Falsehood Prophets 0
Using the Las Vegas shooting as a springboard, Mike discusses the venality and hypocrisy of the religious right.
Warning: Language.
The Four Ds of Trumpery 0
At the Bangor Daily News, Amy Fried counts the Ds:
Along with defensiveness, Trump demonstrates denial, distraction and deceit.
Follow the link for her explanation.
Misdirection Play, “Politicization” Dept. 0
Monica Messe reveals the “don’t politicize this” scam. A snippet:
What “Don’t politicize this” often means is, Don’t politicize this if the shooter belongs to me.
Follow the link for her reasoning.
Make TWUUG Your LUG 0
Learn about the wonderful world of free and open source. Use computers to do what you want, not what someone else wants you to do. Learn how to use GNU/Linux and its plethora of free and open source software to get stuff done with computers.
It’s not hard; it’s just different.
When: Monthly TWUUG meeting at 7:30 p. m. on the first Thursday of the month (October 5, 2017). Pre-meeting dinner at Chicago Uno, JANAF shopping center, 6:00 p. m. (map)
Who: Everyone in TideWater/Hampton Roads with interest in any/all flavors of Unix/Linux. There are no dues or signup requirements. All are welcome.
Where: Lake Taylor Transitional Care Hospital in Norfolk Training Room (map). (Wireless and wired internet connection available.) Turn right upon entering, then left at the last corridor and look for the open meeting room.
Elections Have Consequences . . . 0
. . . and they are not always positive.
Because There Are Always Enough Electrons for Another Cat Picture 0
Meet Peaches and Ziggy.
(When we got them from the SPCA, Ziggy was named “Mango,” and we thought, “What the hell kind of name is ‘Mango’ for an [ex-]tom cat?” “Ziggy” came about because he zigs and zags about the house.) They are brother and sister and get along famously, snuzzling and nuzzling throughout the day.
They fill the hole left by JoCat’s passing. We were loading her into the carrier to take her to the emergency vet when she breathed her last.
JoCat joined the family when my father passed away a dozen years ago and had a long full life of dominating the household.
Her sister lives with my brother. Originally, they were Joe and Sam, until it became apparent that they were Josephine and Samantha. With cats kittens, it’s hard to tell . . . .
The Entitlement Society 0
If you can’t change the law, change the lawyers.
Highlights Reel 0
Thom looks at several under-covered stories from the news.
Note: Tom Price was fired (or resigned under pressure, which is fundamentally the same thing) after this segment was recorded, but that does not negate Thom’s larger points about priorities, budgets, and news coverage, as the next guy is likely to be just as bad.
A Cavalcade of Misdirection Plays 0
Timothy Egan tries to pierce the fog of bloviation.
Las Vegas Roulette 0
Afterthought:
I do not agree with those who complain that the press has not referred to the shooter as a “terrorist.” True, he created terror, but a “terrorist” is someone who uses terror to advance a cause.
As I write this, reports indicate that he appears to have been apolitical.
The only cause in which he was interested seems to have been ammosexual release.
The Court Is in Sessions 0
My first boss was an excellent boss. He was considerate, clear, consistent, and understanding; and he knew how to turn an employee’s error into a teaching experience.
One day after I had worked for him long enough to ask such a question, I asked him where he learned how to be such a good boss.
He paused for a moment, then said, “I always think about what my first boss would have done. Then I do exactly the opposite.”
Joe Patrice thinks of what Jeff Sessions said about free speech on campus and suggests that Sessions is just such an exemplar as my first boss’s first boss.
None Dare Call It Treason 0
Via Job’s Angerhttp://jobsanger.blogspot.com/2017/10/they-were-traitors.html.