May, 2019 archive
Chartering a Course for Disaster 0
Writing at AL.com, Kyle Whitemore cites evidence that rules are for public schools, not for charters.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Just another day in NRA Paradise . . . .
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The suspects went “deep inside the school” and engaged in two locations, he said. The suspects used at least one handgun but it was unknown what other weapons might have been used.
The Snaring Economy 0
Philadelphia takes Silicon valley scofflaws to court.
Plus the New York Times Sunday business section had an interesting exploration of Uber, the aforementioned scofflaw, its history of questionable workplace conduct which led to its dumping its CEO and founder, and its IPO.
Aside:
This fits right in with the Bret Stephens column that I cited earlier today.
Still Rising Again after All These Years 0
Florida Republicans float a new strategy for reviving the poll tax.
GOP Health Care: Don’t Get Sick.
If You Do Get Sick, Die Quickly.
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David points out Senator Chuck Grassley’s health care hypocrisy. (Warning: Commercial at the 7:30 mark.)
Facebook Frolics 0
Bret Stephens has qualms. An excerpt:
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The deeper problem is the overwhelming concentration of technical, financial and moral power in the hands of people who lack the training, experience, wisdom, trustworthiness, humility and incentives to exercise that power responsibly.
Mulling Mueller 0
Shorter Shaun Mullen: Learn from history. Don’t get happy.
Geeking Out 0
Windows 8 running in a VirtualBox virtual machine on Ubuntu MATE with the Fluxbox window manager on a Zareason Mediabox.
Aside:
I had a hardware issue with the Mediabox. It was still under warranty and Zareason stood behind their product like Hank Aaron stood at the plate.
Since a freak lightning strike on a nearby tree blew away my Lenovo graphics tablet, all three of my computers–two desktops and a laptop–are now Zareasons.
