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Geeking Out 0
Visiting LQ in a VirtualBox VM of Slackware –Current with the Blackbox window manager on Mageia v. 8 with the Fluxbox window manager.
As an aside, Fluxbox is based on Blackbox, but, in my opinion, more versatile. Fluxbox has been my preferred GUI for years.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
It’s happened again.
Yet another oxymoron responsible gun owner discharged his responsibility, this time in a shopping mall.
We are a broken society.
“We Were Only Following Orders”* 0
The “Oath Keepers” going on trial Monday for their participation in the January 6 Capitol riot plan to blame Trump attribute their conduct to their obedience to the wishes of Donald Trump.
I suppose it’s too much to hope that they will subpoena Trump to testify on their behalf.
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*Where have we heard that defense before?
The Privilege Flew, Karen Karen-Like Dept. 0
The Central Park Karen’s lawsuit gets tossed.
The Disinformation Superhighway 0
Remember, that you read it on a screen doesn’t make it so.
Non-Sequitur 0
I’ve been watching a British show called Boon from the closing years of the last century. (It’s a off-beat situation comedy/drama/oddball mystery show that’s quite amusing.)
The lead character rides a BSA motorcycle. BSA’s were popular in the States back when I was a young ‘un. On a whim, I went looking to find out what BSA stands for. The answer was mildly surprising.
The “BSA” acronym has nothing whatsoever to do with motorized transport.
Cannon Law 0
The law means what she wants it to mean.
Still Rising Again after All These Years 0
At the Roanoke Times, Roland Lazenby describes how Virginia Military Institute’s “Old Guard” has united with Virginia’s Governor Trumpkin to fight a rear guard action.
How Stuff Works, Deficit Deceptions Dept. 0
Thom talks with Dr. Stephanie Kelton about the many myths and falsehoods about how government finances work and how the pearl-clutching about government deficits is a misdirection play.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Play peek-a-boo with politeness.
Stray Question 0
Bob Molinaro, sportswriter extraordinaire, asks:
Aside:
Methinks the Weather Channel looks ghoulishly forward to weather disasters. They are a ratings win for them.
A Notion of Immigrants 0
Miami Herald columnist Fabiola Santiago catalogs Florida Governor DeSantis’s lies about the asylum seekers he had kidnapped and transported. Here’s a bit from her article:
“They aren’t from Jupiter or Mars,” says Emilio Martinez, a Cuban American immigration lawyer. “And the ‘unauthorized’ is categorically untrue.”
“What they’re doing [arriving at the border and asking for asylum] is not illegal,” Martinez said, an assertion echoed by other lawyers, citing federal laws.