February, 2017 archive
A Flair for the Obvious 0
Someone hasn’t been paying attention for the last three decades or so.
The Voter Fraud Fraud 0
The fox is in the henhouse.
Make TWUUG Your LUG 0
Learn about the wonderful world of free and open source. Use computers to do what you want, not what someone else wants you to do. Learn how to use GNU/Linux and its plethora of free and open source software to get stuff done with computers.
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, March 2.
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)
Join the forums.
Give Me Your Tired, Your Poor, Your Huddled Masses
Oh, Forget It, Reprise
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A doctor describes the results of being mean for the sake of mean.
Follow the link for more.
The No-Show 0
Donald Trump, in a fit of pique (does he have any other kind of fits?) is skipping the White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner. Dick Polman thinks this is a good thing. Here’s a nugget from his article:
Trump’s game plan (sold to him by his tutor, Steve Bannon) is to delegitimize the press. Attending the dinner would’ve legitimized it. Playing the good sport, being the butt of jokes about Russia (and so much else) would’ve legitimized the revelatory stories.
Do please read the rest.
All that Was Old Is New Again 0
Pamela Grundy sees a parallel:
Follow the link for the rest.
Where Eagles Fly 0
Another picture from my brother on Virginia’s Northern Neck:
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Friends are polite to each other.
(snip)
Deputies were told the 15-year-old was handling the gun when it accidentally fired. A 17-year-old was struck in the arm. His injuries weren’t life-threatening.
The 15-year-old boy panicked, Ireton said. He dropped the gun and ran.
And another gun that fires itself . . . .
“Ve Vere Just Followink Orders” (Updated) 0
The number of reports of gratuitous cruelty, mixed with a large dose of bigotry, by those charged with patrolling the nation’s borders during the last month has been staggering; I’ve noted a few of them in these electrons.
Innocent citizens and non-citizens, distinguished personages and ordinary persons alike have been detained solely because of the sound of their names or the color of their skin.
Will Bunch writes of this today; here’s a snippet from his article.
It was a striking piece, but now a few weeks later the situation seems actually worse than what he wrote, with these so-called “unexceptional people” actually finding “fun” in carrying out brutal policies for America’s new strongman in the White House.
Read the rest.
Addendum, Later That Same Day:
Yes, it can happen here.
Know Them by the Company They Keep 0
Shaun Mullin gives an example.
Barefoot and Pregnant 0
Warning: Language and graphic imagery.
