2022 archive
Eyewitless to History 0
Just because you see it on a computer screen, it ain’t necessarily so.
(Indeed, these days, it probably ain’t so.)
Aside:
I note the phrase “content consumers” in the article at the link in this passage about halfway down the page:
Falling for a gag on the internet is a harmless occurrence while scrolling the endless feed; however, its impact implies how insidiously susceptible content consumers are to misinformation.
Methinks we should spend less time consuming content and more time digesting it.
Russian Impulses 0
David explores Fox News’s and Donald Trump’s service as Russia’s useful idiots. (Warning: short commercial at about the five minute mark.)
Still Rising Again after All These Years . . . 0
. . . and they never give a straight answer to a simple question: States’ rights to do just what, exactly?
The Voter Fraud Fraud 0
And another one bites the dust . . . .
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Yet another responsible gun owner ensures that his family gets a drop on politeness.
Opelika police say the shooting death of a 13-year-old was an accident.
(snip.)
Police say it appears that a loaded gun fell inside of the home and discharged, striking the victim.
The writer of a letter to the editor of my local rag yesterday listed many possible causes for the explosion in gun violence except one: too many guns in the hands of too many gun nuts.
No Place To Hide, Your Life for Sale Dept. 0
This is a must-listen if you use the internet (Oh! You’re here already!). If you can’t listen to it now, bookmark it and come back, or watch it at Chron.com.
Via Chron.com, which has more.
Aside:
I normally configure my browsers to “delete all cookies” on exit and, if the setting is available, “reject third party cookies. And I won’t use Google Chrome on a bet.
And, on those rare times I visit the Zuckerborg, I do so only in a private window.
“Fake Left, Run Right” 0
I used to enjoy watching football, both pro and college.
What turned me off was the corruption.
I get so much more useful stuff done on weekends any more.
Aside:
I never had enjoyed basketball or hockey on the television, though I used to enjoy them in person when I lived conveniently close to an arena. I find them too fast-moving to fit inside the screen. I still enjoy baseball, but the games are getting so looooooooonnnnnnggggg.
Republican Family Values 0
Honest to Betsy, you can’t make this stuff up.