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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The Atlantic

"Those who pay the most attention to the actual functioning of American government and political institutions—elected officials of both parties, career civil servants, foreign service officers, political scientists, journalists—have been most vocal, often breaking with precedent, in their opposition to the Republican nominee."
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Election Update: Comey Or Not, Trump Continues To Narrow Gap With Clinton

The bottom line: the probability that the Cubs will win AND Trump will lose is about 20% so it about 80% sure that a lot of Chicagoans are not going to be happy next week. “Both FiveThirtyEight’s models and betting markets give Trump about a 1 in 4 chance of winning the election, about the same chance as the Chicago Cubs have of winning the World Series.”
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Grouchy's Grumbles

Its almost worth moving to be able to vote against him!
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Definition of LIBERAL

For all Trump supporters who use Liberal as a derogatory word: Which of these definitions do you object to?
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The GOP’s Age of Authoritarianism Has Only Just Begun

Be afraid! “Rubio assumed that the term “conservative movement” was synonymous with “the Republican Party.” The two were not always the same. Like right-of-center parties in industrialized democracies across the world, the GOP throughout most of the 20th century understood there to be a role for government in daily life.”
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The Raw Story

Given his 10 year term, I don't think he can be fired - but can he be impeached? Jailed? Their must be some constitutional remedy to protect us from the US version of what was the KGB in Russia, now called the FSB. Note: The FSB includes the FBI and Homeland Security so it is a more comprehensive organization.
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Donald Trump is refusing to pay his campaign pollster nearly three-quarters of a million dollars

The Art of the Crook. No wonder he is rich - he just does not pay bills!
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Ron Johnson’s Beltway Blunder: The “Mad Scientist” Edition

Retweeted George Lottermoser (@imagist): Ron Johnson’s Beltway Blunder: The “Mad Scientist” says, Humans like 'warm weather.' Edition
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New leak reveals over 100 web addresses compromised by the NSA

This is what happens to "secure" government servers!
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What are the candidates’ plans for America’s budget?

"The candidates, then, offer two completely contrasting plans. Mrs Clinton would keep the national debt more-or-less on its current path, raise overall taxes and spending, and redistribute from the rich downwards. Mr Trump would borrow vastly more than currently planned, cut taxes, and redistribute upwards (compared with current law). Neither would do much about America’s longer-term fiscal woes. Because the trust fund for Medicare runs dry only in 2028, and the Social Security fund only in 2034, this issue will only really grab politicians—and electorates—later. "
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Sunday, October 30, 2016

Upworthy

"She surveyed hundreds of exchange students and found three major points that they all agreed on. The students all said that in their host countries: School is harder. There's less homework but the material is more rigorous. People take education more seriously, from selecting the content to selecting the teachers. Sports are just a hobby. In the U.S., sports are a huge distraction from the business of school, but that's not the case in other countries. Kids believe there's something in it for them. The students in other countries deeply believe that what they are doing in school affects how interesting their lives were going to be. Even if they don't like a class, they see their education as a stepping stone to their future."
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Why can't we rein in America's ridiculous military spending?

"Although rarely discussed because of the focus on Donald Trump's abominable behavior and racist rhetoric, both candidates for president are in favor of increasing Pentagon spending."🙀
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bit.ly

I made this for dinner tonight. Highly recommended 👍
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Political News Review

"When FBI Director James Comey wrote his bombshell letter to Congress on Friday about newly discovered emails that were potentially “pertinent” to the investigation into Hillary Clinton’s private email server, agents had not been able to review any of the material, because the bureau had not yet gotten a search warrant to read them, three government officials who have been briefed on the probe told Yahoo News."
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Natasha Trethewey and Eboo Patel — How to Live Beyond This Election

Worth a listen in the last week of the campaign no matter who you support or despise.
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We might finally know the weird reason Earth experiences an ice age every 100,000 years

Well, that's good news. I was worried that we (in Chicago) would be covered in ice 10,000 years from now, as we were 10,000 years ago.
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A Study Power Move: Sleep between Sessions

"...sleep is vital, and perhaps even directly responsible, for learning itself." Maybe this is why I have learned so little.
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The second-largest religion in each state

Interesting second order map related to my last post.
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Friday, October 28, 2016

Mother Jones

Be afraid. Be very afraid.
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NPR

This is horrific. Sounds like a Kafka story.
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Mother Jones

What a (string of expletives deleted)
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The Rachel Maddow Show

Unbelievable. The jury system broke down in this case.
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Forgottothink

Who needs people when we have dogs?
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The Atlantic

What an obnoxious prick. Seems to believe that his ancestry (whatever that may be) endows him with something better than others.
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Why Do Spacecraft Like Schiaperelli Crash On Mars So Easily?

