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2018 archive

QOTD 0

Louise Leakey:

My father so appropriately put it that we are certainly the only animal that makes conscious choices that are bad for our survival as a species.

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March 27, 2018 | Posted by: Frank | Posted in: QOTD |

And Now for a Musical Interlude 0

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March 26, 2018 | Posted by: Frank | Posted in: Music That Swings |

Marketplace of Ideologues 0

Man: Hello, I'm a columnist for a large, influential newspaper--and it is my nuanced and delightfully contrarian opinion that gravity is imaginary. Sparky: But that is demonstrably untrue. Man: Hey, scientists have been wrong before. They used to believe that the moon was made of green cheese. Sparky: No, they did not! Man: Oh, I get it. You're just another closed-minded liberal threatened by any idea that might challenge you rigid, ideological world view. Sparky: But--the think you said--is wrong! Man: So, I'm an opinion columnist. The newspaper for which I write gives me vast leeway--because of the opinions! I mean, how can you fact-check and opinion. Sparky: But that's just a smokescreen. Your opinions are based on alleged facts. Man: Yes, but they are not factual facts. They are opinion-y facts and hence not subject to anything so tedious as corroboration! Say, the sky is a lovely shade of green, today, don't you think? Sparky: Really, just stop. Man: Aren't I a rascal.

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March 26, 2018 | Posted by: Frank | Posted in: Political Theatre |

How Stuff Works, Carrion Crows of Capitalism Dept. 0

David Dayen’s article mentioned in the video is here.

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March 26, 2018 | Posted by: Frank | Posted in: Mammon, Political Economy |

Tales of the Trumpling: Snapshots of Trickle-Down Trumpery 0

Trumplers like violence because they smell so nice:

Donald Trump has made yet another red — as in bloody — mark during his short stint as president. University of Pennsylvania researchers just released a study showing that after every Trump rally — ones that get the crowd angry and irritated — host cities experienced an average of 2.3 more assaults than usual.

This phenomena is unique to Trump rallies. “Things got vicious, no matter how much Mr Trump liked to claim his events were ‘love fests,’” one observer noted in The Independent.

Follow the link for the rest.

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March 26, 2018 | Posted by: Frank | Posted in: Political Theatre, Politics of Hate |

Russian Impulses 0

Shaun Mullen offers a timeline.

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March 26, 2018 | Posted by: Frank | Posted in: Political Theatre |

Little Ricky Rides Again! 0

What a tool.

Jesus, Mary, and Joseph, you can’t make this stuff up.

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March 26, 2018 | Posted by: Frank | Posted in: Culture Warriors |

“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0

Politeness takes work.

A woman was taken to the hospital in serious condition after police say a man was working on his gun when it went off, the bullet grazing his hand and hitting the woman in the stomach.

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March 26, 2018 | Posted by: Frank | Posted in: Gunnuttery |

Walkering Back Democrary 0

Transcript here.

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March 26, 2018 | Posted by: Frank | Posted in: Political Theatre, Republican Hypocrisy |

QOTD 0

Len Deighton:

In Mexico an air conditioner is called a politician because it makes a lot of noise but doesn’t work very well.

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March 26, 2018 | Posted by: Frank | Posted in: QOTD |

Contrasts in Courage 0

Frame One, titled

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(Link fixed.)

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March 25, 2018 | Posted by: Frank | Posted in: Gunnuttery, Political Theatre |

The Pusher Men 0

Warning: Language.

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March 25, 2018 | Posted by: Frank | Posted in: Mammon |

Twits on Twitter, Facebook Frolics Dept. 0

I am certain I am not the only person who finds that #deletefacebook is trending on Twitter to be somewhat ironic.

In related news, John Aravosis retrieves his data from Facebook and finds that the Zuckerborg has slurped up far more information about him than he imagined.

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March 25, 2018 | Posted by: Frank | Posted in: Personal Musings, Political Theatre, Running Naked through the Internet |

Rationalizing the Irrational 0

Title: Assault on Reason. Frame One: Some argue that the students just don't appreciate

Via Job’s Anger.

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March 25, 2018 | Posted by: Frank | Posted in: Gunnuttery |

“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0

Give children the opportunity to be polite.

A two-year-old boy in Jennings has been shot after locating a handgun that had not been properly secured, according to Commander Ramby Cormier of Jeff Davis Parish Sheriff’s Office.

Thus passeth another day in NRA Eden.

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March 25, 2018 | Posted by: Frank | Posted in: Gunnuttery |

Boy in a Bubble 0

Pig to Rat: I don't know how you were able ot run for President. All the criticism would crush me. Rat: What criticism? Pig: You don't hear all the people complaining about you? Rat: Complaining? I only hear praise. Sounds like you need an ego bubble. Pig: What's an ego bubble? Rat: Well, first you block all the people you don't like on Twitter and Facebook. Then you only go to events that have your fans. Then your own carbon dioxide and love for self forms a criticism-proof bubble around you, like this. (Rat is suddenly inside a transparent bubble.) Pig: Whoa. Rat: Push me outside so you can see it at work. (Pig pushes the bubble outside, where it floats above persons saying,

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March 25, 2018 | Posted by: Frank | Posted in: Political Theatre |

“Genius at Work” 0

Steven M. explains.

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March 25, 2018 | Posted by: Frank | Posted in: Political Theatre |

QOTD 0

Martin Amis:

If God existed, and if He cared for humankind, He would never have given us religion.

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March 25, 2018 | Posted by: Frank | Posted in: QOTD |

Geeking Out 0

Slackware 14.2 with the Fluxbox window manager with the “green tea” style. The wallpaper is from my collection.

Screenshot of Slackware with the Fluxbox window manager

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March 24, 2018 | Posted by: Frank | Posted in: Geek Stuff |

Facebook Frolics 0

Josh Marshall suggests that the Zuckerborg thinks it is a law unto itself.

Several months ago I said that I thought Facebook was destined for a bruising confrontation with Mueller’s Russia probe. I was happy to see that happen. This is an example of why. Facebook operates as though its policies are something like laws and actually should operate like laws. The entire problem stems from the fact that Facebook has created its own set of rules in which it has no liability, no real grounded monetary liability for what is done with your data, who gets access to it or what they do with it.

Follow the link to read why he said that.

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March 24, 2018 | Posted by: Frank | Posted in: Political Theatre |
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