October, 2023 archive
The Coronation 0
Dick Polman is less that taken with the Republicans’ choice for Speaker of the House. Here’s a bit of what he has to say:
Follow the link to find out what he really thinks.
A Tune for the Times 0
Mangy comments at the Youtube page:
Donald Trump was complaining at one of his rallies recently that the TV networks and press never give him credit for being such an outstanding orator. Few Rotary Club secretaries reading the minutes of the past month’s meeting can come close to him in terms of whipping a crowd into a frenzy. Very few PTA treasurers reading their financial report aloud to parents can rival him when it comes to inspiring folks to violence. What more proof does one need? Trump is kind of the Mark Twain, Julius Caesar, Will Rogers, Bernie Madoff, and Adolph Hitler of public speaking, all in one package, equal in size to the lot of them as well.
Mangy Fetlocks has a great reverence for those who can command a crowd by sheer force of will. He’s heard more than his share of braying asses, and Trump is up there with the best of them.
The Law’s Belay 0
At Above the Law, Kathryn Rubino reports.Donald Trump’s legal team tries to go viral, citing fear of COVID.
The judge belayed their scheme:
David Pakman notes the irony.
Sweat Shops 0
In an article at The Roanoke Times, Hayleigh Colombo takes does a deep dive into the supply chain for college-branded apparel. The article contends that colleges and universities who profit from the sales could and should do more to ensure that workers are fairly treated.
It’s not a pretty picture. Here’s a tiny bit:
The Core of Today’s Republican Party 0
Seth parses the perfidy.
Afterthought:
To the best of my recollection, Congresspersons take an oath to support the Constitution, not to subvert it.
Dis Coarse Discourse 0
Aside:
You can listen to the threatening phone call for the Congressman’s wife.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Yet another “responsible gun owner” shows his politeness in a parking lot.
“Rated R for Ridiculous,” Squeaker of the House Dept. 0
Republicans are no longer a party.
They are a parody.
A pernicious parody of poisonous perfidy proffering peril to the polity.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
It seems to me that, if someone is too stupid to realize that he or she is packing heat, he or she is too stupid to be packing heat.
Guns and stupid, guns and stupid.
They go together like love and Cupid.
Let me tell you brother,
You can’t have one without the other.
Motion Sickness 0
At Above the Law, Liz Dye catalogs the crazy in three motions Donald Trump’s attorneys filed with the D. C. federal court in his election interference case.
The (Highly) Improbable Dream 0
David Tulanian wishes for the unlikely.
Insincerely Yours 0
At Psychology Today Blogs, Dr. Bruce Y. Lee takes a deep dive into fake apologies. You know the ones; he describes them in his opening:
Well, I regret to inform you that such apologies are not only fake but, unfortunately, very common.
Follow the link for some pointers on how avoid being taken in by them.
QOTD 0
Susan Hampshire, in the voice of Molly MacDonald:
Somehow, when things change, it’s easier to just put your head in the sand and leave it there.
Afterthought:
It seems to that there’s quite a bit of that going on these days.
Meta: Maintenance 0
I logged into my VPS tonight, as I do several times a week, to do routine maintenance. (Indeed, the last time I had to call my hosting provider’s most excellent tech support, the support tech was mildly surprised to find that my server was quite up-to-date. Having briefly worked in hosting provider tech support, I am not surprised that he was mildly surprised.)
I ran a virus scan (it came up clean as usual), then I ran an software update. The update updated the SQL database engine.
As I commonly do after an update, I went back to the backend of the blog and clicked on a random link as a test and got the dreaded “Error connecting to database” error. But, a moment later, everything was working again. I’m guessing that the database engine update hadn’t quite fully taken effect, but that’s just a guess. Anyway, just for grins and giggles, I restarted the server.
Everything seems to be working okay now.
Aside:
I’ve been using the same hosting provider for over a decade, ever since I stopped self-hosting. I went with it because someone I found trustworthy recommended it. I haven’t looked elsewhere because of the quality of its support techs. Fortunately, I don’t need them often, but they have never let me down.
Its support techs set the example.
Leadership in a Vacuum by a Vacuum
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Steve M. looks at what happens when thoughtlessness and emotion replace thought.
