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Republican Thought Police 0
The Trump maladministration seems to have decided that it would be a darned shame if members of our military had access to ideas that said maladministration wishes to suppress.
The Sword of Dummycles 0
It turns out that the Force wasn’t actually with him.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Politeness gain becomes child’s play.
A Tune for the Times 0
(Warning: Mild language.)
The Voter Fraud Fraudsters 0
At the Charlotte Observer, Gene Nichol lists four lessons learned from the thwarting of the recent attempt by North Carolina Republicans to steal the election of a justice of the N. C. State Supreme Court through bogus charges of voter fraud.
But it seems that the voter fraud fraudsters just won’t give up.
DOGE Bull and the Rule of Lawless 0
At the Idaho State Journal, Jim Jones explains why he is concerned how Elon Musk’s DOGE has been sweeping up data from federal agencies in violation of laws designed to protect the privacy of citizens’ day. Methinks he raises legitmate concerns. Here’s a couple of snippets from his piece:
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There is great concern that the targeting of migrants with the powerful master database could be a test run for using that system against U.S. citizens who oppose Trump policies.
The Crypto Conman 0
Aside:
As far as I can tell, crypto is the most fiat of fiat currencies.
The Ghost in the Matriculation 0
SFGate reports that scammers are “students” out of thin electrons. Here’s a bit:
The Great Wallpaper of China 0
Mageia v. 9 with the Plasma Desktop. Xclock is in the upper right; GKrellM (my favorite system monitor), in the lower right. The wallpaper is from my collection.
Break Time 0
Off to drink liberally.
Mean for the Sake of Mean Likes
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An Upper Darby woman was convicted of torturing animals and then posting the videos on social media.
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Investigators say she did it to get likes and follows.
One more time. “social” media isn’t.
The Artless Dodger 0
David comments on Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent’s refusal to give a straight answer to a straight question. (Warning: Short commercial at the end.)
Trade Deficient 0
The Trump maladministration is trying to get foreign countries to comply with its anti-DEI (that is, racist and bigoted) “policies.” Here’s a bit from the report at Mediaite:
Specifically, U.S. embassy officials in Stockholm gave the city’s planning office 10 days to sign an agreement stating that Swedish officials would comply with U.S. anti-discrimination laws and eschew DEI policies that run afoul of them. The agreement would apply to contractors that do work for the U.S. embassy.
