2020 archive
How Stuff Works, Trump Succession Planning Dept. 0
In a longer article regarding a Federal judge’s ruling that the Trump-appointed head of the Department of Homeland Republican Family Values Security was illegally appointed to his post, Elizabeth Dye summarizes how Trump’s promotion procedure (if you can dignify it with a three-syllable word) works:
Follow the link for the details.
Addendum:
Broken link fixed.
I noticed my error (I broke the link) about an hour ago, about 10:20 p. m., but it seems my hosting provider was having some issues. I got a 502 error when I tried to connect to the backend of the site to edit this post.
There’s a reason no hosting provider will promise more that 99% uptime–computers and networks are physical objects, and physical objects will break from time to time. But I’ve been using this provider for a decade now. I would recommend them to anyone because of their reliable performance and excellent tech support–especially because of their excellent tech support (and, in another life, I used to wear a headset myself).
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Once again, a responsible gun owner discharges his responsibility, this time from afar.
Gutting Out the Vote 0
Thom suggests the election was, indeed, rigged, but not in the way Republicans claim. He argues, rather, that suppressing legitimate votes has been (and still is) a long-term Republican strategy.
In the light of Thom’s arguments, this comes as no surprise.
Twits on Twitter 0
Twits who go looking for trouble and find it.
Stray Question 0
You do realize, do you not, that 2001: A Space Odyssey, was set nearly two decades ago?
Where is my jet pack?
Lowering the Barr, Witch Hunt Dept. 0
Roanoke attorney and ex-U. S. Attorney John Fishwick, writing at The Roanoke Times, reviews Attorney-General Barr’s recent instructions to the Department of Justice regarding investigating voting irregularities and smells a rat. Here’s a bit; follow the link for the rest.
All That Was Old Is New Again 0
From time to time, I listen to old radio shows from a website devoted to the CBS Radio Mystery Theater (and you should too).
The audio often includes bits of news reports preceding the actual mystery broadcast, and much of that news from the early years of the show includes stories about the Great and Glorious Patriotic War for a Lie in Vietnam.
The same war from which I can remember my draft lottery number 50 years later.
The same war I marched against many times.
The same war for which I journeyed to Washington for the march and listened to Pete Seeger sing “Give Peace a Chance” in front of the Washington Monument.
It is eerie how those bits of news take me back in time.
Even more eerie is how little we have learned from our mistakes.