2024 archive
Geeking Out 0
One of my computers died after long and faithful service, so I’ve been having fun tweaking my new one, which I ordered with the Debian Linux OS and the Plasma desktop environment. In a few more days, I’ll have it set up to my satisfaction. In the meantime, I’ve others to use, as the Going Linux guys say, to get stuff done.
I must say, I was somewhat taken aback. I ordered it Sunday night and it arrived, configured to my specifications, on Wednesday, much earlier than I expected.
Break Time 0
Off to drink liberally.
This New Gilded Age 0
Robert Reich explains that monopolies are back (mostly, in my opinion, thanks to Reagan’s trickle-on economics) and points out that the Biden administration is trying to bust it some trusts.
Or you can read the transcript.
“History Does Not Repeat Itself, but It Often Rhymes”* 0
Now comes Charles Dew, writing at the Tampa Bay Times, documenting an echo.
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*Mark Twain.
Numbers Gaming 0
Sam and the crew dissect the deception.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Have your coffee with a side of politeness.
Still Rising Again after All These Years 0
Clarence Page decodes de code.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Get a load of all this politeness.
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.
Russian Impulses 0
Republican Ken Buck, who resigned his post in the House of Representatives in disgust, comments on the Greene raw deal.
Via C&L, which has commentary.
Trump’s Money Shtick 0
Seth follows the money.
“Are You Better Off Now Than You Were Four Years Ago?” 0
Republicans keep asking that question.
At the Bangor Daily News, Michael Avery Sr. responds:
Follow the link for the rest of his response.
(Broken link fixed.)
Eclipsing the Facts 0
Sam and the crew discuss the eclipse nut jobs.
Eclipses are natural phenomena. They happen. They are predictable.
They are not signs from God. They are not omens.
They are things that happen, like tides and seasons and snow storms.
Aside:
Honest to Betsy, Rudy Giuliani now looks for all the world like Gollum come to life.