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Stray Thought 0
If the behavior of the cats is a gauge, mopping the kitchen floor is easily the most interesting thing I have ever done.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Yet another responsible gun owner hunts for politeness.
The man, Richard Hannibal, was walking dogs along Richmond Mills Road when a single pellet from the round struck him in the chest, said Lt. Kevin Adam of the Maine Warden Service in a news release. According to police scanner reports, the pellet didn’t break Hannibal’s skin, but did give him a welt. He declined to be treated or taken to the hospital.
Giving the Polity the Business 0
At Psychology Today Blogs, Professors James Bailey and D. Christopher Keys explore why the idea of “running the government like a business” so regularly fails, often spectacularly. They cite three reasons; here’s one:
We are watching today what happens when a President decides to appeal to just one group of stakeholders, the Red Hats, and it’s not pretty.
Afterthought:
The overriding factor that unites the reasons the authors cite is one often ignored by those who would “run the government like a business” and is quite simple. Government is not a business.
“Republicans for Integrity” 0
Leonard Pitts, Jr., explores an oxymoron.
“It’s What They Want You To Think” 0
At Psychology Today Blogs, Dr. Grant Hilary Brenner explores “The Three Core Traits of Conspiracy Theorists.”
Warning: He ain’t the best writer in the world, but this is still worth a read.
Geeking Out 0
Listening to KCEA on QMMP in a VirtualBox virtual machine of Windows 7 in seamless mode on Slackware 14.2 under the Fluxbox window manager while reading a Nero Wolfe mystery.
In the upper right corner of the screen, beneath the Windows menubar, is xclock running on the Slackware host; below it is the GKrellM system monitor with the “Invisible” theme, also running on the host. (I have used both GKrellM and Conky. Conky is a bit more versatile, but I prefer GKrellM because it’s more compact.)
Afterthought:
Fifteen years ago, I would not have understood a word of this except for the “Nero Wolfe” part.
Russian Impulses 0
Shaun Mullen has the intelligence reports.
Fakebook Frolics 0
Remember, the internet is a public place.
Comport yourself accordingly.
The Intruder 0
A Quibble:
I would argue that it’s not Democrats who were caught unawares; Democrats are aware.
That’s why they are Democrats.
It’s the purists, the “both sides do it,” the “both sides are equally bad,” the “my vote doesn’t count,” the “they’re all alike” crowds and their dupes, symps, and fellow travelers who left the back door open while they were busily uploading selfies to Infantgram and posting screeds at the Zuckerborg.
QOTD 0
Linus Torvalds:
Intelligence is the ability to avoid doing work, yet getting the work done.
(Misplet wrod fxied.)