Best of the Cheapest of the Cheap

Yesterday when mentioning I was listening to an Elvis podcast while paying bills, these were the speakers playing it. Purchase price $7.

Dell AX210 USB-powered computer speakers.

I’ve had numerous wired computer speakers come and go over the years, but I continue to hang onto these humble little cylinders. Whatever outfit in China makes (or made) the AX210, voices are exceptionally well articulated.

Another old audio product I use is a GE Superadio III. Purchase price $40. It was originally noteworthy for AM reception, but its high-fidelity FM sound quality is why it continues to sit in the window next to my desk.

RCA (formerly GE) Superadio III

Finding the Dell speakers and a Superadio is hit-or-miss, but these Sony headphones are readily available. They’re currently priced on Amazon at a whopping 25% more than what I paid six months ago, but we’re talking about $12.50 vs. $10. These are my notebook computer headphones.

Sony MDR-ZX110

This Sony product was discontinued long ago. Purchased for $8 (18 years ago, maybe?), they’re what I use with my Fire HD 10 tablet.

Sony MDR-W08

A Modest Proposal

mih has suggested that the Supreme Court should reconsider the constitutionality of Loving v. Virginia. Others have noted its omission in yesterday’s concurring opinion from Clarence Thomas.

https://news.yahoo.com/obergefell-plaintiff-scotus-same-sex-055445239.html

Clarence and Virginia Thomas

In a “what if” world, Loving v. Virginia is overturned, and Clarence Thomas’ marriage would be declared illegal. Then returning to the America of the 1800’s, as was done in the abortion opinion, Clarence will be called “boy” and become Ginni’s property. MAGA success!

SOTUS Delivers Two Sharp Rights

Yesterday, the Supreme Court ruled in favor of all guns all the time. Today, it’s the end of a woman’s right to an abortion. The Radical Right wins.

Why stop there? Social Security needs to be abolished, then there’s the elimination of income tax. Finish up with a return to slavery.

Why bother passing this gun legislation? It will be challenged and the Supreme Court will invalidate it.

WASHINGTON (AP) — A bipartisan gun violence bill that seemed unimaginable a month ago is on the verge of winning final congressional approval, a vote that will produce lawmakers’ most sweeping answer in decades to brutal mass shootings that have come to shock yet not surprise Americans.

The ONLY way to deal with the easy access to guns is to repeal the Second Amendment. It won’t happen in my lifetime, but it will happen.

I was going to post this Fresh Air segment back in January, but I held off, having a feeling that much more would be revealed about the insanity of Ginni Thomas. Which has happened.