Geeking Out 0
Listening to Old Time Radio with Real Player in a Virtual Machine of Windows 7 in VirtualBox on Slackware –Current.
Buyers’ Remorse, Reprise 0
Leonard Pitts, Jr., argues that the Republican Party has no right to feign surprise at Donald Trump’s behavior in office. A snippet:
To the contrary, his defectiveness was obvious the moment he rode that golden escalator down to the microphone and pronounced Mexican immigrants rapists. It went from obvious to glaring over the course of the most bizarre political campaign in history, a filthy slog through menstruation jokes, penis-size bragging, sexual-assault boasting, calls for violence, 24/7 lies and breathtaking ignorance about well … pretty much everything.
Follow the link for the rest.
Break Time 0
Off to drink liberally.
A Picture Is Worth 0
Piggishness knows no party.
Dis Coarse Discourse 0
At The Sacramento Bee, Shasha Abramsky points out that words matter.
Stormy Weather 0
Eleven, eleven, can someone give me eleven?
Located in the central Atlantic about 760 miles southwest of the Azores, the hurricane poses no threat to land and would probably be unremarkable if not for its place in the record books. The last time a hurricane season produced 10 consecutive storms was in 1893, according to Colorado State University meteorologist Phil Klotzbach, when tracking hurricanes largely relied on ships and barometric readings.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Practice politeness with gravitousy:
Meanwhile, 18-year-old Hunter Kosht of Hayesville had gone into a wooded area for privacy to talk to his girlfriend on a cell phone.
Kosht was struck by one of the shots fired by Levins, Richert said, adding that the bullet went all the way through Kosht’s neck but missed any vital areas.
The story goes on to say that Levins has been charged with misdemeanor SUI (shooting under the influence–no, that’s not the technical wording of the charge, but it might as well be.)