Geeking Out 0
Debian Buster/Sid with the Plasma desktop on my new ThinkPenguin laptop. The wallpaper is from my collection.
Russian Impulses 0
The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette’s Gene Collier looks at some news that hasn’t gotten much attention in the media frenzy surrounding the Chauvin trial. A snippet:
So that Russia hoax? Not a hoax.
Details at the link.
Freedom Florida Style 0
Warning: Short ad at the end.
A Pillow of the Community, Reprise 0
At Above the Law, Elizabeth Dye takes a look at My Pillow’s lawsuit against the Dominion voting systems manufacturer and suggest that its legal reasoning may be slightly wanting.
There Are Too Many Thumbs Still on the Scales of Justice 0
I have not blogged about the Chauvin trial because I have had nothing to add to what everyone else has been saying.
The whole damned thing has been blatantly obvious from the git-go. A white cop killed a black man because (he was certain) he could get away with it. (And, chillingly, said cop seemed to relish the experience.)
But methinks Tom Levenson makes a telling point about the guilty verdict over at Balloon Juice.
“Look! Up in the Sky! 0
Aside:
Personally, I am confident that any beings intelligent enough to master interstellar travel are also intelligent enough to avoid our pestilential precincts like the plague we are.
(I do, however, believe in UFOs. I am certain there have been flying objects that were not identified.)
Truth about Consequences 0
The editorial board of The Roanoke Times punctures the pretense behind right-wing claims that there’s something called “cancel culture.” A snippet (emphasis added):
One of the first lessons we learn as children is that actions have consequences.
If we eat all our peas, we’ll get dessert.
If we pull the cat’s tail, we’ll probably get scratched.
If we put our hand on a hot stove, we’ll get burned.
These are simple lessons, even if they’re sometimes disagreeable. We really hate peas and pulling the cat’s tail is kind of fun, although getting clawed to bloody shreds isn’t.
So why, then, all the fuss over something now being called “the cancel culture”?
This is simply a larger version of that childhood lesson: Actions have consequences. Those who object to the so-called “cancel culture” just don’t like those consequences.
Much, much more at the link.
“The Armed Encampment on a Hill” 0
Thom marvels at what Republicans have done to America.
A Pillow of the Community 0
I would say that this pillow has no case.
You Can’t Avoid Them 0
Afterthought:
I keep receiving phone calls informing me that the warranty on my 2003 GMC Sonoma pick-up truck has expired.
Who woulda thunk?
(As someone who was raised Ford, I am distressed to admit that said vehicle is one damned fine piece of work. And a vehicle that is paid for is priceless.)