2013 archive
Great Barrier Riff 0
Last night I watched an episode of Peter Gunn (when I was good, my parents would let me stay up late enough to watch it first-run), which leads me to wonder:
Why is it that, when I was a young ‘un, television shows could tell a complex, nuanced, suspenseful story in half an hour, when today they can’t do it in a season.
Plus it’s got the best theme song ever written.
Grumpity-grump-grump.
Drinking Liberally Norfolk Tonight 0
Now on Tuesdays for Norfolk (still Thursdays for Virginia Beach) to make it easier for persons with commitments on either day to catch at least one per month.
Drinking Liberally is a gathering place for liberals. Socialize and laugh in a friendly atmosphere.
When: 6 p., Tuesday, November 12.
Where:
Uno Chicago Grill
5900 Virginia Beach Blvd
(Janaf Shopping Center) (map)
Details here. Meetup page here.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” (Updated) 0
How is this not “terroristic threatening“?
Addendum:
Bob Cesca is right, you know. You may be enjoying being nasty, but you’re still being nasty.
The Rich Are Different from You and Me 2
And they aim to keep it that way.
I do not agree with Thom’s statement that “we need to end globalization.” I don’t think that that’s possible.
Globalization is not fueled by policy; it’s fueled by technology (by which I don’t mean just computers–I mean communication, transportation, the whole ball of wax).
It may be possible and necessary to shape globalization into a less pernicious form (think “no more workers burning to death in clothing factories”) through policy, but end it? No.
Historical Markers 0
I got a dollar says we’ll be hearing more about this:
The highway marker is scheduled to be unveiled today (that was Friday–ed.) on the grounds of the historic New Bern Academy, where the unit had a farewell ceremony in July 1863, said Mike Hill of the N.C. Office of Archives and History. Less than a year later, the unit was renamed the 35th U.S. Colored Troops, according to a news release from the N.C. Department of Cultural Resources, which oversees the highway marker program with the state Transportation Department.
Just sayin’.
Social-o-Path Networking 0
Not at all what it seemed–from Der Spiegel:
The victims didn’t notice that what they were looking at wasn’t the original site but a fake profile with one invisible added feature: a small piece of malware that turned their computers into tools for Britain’s GCHQ intelligence service.
This, by the way, is an example of a “man-in-the middle” attack.
Details at the link. And take care social networking–it is becoming anti-social.
Theft of Services 0
Zombie charter school continues to scam after it has left this life.
Solomon Charter School on Vine Street agreed to surrender its charter to the state Department of Education on Oct. 30, in part because its program for seventh through 11th graders was housed in a building that shared space with a sex-offender clinic.
But Solomon also was under fire because it had enrolled 200 elementary students this fall – even though it was authorized to serve students only from the sixth through 11th grades.
The story goes on to report that zombie claims that it deserves the money because it does.
Magical Misery Tour 2
Heather Denkmire is not impressed by persons who decide to take the “SNAP challenge” and live on a foodstamp-sized food budget for a week.
A nugget:
Read the rest.
News, Ripped from the Ticker 0
The usual warnings.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Practice random acts of politeness.
No altercation preceded the shooting, the Sheriff’s Office said. Laine simply walked right in front of the SUV and started firing. Reddick was hit in her right leg, just above the knee, and in her right arm, and spent much of Saturday in surgery at Tampa General Hospital. Benoit, who ducked, suffered cuts to her legs as the glass from the windshield sprayed onto her.
But Where Is the Man from S.H.I.L.L.? 0
The only element missing from this is Robert Vaughan.