2019 archive
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.
Trump’s Infanticide Fantasy 0
Seth comments on the continuing cascade of lies and gullibility of Trump’s true believers.
“Boys Will Be Boys” 0
Susan Estrich finds the free pass for predators to be somewhat disturbing.
Freedom of Screech in the Age of Trump 0
David looks at the jump in assaults on Jews in the U. S. in the past year and Donald Trump’s lack of–or, perhaps more accurately, negative–leadership on this.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
In an article about the recent mass shooting at UNC, The Charlotte Observer notes
Welcome to NRA paradise.
The Watcher 0
Another picture from my brother in Virginia’s Northern Neck.
Theft of Labor: The True Southern Tradition 0
My local rag has a long article on sharecropping, including first-hand narratives from persons who grew up in sharecropping families.
Forget the Gone with the Wind propaganda.
Follow the link and learn just how gracious Southern living really was.
Empty Words 0
Jim Wright points out that rote repetition rots resonance.
Great Moments in Duh 2
According to the bright lights sportscasters who did the pregame show before last night’s Phillies-Nationals game, this is a (not-to-scale because I had one ear on the game) diagram of the “quadrants” of the strike zone.
