2016 archive
Goldman’s Sacks 0
Goldman gets out the petty cash.
No one’s going to jail. The story does not indicate how much of this will burn into a tax deduction.
LanternAsia, Part Three 0
The last post of pictures from the LanternAsia Exhibit. (View Part One and Part Two.)
Kylins as they were identified at the exhibit. Qilins seems to be the contemporary English spelling. Learn more about them.
Small glass cylinders provide detail and iridescence.
Click for a larger image.
The Voter Fraud Fraud, Lost in Translation Dept. 0
The Republican gut-out-the-vote effort continues.
The Spanish-language guides said that voters could register up to 15 days before the election, while the English version included the correct deadline, 21 days before the election, as the Daily Kos flagged last week. And while the English guides told voters they could use their passport as a photo ID, the guides in Spanish did not include a passport in the list.
According to the story, Kansas is calling this an “administrative error.”
No There, There 0
Gwynne Dyer tries to visualize a “real” Donald Trump and can’t find one. A snippet:
Trump is so focused on getting their support that he even opposes the traditional Republican policies that have contributed to their marginalization and impoverishment: free trade, low taxes for the rich and deep cuts in welfare programs. And he gets away with it, although no other Republican candidate would.
(snip)
The answer is that there is no real Trump, in terms of policies and principles. He will do anything and say anything to get what he wants . . . .
Read the rest. Her most optimistic take on the results of Trump’s being elected is a hoot.
In related news, here’s a snapshot of Donald Trump’s (and the Republican Party’s) America.
The Snaring Economy 0
In an article about Uber imitators is buried this nugget, alsmost as an aside.
Under the guise of “sharing,” the snaring economy is facilitating monopoly (emphasis added).
Follow the link for the rest of the article.
Dreamers 0
I rather get a kick out persons who talk about a “real” Republican Party as if such a thing magically mystically exists on some plane separate and distinct from actual voting Republicans.
My real car is a 2016 Lamborghini. The 13-year old pickup truck is not my real car. It’s just not.
“Republican Family Values” 0
George Washington Plunkett famously said, “There’s honest graft and there’s dishonest graft.”
I challenge you to find any graft in American history more dishonest than the “Republican family values” con.
“A Three Hour Tour” 0
Life imitates art Gilligan’s Island.
U.S. Coast Guard spokeswoman Melissa McKenzie said Saturday that the men were reported missing Tuesday by their families after they failed to show up at the island of Weno.
Follow the link for the picture. It’s a peach.
“Nobody Likes You When You Are Down and Out” 0
Sing it, Steve Wynn!
The 74-year-old billionaire then tried to break it down for investors.
“Or to put it in a more colloquial way, rich people only like being around rich people, nobody likes being around poor people — especially poor people,” he said.