2018 archive
Werner Herzog’s Bear points out an overlooked legacy of Watergate. A snippet:“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Be polite to the children in your neighborhood.
“Responsible gun owner” is an oxymoron.
Sore Losers 0
Tony Norman points out that Republicans, unhappy with the recent election, want to take the ball so nobody else can play.
Heeee’s Back 0
Well, that was fun.
The connectivity issue seems to have gone away on its own and you can’t troubleshoot something that’s not there. One of the truisms of troubleshooting is that intermittent problems are the hardest to track down.
It seems to have been what one tech I met in a previous incarnation called an “FM” problem. If he was at a customer site and the issue he was called to fix mysteriously went away and if the customer asked what it was, he would say, “Oh, that was an FM problem” and hastily make his escape (“FM” loosely translated means “freaking magic”).
The other problem I was dealing with had to do with the new version of WordPress. WP changed the default editor and, since I “upgraded” my WordPress late last Thursday, I have been unable to publish or revise posts. Clicking to publish or update resulted in a “Publishing (Updating) failed” error.
I found the solution at the WordPress support forums. The one I selected was to install the “Classic Editor” plugin, which worked for me because it was quicker than calling my hosting provider to find out how to enable wp-json and I didn’t like that gol-darned newmangled editor anyway.
Now I’m going to run off to recuperate from being in Geek Purgatory for the weekend.
And another H/T to Shaun Mullen for his assistance in working this out.
Afterthought:
Other things I tried, for the troubleshooters out there, included trying multiple browsers; disabling plugins one at a time and trying to post (this excellent suggestion came from a support rep at my hosting provider, as several of the plugins I use have to do with editing; it didn’t fix the problem, but it was still an excellent suggestion, as troubleshooting consists of ruling things out to narrow the list of suspects); and changing to one of the default themes provided by WordPress.
Russian Impulses 0
Shaun Mullen thinks push is coming to shove.
The Republican Coups 0
Mike argues that Republicans are winning their war on democracy. In his commentary, he also highlights the hypocrisy of the self-styled “Christian” conservatives. (Warning: Language. Also, when I viewed it, the audio was fine, but the video wasn’t. It’s the audio that matters.)
Aside:
Spellink erorrs correxted. This was one of the updates that the WordPress upgrade held hostage.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Respect the politeness.
Aside:
Link fixed. Another update held hostage by WordPress’s gol-darned newmangled editor.
The Voter Fraud Fraud 0
Jay Bookman points out some real life voter fraud. Here’s a bit from his article:
Do please read the rest, in which he demonstrates that this is but one element in North Carolina Republicans’ steaming, fetid pile of duplicity.
Batten Down the Hatch Act 0
Elie Mystal reports that the Trump administration has reinterpreted the Hatch Act, which bans Federal employees from partisan politics while on the job. A snippet:
That’s right. Legal counsel to the President unironically conceded that trying to prevent the President of the United States from committing high crimes and misdemeanors, or merely discussing those crimes, was tantamount to working for the Democratic Party and should be prohibited. In TrumpWorld there is no country, only Trump, so anybody working with the interests of the country in mind must be working against Trump and should be subject to prohibitions against political activity.
Follow the link for the rest.
