Plausibly Live - The Dave Bowman Show

Back in 2011 I was able to have Ken Sewell on the Afternoons Live program on KFIV. This will give you even more insight into the story of the K-129...

Back before Meta deleted my original account, I had a picture of Ben standing on the sink in the bathroom, holding his hair back and intently looking in the mirror at his forehead. He was searching for the Blue Dot, which I had informed him that only Dads could see, which shows up on his forehead whenever he tells me a lie. A listeners this week texted the show and asked me what do we do when a po...

Some Technical Notes from today’s episode: (1) Dave has had zero sleep. He was up all night for a family activity. (2) The WMMB computer failed, necessitating the show be done by telephone rather than the normal method via computer. (3) Bill and Dave decided to leave their off air discussions on the podcast version. This is unusual but the conversations were germane to the subject (which...

In 1798, less than  a full decade after the ratification of the Constitution and just eight years after the Bill of Rights, the President of the United States, signed into law  the Sedition Act of 1798. It was, simply put, one of the most egregious and appalling laws ever passed by the Congress of the United States, signed by a  President AND it was upheld by the Supreme Court. It w...

As I get closer to my surgery (Mar 18), my voce is continuing to degrade. It is  very frustrating to me, but as long as you tolerate it, I can live with it. The good news is  that the long dry spell is over. The Government announced yesterday another  $400+ Million in military aid for Ukraine AND another $600+ Million for Taiwan.  It had been more than a week since we announced...

Look, it's NOT that I don't see some value in a college education. The problem I  have with it is that you don't actually need a college to get that education.  But you DO need the college to give you the sheepskin that says  that you have it. I've said it before, I would love to go and get my degree in  history. But the education that I have received makes it clear that the RO...

Last week President Joe Biden was asked about his read of China’s intention vis-à-vis Russian and Ukraine. He said that he did not see” China helping Russia with weapons and/or ammunition. This was, of course, after his Secretary of State, Anthony Blinken said that China was planning to do exactly that. And China, said that they were not considering it. Then for good measure Blinken threatened to...

I had some stuff on the war to talk about, but late last night, for the first time in my lifetime, something happened to my family that we always joked about and certainly knew about, but finally touched down in our world. Long ago, Scott Adams write one of the best management books I ever read. In that book, he introduced me to one of the rules I have lived by ever since. I suppose that now I can...

NOTE: No video today. I screwed up the recording. Sorry. So... couple of things that I need to clear up. The name of the show is "Plausibly Live." For those of you who might not get that, it means that the show is conducted and recorded live. But there is no giant red light and buzzer that alerts me when  somebody pushes play on their device and then I run upstairs to the studio and start tal...

On February 21,  1945, the newly upgraded aircraft carrier USS Saratoga was supporting the landings on Iwo Jima. The night before she was detached with a small escort to bomb Japanese forces on Chichi Jima. The next day is overcast with very low cloud cover. Out of the low clouds screamed six Japanese planes, who manage to hit the Sara's forward end, causing heavy damage and killing one hundr...

Happy Washington's Birthday! Yes... that is the  "real" name of today's holiday, but thanks to slick marketing and lack of civic virtue, we somehow or another have converted this into a day when the USPS,  which is NOT a federal agency, gets the day off. We talk Presidents, good and bad...

It IS February  17th. I actually had a  person yell at me today because he was certain that today is February 18th, and he is expecting me to do something for him on the 18th. But... for the record it is not the 18th. February 17th, 1600ce, was the day that the Government authorities took a man from a prison cell, clamped a vice on his tongue, and then took him to be burned alive at the...

I'm  late to the party on the Superb Owl, that said, why does anybody take anybody talking about Superb Owl Commercials seriously? The days of the commercials being "the show" are long gone, thanks to parity, officiating and the inundation of advertising we now see everywhere. Look, people say weird and dare I say, controversial things, on social media.  Just because I am friends with so...

Look, nothing happens in a vacuum.  Whether it's a Papal Bull that results in the eradication of cats that seems to lead to millions of human deaths, or a grain shortage in the middle of a violent revolution that leads to a Economist/Reverend watching what is going on and coming up with what will become one of the most impactful theories in human history...

Last week I was  wondering out loud about the whole fentanyl situation. Luckily, one of my compatriots from the US Navy Submarine Force is involved with a Florida non-profit that helps educate people about the danger of fentanyl. Today I am joined by Judd Spitzer, who is the Co-Chair and Technical Director for the Blue Plaid Society . We talk the story of fentanyl and what each of us needs to...

Seymour Hirsh is  not a source that I take overly seriously. That said, his latest story about the Nordstream 2 Pipeline is rattling some cages , including mine. If, and that's a super big "IF," Hirsch is correct, then we got bamboozled and almost dragged into WWIII. In Washington  State the Legislative Privilege debate rages on. Now, the Legislators in question have released documents t...

In practical terms, how many people does it actually take to approve and enact a law that is binding of the people of the United States? Now... you might think that the answer is obvious, but... is it? More importantly, when you finally get that number, does it make sense to you as "representative" of the people of the United States? Brutus continues his explanation as to why the proposed Congress...

It's a fact that most people today form their opinions long before that actually have anything close to the full information about... well... anything. And, those  opinions more often tell us more about the person who has them than it does about the actual subject at hand. Now we have reached the point where the jokes  about it are not just written before the subject has even been broadc...

The first American Civil War was every bit as vicious and hate-filled as the second. And... like the second, it eventually resulted in amending the US Constitutional to try and make things better. It all started when the state of Georgia decided that it wasn't going to pay the guy who sold their militia supplies during the war. It led to an intense debate during ratification over the concept of St...

Do you understand the difference between the Chinese Spy Balloon, er, meteorological airship, and the Grammy's?

The fastest moving story in the world right now is the Chinese Spy Balloon over Montana. Of course, by now, it's probably over North Dakota. Given that we are the only nation ever successfully attacked via balloons, shouldn't we being doing a bit more than summoning ambassadors and twiddling our thumbs about it? For most of my life I have wondered how it is that two people can look at the same wor...

Brutus has made it clear that he has major issues with the proposed Constitution. There are parts of it he accepts as acceptable and even well considered. That said, he also feels that those sections are more or less unimportant and having "fallacious appearances." After eviscerating the lack of a bill of rights, Brutus moves on to the next issue he has...   the Legislature . He feels that it...

The merchant vessel, Arc Integrity , is making its way to Europe, carrying a cargo of military supplies for Ukraine. Specifically, it is carrying Bradley Armored Fighting Vehicles. some are  speculating that the Russians could legally attack this ship as it is known to be carrying military supplies. The situation is not unlike that which faced Imperial Germany in 1915-1917. Is unrestricted su...

In January of  1944, the Allies thought that they had found a way to crack the Gustav Line south of Rome. The bloody battles in Italy had the Allies stalled and desperate to move around the entrenched Nazi forces. From December of 1943 to June of 1944, almost 100,000 allied soldiers were casualties. Most of them, from two assaults intended to break the Gustav Line. On January 22nd, the Allies...

It's been a rough morning... lots of distractions and shiny objects that are  pulling my attention elsewhere. For what it's worth though, I don't really care about the Pelosi tape. The truth is that you don't either, but we all have to pretend that we do because we've been told that we have to. In California (and everywhere else), there is big money in "servicing" the Homeless...