam Altman and Elon Musk are peddling, of which greedy-corporations such as Microsoft insist on getting their own piece of the pie from you gullible rubes.









by me, Kerry Wayne Burgess, posted by me: 06:30 AM

Number 878: The Farthest Man From Home

I am Kerry Burgess. This is what I think.

If this is the first blog-post by me you're reading then you are galactically uninformed.

Sunday, April 06, 2025

Today is 04/06/2025, Post #2

One of my co-workers, that must have been year 2000, was proud to have finished for the first time a 50-mile bicycle ride on that path.

"My grandmother could ride 50 miles on the Burke-Gilman" was my response to him from the email to our team from another coworker bicycling with him that day.

I found some interesting stuff in this area's Centennial Trail between Spokane and Coeur d'Alene, Idaho.

Psyche-engineering is the only term I can think for it, as baffling as it is, I am constantly waiting for more information before I can finally begin to understand.

I sure do miss it. I am 59 years old now. I became 55 years in year 2020.

And I mean, nothing hurt the next day. I was tired when I got back to my apartment, those many times in year 2020 and earlier. But I just slept it off and didn't feel any worse for it the next day.

My peak physical conditioning was in year 2004 aged 38 years and I was an amateur elite-endurance after-work athlete. The 878 Days.










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Battlestar Galactica - tv miniseries - 12/08/2003, 12/09/2003

(from internet transcript)

(Ragnar Anchorage - Adama and Leoben are in some sort of room with lots of pipes and steam. Leoben is extremely pale and sweaty now.)

Leoben: What is it about this place? What's it doing to me?

Adama: Must be your allergies.

Leoben: I don't have allergies.

Adama: I didn't think so. What you got are silica pathways to the brain, or whatever it is you call that thing you pretend to think with. It's decomposing as we speak.

Leoben: It's the storm, isn't it? It puts out something. Something you discovered has an effect on Cylon technology. That's it, isn't it? And this is a refuge, that's why you put a fleet out here. Last ditch effort to hide from the Cylon attack. Right, well, that's not enough Adama. I've been here for hours. Once they find you, it won't take them that long to destroy you. They'll be in and out before they even get a headache.

Adama: Maybe. (He grabs Leoben, pushes him up against the wall.) But you, you won't find out, because you'll be dead in a few minutes. How does that make you feel? If you can feel.

Leoben: Oh, I can feel more than you could ever conceive of, Adama. But I won't die. When this body dies, my consciousness will be transferred to another one. And when that happens, (he collapses to the ground with a groan) I think I'll tell the others exactly where you are, and I think that they'll come, and they'll kill all of you. And I'll be here watching it happen.

Adama: You know what I think? I think if you could have transferred out of here, you woulda done it long before now. I think the storm's radiation really clogged up your connection. You're not going anywhere. You're stuck in that body.

Leoben: Doesn't matter. Sooner or later, (he smiles) the day comes when you can't hide from the things you've done.









From: me, Kerry Burgess

Sent: Thursday, December 6, 2012 1:29 AM

Subject: The Time Machine

I've given a lot of thought in recent years to the real possibility of immortality.

The conclusion I have reached, regardless of immortality, is that human beings are not much more than light bulbs.

We have a sense of consciousness but so does a light bulb.

I think that I am immortal but I think it is a matter of perception. A copy of a copy is not the original copy and why does that matter to a human being? We take for granted that we lose consciousness while asleep every day so why is that different from being dead? That doesn't seem to be a new concept but I think of a line of thought that is new to me. That is why I was convinced for a while that I exist only in reality artificial. I think of my basic understanding of the human brain and the human brain is subject to only a certain degree of high technology. The human brain is capable of being duped by high technology. Our eyes sense the world and if not for senses we would have no idea about the world real.

The possibility that immortality is the equivalent of a light bulb that lasts forever doesn't seem very comforting to me. And yet we as human beings fall asleep every day and we welcome that transition every time.









Thought

From Wikipedia

(Redirected from Think)

In their most common sense, thought and thinking refer to cognitive processes that occur independently of direct sensory stimulation. Core forms include judging, reasoning, concept formation, problem solving, and deliberation. Other processes, such as entertaining an idea, memory, or imagination, are also frequently considered types of thought. Unlike perception, these activities can occur without immediate input from the sensory organs. In a broader sense, any mental event—including perception and unconscious processes—may be described as a form of thought. The term can also denote not the process itself, but the resulting mental states or systems of ideas.



Inner speech theory

Inner speech theories hold that thinking is a form of inner speech. This position, sometimes called psychological nominalism, maintains that thinking consists of silently evoking words and connecting them to form mental sentences. A person's awareness of their own thoughts is explained as a kind of overhearing of one's silent monologue.









Anthropomorphism

From Wikipedia

Anthropomorphism (from the Greek words meaning "human," and meaning "form" or "shape") is the attribution of human form, character, or attributes to non-human entities. It is considered to be an innate tendency of human psychology.










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- by me, Kerry Wayne Burgess, posted by me: 09:56 AM Pacific-timezone USA Thursday 08/28/2025