ITEMS WITH THE MOST PAGE VIEWS AND MY FAVORITES - VIII

2018 SUMMARY

Herein is my eighth annual summary of posts on my blog "Reunite Gondwanaland."  As of the end of 2018, the blog had about 97,500 page views and contains more than 1053 items of which 147 were published in 2018, compared to the all-time high of 202 in 2017.  The peak year for interest in the blog was 2017 and no post in 2018 came close to being in the top 10 of interest (given below).  All the top posts for 2018 came before April and exceeded 100 page views.  The listings follow with all references given at the end of the section.

Much to my surprise, the posted article with the most page views, all time, is very short (2 sentences) and titled simply "What Does This Mean?" (published August 28, 2012) with more than 844 page views    Number two with 624 page views on the list is titled "Teenager" an 8 line poem from January 05,2017.
(http://stopcontinentaldrift.blogspot.com/2012/09/what-does-this-mean.html). (http://stopcontinentaldrift.blogspot.com/2017/01/teenager.html).

These posts are followed by three over 500 page views: "Michael Flynn" (521 page views), "Parallel Government" (506), "Pugnacious Politics" (502) and one that is nearly 500 "Illegal Immigration" (494) https://stopcontinentaldrift.blogspot.com/2017/02/michael-flynn.html; https://stopcontinentaldrift.blogspot.com/2017/07/parallel-government.html;
https://stopcontinentaldrift.blogspot.com/2017/07/pugnacious-politics.html
https://stopcontinentaldrift.blogspot.com/2017/02/illegal-immigration.html

Rounding out the all-time top 10 for page views,
"Illegal Immigration" (495) February 12, 2017
"Break Even Price Of Fracking" (478 page views) from October  07, 2014;
"Infrastructure Program" (466) November 23, 2016;
http://stopcontinentaldrift.blogspot.com/2017/02/illegal-immigration.html
http://stopcontinentaldrift.blogspot.com/2017/02/illegal-immigration.html
http://stopcontinentaldrift.blogspot.com/2014/10/break-even-price-of-fracking-oil.html
http://stopcontinentaldrift.blogspot.com/2016/11/infrastructure-program_23.html

The Second Six:
"Detroit ?" (365) October 26, 2016 )  (It was actually my first post to top 300 page views)
"Tea Cup Seismograph" (292) August 12, 2014
"Preferred Stock Investing" (257) November 27, 2011
"Working Underground: My Rational Self And My Emotional Self (biographical)" (246) January 11, 2013
"My Maternal Grandmother (Biographical)"  (244) October 07, 2013
"Enabling" (236) October 10, 2016
http://stopcontinentaldrift.blogspot.com/2016/10/detroit.html
http://stopcontinentaldrift.blogspot.com/2014/08/the-tea-cup-seismograph-biographical.html
http://stopcontinentaldrift.blogspot.com/2013/01/working-underground-my-rational-self.html
http://stopcontinentaldrift.blogspot.com/2013/10/my-maternal-grandmother-biographical.html
http://stopcontinentaldrift.blogspot.com/2016/10/enabling.html

Top pageviews of 2018 (greater than 100 page views):
"Self Driving Cars" (146) March 20, 2018
"Hospital Closures" (137) March 24, 2018
"FISA Warrants" (134) February 03, 2018
"Snake Bit Republished" (131) March 08, 2018
http://stopcontinentaldrift.blogspot.com/2018/03/self-driving-cars.html
http://stopcontinentaldrift.blogspot.com/2018/03/hospital-closures.html
http://stopcontinentaldrift.blogspot.com/2018/03/snake-bit_8.html
http://stopcontinentaldrift.blogspot.com/2018/02/fisa-warrants.html

My personal favorites are somewhat different.
I consider "Corporate Tax Cuts: Unintended Consequences" to be one of my best publications, but it got only 71 page views(http://stopcontinentaldrift.blogspot.com/2017/11/corporate-taxes-cuts-unintended.html).

It is right up there with" Effectiveness Of Taxes" posted way back in May of 2010 and is my personal favorite.  While this piece ultimately has received 131 page views, which is nice, it hardly competes in favorability with many others published since.(http://stopcontinentaldrift.blogspot.com/2010/05/effectiveness-of-taxes.html)

I repeat an analysis of the Great Recession from the 2016 report: "New in 2016 is a series of three posts examining the Great Recession Vs. The Great Depression (http://stopcontinentaldrift.blogspot.com/2016/12/the-great-recession-vs-great-depression.html; http://stopcontinentaldrift.blogspot.com/2016/12/great-recession-versus-great-depression.html; and http://stopcontinentaldrift.blogspot.com/2016/12/great-recession-versus-great-depression_9.html)

In the above Great Recession pieces,  I note how dangerous financial collapses are relative to recessions and the Great Recession involved a financial collapse somewhat like 1929.  There is a dangerous hangover from financial collapses.  After the 1929 financial collapse, many people turned to Soviet-Style Communism, fortunately not enough to alter our political system.  In the 2008-2009 financial collapse, people turned to Donald Trump, not truly a member of either political party (Democrats or the establishment Republicans)."*  It is yet to be seen how this turns out.

