October, 2018 archive
The Pusher Men 0
I have high blood pressure. Fortunately, my medicines do not include extra added jet fuel. (Also, you will not see the medicines I’m prescribed advertised on TV because they are generic, cheap, and effective, with minimal side effects. They fail all the tests for drugs advertised on television!)
Learn more here.
Facebook Frolics 0
Unpwned millions, but millions still pwned.
Does anyone else have the sneaking suspicion that Facebook’s “engineers” don’t know what they are doi–oh, never mind.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
The hunt for politeness goes international.
(snip)
On this occasion, up to 18 hunters were taking part, but apparently failed to notice the rider, who was wearing bright clothes and easily identifiable, according to the investigating source.
QOTD 0
Rex Stout, in the voice of Archie Goodwin:
I have no TV favorites, because most of the programs seem to be intended for either the under-brained or the over-brained and I come in between . . . .
Stout, Rex, If Death Ever Slept (New York: Bantam, 1992), p. 35.
(Sticky) (Unstuck) Meta: Down at the Farm? 0
(I’m going to stick this at the top of the page until I have a handle on what’s going on.
I shall put this down as one of those things and unstick this post tomorrow. The issue is still occurring intermittently, but, oh well.)
Off and on the past few days, I have been experiencing random time-outs when trying to connect to my website.
All the News that Fits, Glutted for Punishment Dept. 0
Writing at Psychology Today Blogs, Adeena Bank Lees offers some suggestions for avoiding drowning in the flood of news (much of which isn’t news, but opinion, and often isn’t even new, but a rehash of a rehash of a rehash).
Here’s one (emphasis in the original):
Follow the link for her other suggestions.
Afterthought:
I would add one. If you depend on “social” media for news, don’t. Verify those tweets and Facebook posts at legitimate, accredited sources before you believe them and for heaven’s sakes before you forward them to others.
Twists and deception spread as fact are bait for the gullible.
The best defense is not to be gullible.
Oh, and speaking of gullible . . . .
Going through a Phrase 0
Thom and his guest explore the twisted history of the phrases, the “American Dream” and “American first.”
QOTD 0
Leon Jaworski:
I would rather have a competent extremist than an incompetent moderate.
Aside:
I wonder what he would have thought about an incompetent extremist?
Spam Spam Spam Spam Spam Spam
Spam Spam Glorious Spam
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I stumbled over this in my AARP bulletin: Pointers on dealing with spam phone calls.
Aside:
I swear the AARP knew when I turned 50 before I did. I joined, because, though I have some grumps with them, I generally support their positions.
Shortly after I joined, I was on a business trip to Princeton, N. J. The young whippersnapper at the front desk of the hotel reeled of the list of discounts they offered and an AARP discount was one of them. I said, “I qualify for the AARP discount.” (I was on expenses which would be billed back to the customer, but why waste money?)
He replied, “Yes, sir.”
I asked, “Don’t you want to see my card?” He declined.
I have never forgiven him.
“Not with a Bang, but a Whimper” 0
Werner Herzog’s Bear looks at the spread of new Fascism (he calls it “Fascism 2.0”) and is not optimistic. Here’s a bit:
Please do read the rest.