September, 2019 archive
Immunity Impunity
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E. J. Dionne wonders marvels Trump keeps getting away with stuff and notes that he has accomplices.
A snippet:
A Notion of Immigrants 0
Elie Mystal reacts to the Trump Administration’s latest barrage in its never-ending fusillade of racism and bigotry, this one directed at the Trumpists’ attempt to rip protections from Haitian refugees legally present in the United States.
Just read it.
Game Theory 0
Michael Harriot reckons that, if you’ve watched Game of Thrones (I haven’t and do not intend to–ever, but I’ve heard enough about it to think Harriot has something there), it can help you understand the Trump-Biden-Ukraine story.
Lies and Lying Liars 0
At Psychology Today Blogs, Neel Burton examines lying and wonders why we still have not learned the ought-to-be-obious truth that liars cannot be trusted. A snippet:
Today, God may be dying, but what about truth? Rudy Giuliani, Donald Trump’s personal lawyer, claimed that “truth isn’t truth”, while Kellyanne Conway, Trump’s counsellor, presented the public with what she called “alternative facts”.
Sporadic Bloggery (Updated) 0
Our ISP is dealing with some connectivity issues in the neighborhood of PVF HQ.
I happened to run into one of ISP’s techs, and he told me some of the issues they encountered over the last few weeks have been related to Dorian, which sideswiped our area–the strong winds blew moisture into some of their equipment, but it’s taken time for the moisture to seep into the equipment deeply enough to do any damage.
Addendum, the Next Day:
The hardware issues got fixed last night. They were more serious than I realized; when we turned on the television yesterday evening, the cable, not just the internet, was out. The cable came back on about 6:30 p., but my cable modem (supplied by my ISP) will not connect, so a tech is scheduled to be here tomorrow. In the meantime, I’m checking in with by cell phone hot spot from time to time.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Politeness is a family value.
