The Snaring Economy 0
Philadelphia takes Silicon valley scofflaws to court.
Plus the New York Times Sunday business section had an interesting exploration of Uber, the aforementioned scofflaw, its history of questionable workplace conduct which led to its dumping its CEO and founder, and its IPO.
Aside:
This fits right in with the Bret Stephens column that I cited earlier today.
Still Rising Again after All These Years 0
Florida Republicans float a new strategy for reviving the poll tax.
GOP Health Care: Don’t Get Sick.
If You Do Get Sick, Die Quickly.
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David points out Senator Chuck Grassley’s health care hypocrisy. (Warning: Commercial at the 7:30 mark.)
Facebook Frolics 0
Bret Stephens has qualms. An excerpt:
(snip)
The deeper problem is the overwhelming concentration of technical, financial and moral power in the hands of people who lack the training, experience, wisdom, trustworthiness, humility and incentives to exercise that power responsibly.
Mulling Mueller 0
Shorter Shaun Mullen: Learn from history. Don’t get happy.
Geeking Out 0
Windows 8 running in a VirtualBox virtual machine on Ubuntu MATE with the Fluxbox window manager on a Zareason Mediabox.
Aside:
I had a hardware issue with the Mediabox. It was still under warranty and Zareason stood behind their product like Hank Aaron stood at the plate.
Since a freak lightning strike on a nearby tree blew away my Lenovo graphics tablet, all three of my computers–two desktops and a laptop–are now Zareasons.
Trump’s Infanticide Fantasy 0
Seth comments on the continuing cascade of lies and gullibility of Trump’s true believers.
“Boys Will Be Boys” 0
Susan Estrich finds the free pass for predators to be somewhat disturbing.
Freedom of Screech in the Age of Trump 0
David looks at the jump in assaults on Jews in the U. S. in the past year and Donald Trump’s lack of–or, perhaps more accurately, negative–leadership on this.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
In an article about the recent mass shooting at UNC, The Charlotte Observer notes
Welcome to NRA paradise.
The Watcher 0
Another picture from my brother in Virginia’s Northern Neck.
Theft of Labor: The True Southern Tradition 0
My local rag has a long article on sharecropping, including first-hand narratives from persons who grew up in sharecropping families.
Forget the Gone with the Wind propaganda.
Follow the link and learn just how gracious Southern living really was.