June, 2015 archive
Inalienable Rights: Life, Liberty, and Property* 0
Well, if you are lucky, life. Maybe.
If you are lucky and Not-Black.
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*Yes, “property.” Read your Locke.
Round Up the Usual Suspects 0
There really is a simple explanation (emphases added).
He never appeared and his real identity is unknown to authorities.
The Sheriff’s Office then contacted a Jacksonville man named Larry Towns Jr. His lawyer says he’s legally blind, and he had lost his state ID. He reported it stolen to the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office, but the police never found anyone with the ID.
He is a 5-foot-9-inch, 160-pound, black man with no lion tattoo.
The Clay County Sheriff’s Office issued a warrant for his arrest
After all, they all look alike, don’t they?
Facebook Frolics 0
Facebook tries to claim the word, “book,” as its own.
Stare Decisis 0
Noz points out that Rick Perry has a precedent.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Scatter politeness where you may,
so that others may find it as they play.
“One of the children then shot C.G. with the firearm, not realizing that the firearm was real or loaded,” troopers said.
The Snaring Economy 0
She left her phone in the Lyft. Then she was asked to share.
When she asked if he would return her phone, the driver told the woman he was busy working and that she didn’t “deserve” her phone back, according to the police report.
After the woman called back repeatedly, the driver “said he would bring it back to her if she would have sex with him,” police said in a separate news release.
“Sharing.” Yeah.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Play politely . . .
“It appears that they were playing with a handgun,” said Michael Arrington with the Houston Police Department’s Homicide Division.
At some point, that handgun fired, hitting one of the teenagers.
. . . and another gun that fired itself.
Still Rising Again after All These Years 1
This should surprise no one.
Droning On 0
Oh, my. Geeky toy wielded by narcissistic nobody derails search during a flood.
STAR Flight called off a search operation after a safety officer with the Austin Fire Department on the ground reported a drone near the aircraft, officials said.
Trickle-On Economics 0
Tony Norman explains the con.
Imagine that: Rich people had as their first line of defense against “onerous” tax rates the greed and unrealistic expectations of their economic inferiors. Back then, working-class stiffs and middle-class strivers — the same people who now find themselves holding onto the rapidly unraveling threads of the American Dream — opposed taxing the rich because they expected to be just as rich someday.
Somebody got played for suckers — and it wasn’t the rich!
Fake Left, Run Right 0
Bob Molinaro notes a common thread in big time sports organizations:
More Molinaro at the link.
Stray Thought 0
Facebook, Twitter, et al., are not “social” media. They are sociopathic media.
They like you only because you have big da-tas.
Conspiracy Theorists 0
Make TWUUG Your LUG (Updated) 2
Update: Because of a last minute schedule conflict, the meeting has been postponed for a week. I learned about it by visiting the website as I was at the restaurant wondering why no one else had shown up. The announcement was posted to the forum late yesterday afternoon, but I was occupied with other things and did visit it last night.
Learn about the wonderful world of free and open source. Learn how to use computers to do what you want, not what someone else wants you to do.
It’s not hard; it’s just different.
What: Monthly TWUUG Meeting.
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. See directions below. (Wireless and wired internet connection available.) Turn right upon entering, then left at the last corridor and look for the open meeting room.
When: 7:30 PM till whenever (usually 9:30ish) on Thursday, June 4 June 11.
Directions:
Lake Taylor Hospital
1309 Kempsville Road
Norfolk, Va. 23502 (Map)
Pre-Meeting Dinner at 6:00 PM (separate checks)
Uno Chicago Grill
Virginia Beach Blvd. & Military Highway (Janaf Shopping Center). (Map)