2024 archive
Down at the Farm 0
I woke up this morning to the dreaded “Error making database connection” error. (Oddly, the front end of the site seemed to be working okay, but the back end was inaccessible, so maybe my two or three regular readers did not encounter any difficulties.)
Quick like a bunny, I logged into my most excellent hosting provider, opened phpMyAdmin, and did a check, repair, and optimize on the database–procedures that I perform regularly as database maintenance ever since I suffered a database crash in 2008. Ironically, I usually do them on a Sunday.
The site seems to have worked okay all day, so I’m crossing my fingers and holding my breath.
A Tune for the Times 0
From the Youtube page:
Way back in 2018 Trump made his once famous, now forgotten comments about “Shithole Countries” which inspired this parody. Based on comments that have accumulated on the original posting since that time, it bears mentioning that those “three guys” are not Norwegian and the video wasn’t shot in Norway. Just more Parody Project visual trickery for your entertainment.
Still Rising Again after All These Years 0
PoliticalProf finds himself somewhat taken aback.
The Longer Game 0
In the course of discussing Squeaker of the House Mike Johnson’s refusal to admit that Donald Trump lost the 2020 election, David suggests that the past is prologue. He notes that
This is the trap of preparing people to go along with yet another attempt to overturn or invalidate an election.
I think David makes a valid point. Watch the video and decide for yourself.
It’s All about Baiting the Clicks 0
The Charlotte Observer reports that the whirlwind of lies about the whirlwind appearing on “social” media are seriously interfering with attempts to help victims of the storm. A snippet:
“Those are not true,” Govus said, replying to a question from The Charlotte Observer and The (Raleigh) News & Observer during her county’s daily Helene disaster-response news conference on Zoom.
“And those hurt, because … we have to redivert resources and make sure that our emergency personnel check that off the list. And it may be the fourth time that we’ve done that.
One more time, “social” media isn’t.
“Sanewashing” 0
PoliticalProf offers an example.
A Tune for the Times 0
Mangy decodes de code.
Still Rising Again after All These Years 0
It seems clear that Richard Nixon’s “southern strategy” has come full circle and that today’s Republican Party has devolved into the party of the Secesh.
“History Does Not Repeat Itself, but It Often Rhymes”* 0
At the Tampa Bay Times, Daniel Ruth hears a rhyme.
And, while we’re on the subject of voices from the past . . . .
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*Mark Twain.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Shower your wife with politeness.
he round went through a door jamb and into the shower, hitting his 26-year-old wife in the shoulder, according to Shaddow.
One more time, “responsible gun owner” is an oxymoron.
Sowing the Whirlwind, Reprise 0
Steve M. sails into the whirlwind of lies about the whirlwind to see who’s making it swirl.
(He also wonders why some news outlets seem reluctant to explicitly call out the lying lies for their lies.)
Untruth in Labeling 0
More stuff you couldn’t make up.
A Tune for the Times 0
(Typo fixed.)
