From Pine View Farm

2019 archive

Facebook Frolics, Your Lyin’ Eyes Dept. 0

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Misty Water-Colored Memories 0

Candle burning

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Facebook Frolics 0

The Des Moines Register’s Rekha Basu recounts a tale of tangling with Facebook’s how-dare-the-Zuckerborg-call-them-standards for advertisements.

Honest to Pete, Dali never created anything so surreal.

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History Lesson 0

Ben Franklin and George Washington snare a butterfly.  Franklin, holding the butterfly, says,

Via Job’s Anger.

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The Environmental Pollution Agency Strikes Again 0

Caption:  Thanks to recent EPA action . . .  Image:

Via Juanita Jean.

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QOTD 0

Richard Hofstadter:

It is ironic that the United States should have been founded by intellectuals, for throughout most of our political history, the intellectual has been for the most part either an outsider, a servant or a scapegoat.

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The Untangling 0

PoliticalProf dispels the mystery.

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“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0

They never know that the gun was loaded, do they?

If rule one of using a gun is don’t allow the gun to point at any living creature you don’t plan to shoot, rule two is to consider every gun loaded until you know positively it is not.

One more time, “responsible gun owner” is an oxymoron.

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The Bigly Story 0

Donald Trump introduces his

Via The Bob Cesca Show Blog.

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No Place To Hide 0

Listen to Harry Shearer’s interview with Shoshana Kuboff, author of the Age of Surveillance Capitalism.

Methinks ’twill cause you disquiet.

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A Chorus of Whistles 0

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Facebook Frolics 0

C&L rounds up a flock of frolics.

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Many Happy Returns? 0

Shaun Mullen counts the votes.

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QOTD 0

Vincent Price:

Ladies and gentlemen, poison doesn’t always come in bottles and it isn’t always marked with the skull and crossbones of danger. . . . As for the antidote, you can fight prejudice, first by recognizing it for what it is and, second, by actively accepting or rejecting people on their individual worth and by speaking against prejudice and for understanding. Remember, freedom and prejudice can’t exist side by side. If you choose freedom, fight prejudice.

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Geeking Out: The Lion in Fluxbox Dept. 0

The Fluxbox window manager using the Operation theme on Slackware 14.2.

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And Now for a Musical Interlude 0

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Facebook Frolics 0

Mark Zuckerberg walking snarling dog shaped like the Facebook logo, which in turn is chasing the 2020 election, as Zuckerberg shouts,

Via Kiko’s House.

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Twits on Twitter 0

An indefensible twit.

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“Tis the Season 0

Man sitting in easy chair with newspaper says,

Via Job’s Anger.

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“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0

Brotherly politeness.

Jesus, Mary, and Joseph.

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