Monday, November 14, 2016

The Blue Train: All aboard South Africa's icon of luxury travel

We did this - once - from Pretoria to Cape Town. Highly recommended, highly overpriced, wonderful experience.
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The One Comic That Explains Just How Screwed America Is

This is not a partisan post. The problem has grown through both Democratic and Republican periods of dominance.
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November Q and A

Words of wisdom...
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Quartz

File under "Things that should be true"
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A White Nationalist Who Hates Jews Will Be Trump's Right-Hand Man In The White House

Retweeted Media Matters (@mmfa): Trump's right-hand man in the White House will be a white nationalist who hates Jews https://t.co/gkAESZtWXc https://t.co/Za3CuVz1pn
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"Unprecedented." Trump Is Already Merging The Oval Office With Trump Corp.

"Voters chose Donald Trump to fight corruption, and he’s responded by hiring a team of corporate lobbyists to staff his administration and by turning the Oval Office and numerous executive branch roles in our country’s federal government into another wing of his family’s real estate businesses."
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nzherald on Twitter

Retweeted nzherald (@nzherald): Scenes from the severe quake that shook NZ this morning #eqnz https://t.co/t84GlBhGys
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Donald J. Trump on Twitter

Retweeted Chris Sacca (@sacca): Except when you said that on: 3/27/16, 3/29/16, 4/3/16, & 5/4/16. Otherwise, cool story, bro.
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The Atlantic

"With Trump, however, we are entering an era in which a president, prior to taking office, has already shown an ability to be entirely unbound by facts, with no political consequences." This may be our only hope. Simply because he said obnoxious things during the campaign does not mean he will follow though with them.
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Saturday, November 12, 2016

Friday, November 11, 2016

The Rachel Maddow Show

The kleptocracy continues...
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Being Liberal

Say hello to your next President when Trump gets impeached. On the other hand Trump may have chosen Pence as a fence against impeachment. Pence is way crazier than Trump and Trump knows it.
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Consumer Reports

I read it as YES!
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If you want to find to find (or lease out) office space check out this great new service. Full disclosure: this is my son-in-law Andy's newest startup.
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Thoughts for the Horrified

“Maybe America isn’t special, it’s just another republic that had its day, but is in the process of devolving into a corrupt nation ruled by strongmen.”
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The Rachel Maddow Show

Hold on to your wallets - the Kleptocrat and his Libertarian friends want it all for themselves.
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Thursday, November 10, 2016

Chicago Tribune

When their actions turn out to have unintended consequences they will have to own ALL of the blame. No longer will the Republicans and their enabling alt-right supporters and media be able to blame Liberals, Socialists, and Immigrants. And if all goes well they will deserve all the credit.
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Michael Moore

I usually dislike Moore - but his rant is mostly correct.
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It's Going to Be Okay - Wait But Why

"And remember—this is hardly the first time half of America has been apoplectic about the lunatic they just elected as their president. And we’ve always survived. And we will here too." This bit of inductive reasoning is true - until it isn't, which has always happened in the history of past dominant empires.
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Ryan George (@theryangeorge) posted a photo on Twitter

Retweeted Ryan George (@theryangeorge): Here's what the electoral map would look like if only 3-year-olds voted today. https://t.co/j8VPZQ8EGd
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Donald Trump appears to have his Twitter back

He has problems discerning the difference between country and county. If only this was his biggest problem...
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My Modern Met

The domino theory of the collapse of civilization. Looks plausible to me.
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Occupy Democrats

If you plan to vote for this @#$$%^^& or for any of the nonviable alternatives (which is actually a vote for him) listen to this and then tell me you slept well tonight.
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Monday, November 07, 2016

The Cult Of Ignorance In The U.S.: Anti-Intellectualism And The Dumbing Down Of Society | The Intellectualist

He is ignoring the fact that the anti-intellectual drive is being driven by intellectuals who are propagating the populist message for personal political or commercial gain. Society is being dumbed down with the active support of very smart intellectuals.
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Anti-Semitism is no longer an undertone of Trump’s campaign. It’s the melody.

Voting for an inconsequential third or fourth or Nth path candidate is equivalent to a ½ vote for this guy. It does not give one moral cover or plausible deniability. Don’t do it!
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Dirac Lecture 1 (of 4) - Quantum Mechanics (clean audio)

I just tripped across this today. This is only for geeks in the Heinlein sense. For non-geeks - Dirac speaking about the evolution of quantum mechanics is like Moses speaking about his experience on Mt Sinai.
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Flipping a Water Bottle Filled with Mercury in Slow Motion Is What's Cool Now

News you definitely can't use - kinda like election polls...
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Sanders discourages third-party votes: 'Not the time for a protest vote'

A third party vote is a cop-out. All anyone can assert is that they did not vote for the "wrong" candidate. They cannot assert that they did not help the bad candidate get elected. They are enablers of a consequence that they may not like or may not want to acknowledge. This is not a partisan statement. You can choose your own bad one. When the bad one wins you own it and the consequences if you vote for a third party.
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How Much Did Comey Hurt Clinton’s Chances?

