Geeking Out 0
Listening to KCEA on QMMP in a VirtualBox virtual machine of Windows 7 in seamless mode on Slackware 14.2 under the Fluxbox window manager while reading a Nero Wolfe mystery.
In the upper right corner of the screen, beneath the Windows menubar, is xclock running on the Slackware host; below it is the GKrellM system monitor with the “Invisible” theme, also running on the host. (I have used both GKrellM and Conky. Conky is a bit more versatile, but I prefer GKrellM because it’s more compact.)
Afterthought:
Fifteen years ago, I would not have understood a word of this except for the “Nero Wolfe” part.
Russian Impulses 0
Shaun Mullen has the intelligence reports.
Fakebook Frolics 0
Remember, the internet is a public place.
Comport yourself accordingly.
The Intruder 0
A Quibble:
I would argue that it’s not Democrats who were caught unawares; Democrats are aware.
That’s why they are Democrats.
It’s the purists, the “both sides do it,” the “both sides are equally bad,” the “my vote doesn’t count,” the “they’re all alike” crowds and their dupes, symps, and fellow travelers who left the back door open while they were busily uploading selfies to Infantgram and posting screeds at the Zuckerborg.
QOTD 0
Linus Torvalds:
Intelligence is the ability to avoid doing work, yet getting the work done.
(Misplet wrod fxied.)
Castles in the Sand, Part Six (Last) 0
More pictures from the Neptune Festival. (Part One. Part Two. Part Three. Part Four. Part Five.)
Atlantis, by Zsolt Toth
The Kavanaugh Test 0
Ellie Mystal looks back at President George the Worst’s nomination of Harriet Miers to Supreme Court and has second thoughts about his opposing her confirmation. A snippet:
The Art of the Con 0
Jay Bookman considers the recent New York Times reporting on Donald Trump’s ersatz business acumen. A snippet:
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Be polite as you execute carry out your parental duties.
Had the students been armed, no doubt this would not have happened. Just ask the NRA.
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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.
Supreme Court Jester 0
As Barney Frank once said, “‘Moderate’ Republicans are the ones who aren’t there when you need them.”
Afterthought:
For some reason, this feels more like a coup than an appointment.
Remember, experiments fail, even noble ones.
“Weaponized Cognitive Dissonance” 0
David explores the right wing’s willingness to excuse Donald Trump’s financial shenanigans.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Exercise courtesy whilst utilizing your personal conveyance.
Both drivers got out of their cars and witnesses told the station the man in the black car pulled out a gun and shot the truck driver.