Let me repeat two Honorable Mentions from the 2016 report*. I wouldn't say this is a favorite of mine, but it can be important to some, i.e. "Preferred Stock Investing" with 235 page views   [http://stopcontinentaldrift.blogspot.com/2011/11/preferred-stock-investing.html]. I have invested for about 60 years, but never got involved in preferred stocks until the last decade.

I would also like to mention one additional poem, though it got only 19 page views "Upon the Second Anniversary Of Apollo 11," the first landing on the Moon [http://stopcontinentaldrift.blogspot.com/2010/01/upon-second-anniversary-of-apollo-11.html]. Normally a couplet or more just pops into my mind and I construct a poem around it. The second anniversary of Apollo Eleven, however, was little noticed which I thought was terrible so this was the first time I sat down to compose a poem from scratch

I would also like to add two other poems, one called "Earthquake." (April 21, 2014) with 44 page views.  I like this because I feel I capture the power and emotion I was striving for in the poem.
and the other "Seagulls Of Myrtle Beach" (11-29-2009) with 25 page views.
https://stopcontinentaldrift.blogspot.com/2014/04/earthquake-poem.html
http://stopcontinentaldrift.blogspot.com/2009/11/seagulls-of-myrtle-beach.html


 Also among poems, my favorite couplet that I have ever written is in  "So How About An Asteroid" (Poem) [http://stopcontinentaldrift.blogspot.com/2011/07/so-how-about-asteroid-poem.html] (July 20,2011) with 89 page views:
Who could possibly be annoyed
About the study of an asteroid?

My favorite stanza is from  "On Age 82" (Poem)  (September 20, 2013 ) with 179 page views.[http://stopcontinentaldrift.blogspot.com/2013/09/on-age-82-poem.html]: 
I do not text
And do not tweet
I'm 82 years old
Feeling kind of beat.

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These posts will no longer be included in future summaries

Some posts with fewer than 200 page views but more than 100 views prior to 2018
"Republican  President Presidential Candidates In 2012- My Take" (197) July 03, 2011
"Trump Or Cruz" (185) December 04, 2015
"Pharmaceuticals" (178) (October 02, 2016)
"Conservative Ideals" (178) September 19, 2017
"Trump's Humor" (168) September 18, 2017
"Mexico Earthquakes (160) Repeat, September 22, 2017
"New Malls" (156) October 27, 2017
"Presidential Decorum" (154) October 26, 2017
"Bully Pulpit" (153) December 23, 2017)
"Stocks Paying Increasing Dividends For 50 Yrs. Or More" (153) October 01, 2013
"Parkinson's Law" (150) October 01, 2016
"Will Incandescent Light Bulbs Be Banned?" (152) October 01, 2011
"Paid Patriotism "(149)  August 29, 2017
"Sheriff Joe" (148) August 28, 2017
"Rex Tillerson" (146) October 12, 2017
"Basics Of Bureaucracy" (142) July 26, 2011
"September 11 And The Financial Collapse" (109) September 11, 2011
"Our Consumerism Society" (106) July 12, 2011
"More" (102) August 22, 2011
"Our Liquidity Trap" (100)  January 30, 2012

http://stopcontinentaldrift.blogspot.com/2011/07/republican-presidential-candidates-for.html
http://stopcontinentaldrift.blogspot.com/2015/12/trump-or-cruz.html
http://stopcontinentaldrift.blogspot.com/2016/10/pharmaceuticals.html
http://stopcontinentaldrift.blogspot.com/2017/09/conservative-ideals.html
http://stopcontinentaldrift.blogspot.com/2017/09/trumps-humor.html
http://stopcontinentaldrift.blogspot.com/2017/09/mexico-earthquakes.html
http://stopcontinentaldrift.blogspot.com/2017/10/new-malls.html
http://stopcontinentaldrift.blogspot.com/2017/10/presidential-decorum.html
https://stopcontinentaldrift.blogspot.com/2017/12/bully-pulpit.html
http://stopcontinentaldrift.blogspot.com/2016/10/stocks-paying-increasing-dividends-for.html
http://stopcontinentaldrift.blogspot.com/2016/10/parkinsons-law.html
http://stopcontinentaldrift.blogspot.com/2011/10/will-incandescent-light-bulbs-be-banned.html
http://stopcontinentaldrift.blogspot.com/2017/09/paid-patriotism.html
http://stopcontinentaldrift.blogspot.com/2017/08/sheriff-joe.html
http://stopcontinentaldrift.blogspot.com/2017/10/rex-tillerson.html

http://stopcontinentaldrift.blogspot.com/2011/07/basics-of-bureaucracy.html
http://stopcontinentaldrift.blogspot.com/2011/09/september11-2001-financial-collapse.html
http://stopcontinentaldrift.blogspot.com/2011/07/our-consumerism-society.html
http://stopcontinentaldrift.blogspot.com/2011/08/more.html
http://stopcontinentaldrift.blogspot.com/2012/01/our-liquidity-trap.html