Author's archive
The Turning Point 0
Thom sees a disturbing but all too believable confluence of events.
The Permeation 0
If you are unsure of what “systemic racism” means, this is a pretty good example.
Geeking Out 0
The Fluxbox window manager on Mageia v. 7. That’s gkrellm in the bottom right, xclock in the upper right, and the Fluxbox menu in the mid-left. The background is from my collection.
I do like me my right-click menu, as I can access the menu from any point on the screen.
Q (& A) 0
The SPLC tries to unpack QAnon. Since an increasing number of persons seems to taking the bait, it’s a worthwhile and timely read. Here’s a bit, which points out that QAnon fits in a long tradition of hate, fear, bigotry, and lies.
QAnon is, according to Genocide Watch’s Gregory Stanton, a rebranded “Protocols of the Learned Elders of Zion,” perhaps the most influential antisemitic pamphlet of all time, written by Russian anti-Jewish propagandists around the turn of the twentieth century. The pamphlet was a collection of myths about a Jewish plot to take over the world and included a central Blood Libel mythology, which posited that Jews kidnapped and killed Christian children whose blood they would then mix into matzos.
Chris-Crossed, But I’m an Influencer Dept. 0
It appears that ex-Governor Chris Christie has discovered that not everyone is who they seem to be on “social” media.
Methinks he shall vet his customers more carefully in the future.
The Haunting 0
QOTD 0
Robert van Gulik:
. . . just enough is better than too little.
van Gulik, Robert, The Chinese Maze Murders (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1997), p. 103.
“Mea Maxima Culpa”
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Bill Nemitz dissects a non-apology apology.
“Sociopathy Cannot Be Cured” 0
This is scary, but I find it difficult to take issue with Thom.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
It behooves courteous couples to settle domestic disagreements in a polite manner.
