September, 2017 archive
Catch 22: It’s the Best Catch There Is 0
Damned if he does, damned if he doesn’t.
More at the link.
Plus ca Change 0
At the Boston Review, Kahlil Gibran Muhammad spots a pattern in the flickering light of tiki torches (emphasis added):
Follow the link for the complete article.
What Happened to the “Information Superhighway”? 0
It has become a back alley from a Law and Order episode, filled with with debris, overflowing dumpsters, lurking muggers and con artists, and the occasional dead body.
Facebook Frolics 0
Josh Marshall ruminates about Russian impulses. A snippet:
But maybe it didn’t have to.
“We’ve Heard This Song Before” 0
Thom discusses evangelism and evangelical causes and the danger thereof when they become political.
He starts by somewhat awkwardly establishing a premise the Communism was an evangelical movement, that, one that wished to convince persons to follow it to the exclusion of others, and moves on to argue that evangelical movements can lead to crusades. It’s not as polished as his usual presentations, but I think it’s well worth a listen.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Politeness is child’s play.
Police say the boy’s father told officers he keeps a loaded gun in the kitchen.
The Republican Hypocritic Oath 0
Dick Polman tries to understand why the Republican Party is determined to strip affordable health care from millions of Americans, despite opposition from “the American Medical Association, the AARP, the American Heart Association, the American College of Physicians, the American Academy of Pediatrics, and at least five Republican governors who care a great deal about their affected constituents.”
He proffers four theories, each one of which I think has a piece of the truth, and no one of which rules out any of the others. Here’s one of them:
Follow the link for the other three.
Jingo Unchained 0
Josh Marshall reflects on Donald Trump’s view of the rest of the world.
Gaming the Google 0
That seldom works out well.
Geeking Out 0
The Enlightenment v. 21 desktop environment* on Mageia 6.
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*Some contend that E is a window manager. They’re wrong for this reason: Enlightenment configuration is managed using GUI tools, not text configuration files. That lifts it out of the “window manager” category.
