Twisted Figures 0
The Inky looks at how Pennsylvania Republicans are using incarceration as a tactic for gerrymandering. Here’s a bit:
The story goes on to discuss efforts–uphill efforts to be sure–to end this practice.
Suffer the Children, One More Time 0
At AL.com, John Archibald writes of our current American dream nightmare. A snippet:
What all this really means is that we are hardly who we say we are. What it really means is that America is not what it claims to be.
The land of the free. The home of the brave. A beacon for the world and the promised land for those in search of opportunity.
Or a bully.
Tips for the Times 0
Meri Wallace offers some tips for surviving the time of Trump.
Suffer the Children 0
Seth and Heather Digby Parton dig into the situation at the southwestern border.
QOTD 0
Jean de La Fontaine:
Be advised that all flatterers live at the expense of those who listen to them.
Geeking Out 0
The UPS that I had my modem and router plugged into died tonight.
The first symptom was that I could not load a webpage. I tried pinging google.com and 8.8.8.8. Nada, zilch, nothing.
Following the dictum, always check the hardware first, I saw that the router and modem were powered off. I unplugged them from the UPS and plugged them into the wall outlet, and lights started flashing and everything is working again.
I can’t complain. I’ve certainly gotten my money’s worth from that device, as it’s eight or nine years old, and stuff wears out.
As my old car mechanic in New Jersey would have said, that thing didn’t owe me a dime.
I’ll pick up a new one next week.
The Meme Chance 0
Tony Norman comments on the recent spate of videos of white persons calling the cops on not-white persons who are minding their own business. He starts with the recent incident in which, even as the phone call is placed, you can hear the white guy’s little boy pleading with him not to do it. A snippet:
Like “Permit Patty” and “BBQ Becky,” two fellow Bay Area would-be-snitchers that preceded him in media infamy by having their calls to the cops filmed by the indignant subjects of their call, Mr. Cukor operated in a sphere of privilege so elevated that he never considered the possibility that he would have to pay a steep price for being wrong, even after Wesly Michel promised him that he would be “the next” viral video sensation.
I commend the entire piece to your attention.
Walking Backwards? 0
Thom wonder whether the United States is moving backwards.
“Facts Are What People Think” 2
This remark, often attributed to Ronald Reagan*, seems unfortunately to be increasingly true..
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*I could not verify that attribution.
