Dis Coarse Discourse, Pretzel Logic Dept. 0
This torrent of demented drivel defending the Trumpettes’ attack on the Capitol a year ago yesterday astounds in its absurdity.
Let me summarize it for you: They were wrong but they had legitimate questions about the elect–they shouldn’t have done it but they were aggreiv–oh, hell. I’ll just go solve a maze instead.
He can’t bring himself to admit that they fell and are still falling for Trump’s Big Lie. Instead, he chooses to pretend that said lie was somehow legitimate.
We are a society of stupid.
Maskless Marauder Taylor Greene 0
We are a society of stupid.
Their Behavior Was Infectuous 0
A New Jersey doctor describes what happened when two persons visited an elderly relative in a nursing home. The two visitors were unvaccinated and seen not wearing masks. As a result, there was an outbreak of COVID among staff and residents in the home that resulted in sickness, quarantine, and at least one death. The doctor concludes (emphasis added):
Follow the link for the gory details.
Maskless Marauders 0
Maskless marauders who fly the fiendly skies.
There is no truth to the rumor I’m starting right here that they were planning to meet up with Ted Cruz.
Know Them by the Company They Keep 0
The Arizona Republic’s E. J. Montini points out that Arizona’s Governor does not shy away from shysters.
Vaccine Nation 0
Warning: Short commercial at the end.
It’s All about the Algorithm, Forensic Science Fiction Dept. 0
The EFF questions the justice of trial by algorithm. Here’s a bit from the introduction to the article (emphasis added):
The software vendors claim both that the software contains valuable secrets that must not be disclosed and that their methods are so well-vetted that there’s no point letting a defendant question them. Obviously, both can’t be true, and in fact it’s likely that neither is true.
Remember, those magical “forensic” results you see on television shows like the CSI’s and NCIS are fiction. Based on actual forensics, yes, but carried to extremes. For a dose of reality, watch Forensic Files.
Aside:
I do like NCIS (the original, that is), but one thing I find really annoying is the flying windows on the computer screen when McGee is hacking into a computer. Real hacking is not like that (I know–I’ve studied it in legal–and safe–tutorials). Real hacking is almost all tedious command line activity. And the last thing any hacker wants to do is use so much of the target computer’s computing power that it attracts notice. All those flying windows would put the target computer’s cooling fans into high gear . . . .
Grumble grumble grumble.