Addendum 8 March 2018:

This is an article I retweeted about a few weeks ago and is associated with decline of liberal democracy above:

A model of the way opinions spread reveals how propagandists use the scientific process against itself to secretly influence policy makers.

• by Emerging Technology from the arXiv
• January 22, 2018

https://www.technologyreview.com/s/610012/the-tricks-propagandists-use-to-beat-science/

Thursday 8 March 2018: Burger Night Past

We went to the Elks here in Green Cove Springs last night.  The burgers were huge and tasted good plus the fries were ok too.  None of our immediate friends were there so we ate on the “porch” bundled up in jackets.  Actually, it was quite pleasant and we enjoyed our last GCS Elks burgers for this season.  We are heading out for an area 2 hours drive to the south in the Mt. Dora area and plan on staying for about a week. This will give us an opportunity to explore a bit.

This morning I ordered the 4 gallons of food grade antifreeze for out return trip to the north.  Walmart said they had the antifreeze so I tried a new thing and will pick it up as I think it will be necessary to winterize the RV since the temperatures do not seem to be breaking up in N Indiana.

While I was reading this morning I came across an article that appears to be thoughtful and reasonably well written.  It is about our turmoil in the political arena and those disaffected individuals that might bring down liberal democracy.  I the link below should lead you to The Guardian article.

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/mar/04/shock-system-liberal-democracy-populism