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Unbalanced and Unchecked 0
Brian Greenspun, publisher of the Las Vegas Sun, discusses why the Founders created a system of checks and balances and laments their erosion. A nugget:
Sadly, for all kinds of reasons — none good — our elected officials have failed to rein in the authoritarian tendencies of the chief executive. We read that there are two different realities co-existing in America. One is based on “alternative facts.” It is OK to read whatever we want but it just isn’t OK to actually believe that which isn’t true. That is how democracies unwind.
Yet some people do believe the lies, deceit, bluster and bullying, because no one is standing up against that un-American behavior. At least, no one in the political party of the president will do so out of fear of political reprisal. No badge of courage for that, I would suggest.
I commend the entire piece to your attention.
Make TWUUG Your LUG 0
Note: This month’s meeting is being held on the first Wednesday instead of the first Thursday because of a scheduling conflict involving the meeting room.
Learn about the wonderful world of free and open source. Use computers to do what you want, not what someone else wants you to do. Learn how to use GNU/Linux and its plethora of free and open source software to get stuff done with computers.
It’s not hard; it’s just different.
When: Monthly TWUUG meeting at 7:30 p. m. on the first Thursday of the month (June 6, 2018). Pre-meeting dinner at Chicago Uno, JANAF shopping center, 6:00 p. m. (map)
Who: Everyone in TideWater/Hampton Roads with interest in any/all flavors of Unix/Linux. There are no dues or signup requirements. All are welcome.
Where: Lake Taylor Transitional Care Hospital in Norfolk Training Room (map). (Wireless and wired internet connection available.) Turn right upon entering, then left at the last corridor and look for the open meeting room.
Tales of the Trumpling: Snapshots of Trickle-Down Trumpery 0
Trumpling the luxury hotel pool.
You realize, natch, that the Trumplers believe that Trump’s some-would-call-it-an-“administration” has given them a license to Trumple and that they believe themselves to be reel Amurricans.
And Now, a Musical Interlude 0
Despite what the rock group, “The Animals,” would have you believe from their version, the House of the Rising Sun was not a gambling den. It was a brothel.
Here’s Leadbelly with the original lyrics.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Exercise courtesy while traveling in your automotive conveyance.
Suffer the Children 0
One more time, it’s not scripture. It’s policy.