If you can't beat 'em, join 'em. It is time to consider investigating Comey for his blatant attempt to influence an election. He would look good in prison garb.
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In the final days of the campaign, Trump’s aides have taken away his Twitter privileges

Heh. I remarked yesterday the it seems like his staff have changed his Twitter password because the nature of his Tweets (which I call TrumpFarts) has changed. Seems I was right! If he gets to be POTUS, what then? PS: Voting for a third party candidate in a swing state does not give you moral cover. It is the same as voting for TRump.
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Daniel Dale (@ddale8) posted a photo on Twitter

Retweeted Daniel Dale (@ddale8): NEW RECORD: Donald Trump said FORTY (40) false things yesterday. #TrumpCheck https://t.co/WuWcttkfpx
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ScienceAlert

He has a good point.
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Friday, November 04, 2016

History will remember which Republicans failed the Trump test

Retweeted George Lottermoser (@imagist): History will remember which Republicans failed the Trump test
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The New York Times

I must grow a beard and mustache!
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MyJewishLearning.com

"But I implore those who plan to vote for Donald Trump to stop and recognize that Kristallnacht was not Kristallnacht…until it was Kristallnacht. Fill the air with the poison gas of bigotry and all it takes is one lit match to start a conflagration."
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Washington Post

"Although Trump has said, “I have zero investments in Russia,” his son Donald Jr. conceded in 2008 that “Russians make up a pretty disproportionate cross-section of a lot of our assets . . . we see a lot of money pouring in from Russia.” Absent more detailed data (such as tax returns), who knows?"
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TYT Politics

What happens when you get all your news from the alt-right. Don't laugh. It's real.
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Cubs World Series celebration ranks as 7th largest gathering in human history

5 million - about 50% of the population of the Chicago Metro area? I don't think so!
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The Final Push: Trump

Some more facts that will not change any minds
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Daily News Bin

Just in case you were wondering! The biggest lies in this campaign come form the right-wing media and their supporting blogosphere. the Trumpeter throws out boundless lies and they get repeated mindlessly by the echo chamber. Reporting should not be simple repeating.
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How to Take the Temperature of Your Turkey

News you can use... PS It's not always 165!
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'Tis Time, the Hedge-pig whin'd: Clinton's Toil or Trump Trouble?

"Trump himself is a man who knows nothing meaningful about government or public policy, and whose alleged business acumen, as has been widely reported, is based on a philosophy of ripping off contractors and investors and enriching himself at the expense of others. He cares for no one and nothing but his business empire, and even this network of capitalist vultures has been run poorly. For years he operated a worthless multi-level marketing scam called Trump University, bilking thousands of hardworking Americans of their wealth, and then openly bribing at least two state attorney generals to drop their investigations of his operation. He will be in court to answer for this elaborate scam this month."
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Thursday, November 03, 2016

Having no truck with it

This technology could have as big an impact as computers on manufacturing. Right now it's at the level of an Apple II in the 1970s.
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America's Class-Divided Electorate

The divide will become wider as income inequalirty increases which it will do if current tax policy remains in place. Income inquality will increase even faster if Republican tax proposals are implemented. Elections will become even more bitter.
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A Trump Tower Goes Bust in Canada

A typical tRump business venture. Anyone want odds that the Chicago venture will go the same way?
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WGN TV News on Twitter

Keep it classy as always :-)
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Wednesday, November 02, 2016

Not much too see in Streeterville but you can hear the celebrations👏
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Scott Michael Greene: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know

Right wing terrorism - nah - no such thing :-(
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Donald Trump Voters, Just Hear Me Out

"His policies won’t help them. Trump promises to bring their jobs back. But most of their jobs didn’t go to a Mexican. They went to a microchip."
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Intensifying assed

Ehat linguists worry about...
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Untranslatables VI: the summary

Separated by a common language...
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Tuesday, November 01, 2016

Join the Coffee Party Movement

Yay Democracy. One Republican, One Vote. Snappy slogan.
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The Daily Show

Next Trump would stiff you when you asked to be paid for your labor. Then he would sue you for harassment if you asked a second time. When you filed bankruptcy because he can afford more lawyers than you he would call you a loser. Sorry yet?
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There's Simply No Comparison Between Clinton's Flaws and Trump's

"To evaluate Trump’s life as a whole is to see that however distasteful one finds Hillary Clinton––I will never forgive the Democrats for nominating her––to regard them as equivalently bad candidates for the presidency isn’t just absurd, it is reckless. Whether one is a liberal, a conservative, or a libertarian, a Christian, a Jew, a Muslim, a Hindu, or an atheist, Trump is the inferior candidate, and clearly so." To cop out by voting for one of the other candidates in a close race is equivalent to voting for Trump. There is no moral high ground there.
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