MIT, an American university for those who don’t know it, has reported a significant breakthrough in water desalinization. As countries around the world struggle for water access, including the US and Mexico, we may be able, soon, to get as much as we want from the sea. More to come, I’m sure.

Two companies in the mid-west of these United States have reported breakthroughs in internal combustion engine development. One engine is a “refined” gas engine producing “42 percent power return from fuel.” the best engines, now, get 25 percent. The other company, Aston Aerospace has designed an engine to run on hydrogen and burn clean enough so the only thing coming out of the tailpipe is water. Keep an eye on these two.

In an earlier column, I waxed poetic about the mystery of Quantum Entanglement (QE) and suggested it had astronomical potential. Now, a firm in China reports it has “used” the power of QE to make a motor. Boom. That was my mind exploding, especially if its true. Other companies are reporting advances in “faster than light speed communications”. Instantaneous communications no matter the distance. Boom. And hopefully soon.

American drivers are no better now, than when I complained about them in one of my first posts on October 30, 2016. What has changed is my ability to come across them, at random, on the road. Simple population growth or The Universe punishing me for criticizing? The major issue is still simple selfishness, combined with a dash of ignorance. Most drivers think of themselves as the only ones on the road. How else to explain the marketing and sales of headlights which shoot a beam of laser-like light a quarter of a mile, often right through the skulls of both the drivers in front of them and the unfortunate souls in oncoming traffic. I looked into a car one time and so nothing but a bare-bones skull after a truck with a set of 8 High Intensity lights passed. At least it’s helped me think of new curse words. I’m trying not to take the Lord’s name in vain, anymore. Remember when you drive: you are not the only one who matters. Other drivers matter, too. ODMT.

The billionaires and Game of Money (GOM) players are at it again, “suggesting” parts of government they will gut. The latest is the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB). CFPB was a direct response to the legendary financial crisis of 2008-2009 where most of us lost money and most GOMmers did not. CFPB’s name speaks for itself, but google it to know for sure. It was a Democratic project from when Dems had control of the government and set up the CFPB and Affordable Care Act (ACA). Both have been the subject of Republican Grievance and scorn since. But both have survived. GOMmers, now, see their chance to overturn both the CFPB and ACA, and return to unfettered, unregulated, and wide open GOM without oversight. Of note, several of the billionaires are “victims” of the CFPB, and feel offended their “get rich quick schemes” were denied by CFPB. Let the GOM begin!

It’s Thanksgiving. For the first time in my life I have had to struggle to find something to be thankful for, but I did. I should be thankful for that, too. Boom.