Science and Science Fiction are too far apart, unfortunately. I don't think I will ever make it to Mars☹️
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How One Man’s Bad Math Helped Ruin Decades Of English Soccer

A great example of how badly interpreted statistics can lead to bad decisions. Much research in the social "sciences" suffers from this problem.
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The Rachel Maddow Show

Trump, Cruz, et al continue their assault on the rule of law in the USA.
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Software Error Implicated in Crash of Mars Lander

This why software engineering is a stressful occupation.
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Monday, October 24, 2016

PBS

I must be missing something. If he does does win a majority of the electoral college votes, then he just an ordinary citizen, albeit a pretty deplorable one of no distinction. Who cares if he does not concede?
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Republican Senator: It's Too Expensive To Confirm Obama's Supreme Court Pick

We need to add "Criminal Stupidity while Holding Public Office" to the law books.
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Sunday, October 23, 2016

Why European Islam’s current problems might reflect a 100-year-old mistake

“,,,the present-day pathologies of European Islam are a kind of aftershock from a century-old mistake. Or rather, of a short-sighted policy that went into higher gear almost exactly 100 years ago. In the summer of 1916, the British government and its war allies began fomenting an Arab revolt against the political and above all, spiritual authority of the Ottomans.”
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Friday, October 21, 2016

Chicago Tribune on Twitter

His home is going the way he took the country.
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A denial-of-service attack shut down major websites across the internet

In case you were wondering why the Internet was slow this morning...
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Wells Fargo Banker Says She Drank 'Bottles' of Hand Sanitizer to Cope With Sales Tactics

For all the small government types who want to cut taxes and privatize everything - a view of your future.
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Scientists: Earth Endangered by New Strain of Fact-Resistant Humans - The New Yorker

It is fascinating (and politically incorrect) to try to project what the result of improving medical technology, public health infrastructure, and social support systems will do to the evolution of homo sapiens. What traits will natural selection favor?
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Fox Sports 1 Looks to Fox News for Inspiration

““Fox News positioned itself as provocative and opinion oriented,” Mr. Horowitz said. “I believe Fox Sports 1 can take a similar tack.” Opinion costs less than news and documentaries, and is likely to stand out more in the busy sports media world, he theorizes.” What a sad commentary on a network that has “News” in its name. Truth be told, they should be called “F*x yada yada”
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'Skittles Photographer' Sues Trump for Copyright Infringement

If elected tRump would turn the administration into a kleptocracy, stealing from the public the same way he steals in his private life.
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Wednesday, October 19, 2016

Trump's bullsh*t: Why his supporters don't care that he's lying

"...people bullshit when they speak about topics that they are not well-versed in or when the facts don't line up with the overall message. Trump has been upfront about his outsider status and his lack of debate prep and knowledge on government policy. The fact that he responds to complex topics with bullshit is perhaps not surprising." The really sad thing is that the right wing blogosphere and media pass on his bullshit message even when they are not as ignorant as he is. Only in his and their circles is lack of evidence taken as proof. For example: I have not seen Trump's graduation certificate, therefore he did not graduate. I have not seen his psychiatrist's notes, so clearly he is hiding something.
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Trump Pence 2016

I guess he won the debate tonight...
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WikiHillary for President

"The way Bernie Sanders and Donald Trump have made trade and globalization dirty words is ridiculous. Globalization and trade have helped to bring more people out of poverty in the last 50 years than at any other time in history."
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How Gaps In Mental Health Care Play Out In Emergency Rooms

It's a disgrace. The lack of mental health care plays out in emergency rooms, in prisons, and in candidates for public office.
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Stop Telling Lies

As possibly the last person to see this I have to post it just in case I am not the last.
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Now Watch Me

tRump parking. Yes, this is not a fair comment. I know he can't drive. I have not seen his license.
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Elisabeth Parker

Is Mien tRumpf a Russian agent? Of course not. But in today's climate just asking the question is proof. ☹️
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Monday, October 17, 2016

Lying Liars Who Lie: 2016 Edition

Look at the top and bottom of this chart. If you live in the far right space don't bother - you will make your own reality which does not correspond with this world.
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McCain Vows Supreme Court Blockade Will Continue Through Clinton’s Presidency

What a prucking fick. We need IQ tests for senile senators.
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Sunday, October 16, 2016

Saturday, October 15, 2016

Americans now live in two worlds, each with its own reality

Everyone is entitled to their own opinion. tRump and his supporters think they are entitled to their own facts.
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Friday, October 14, 2016

No, Bob Dylan isn't the first lyricist to win the Nobel

I have never actually listened to the words of songs...
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502 Bad Gateway

What the Supreme Court does most of the time - we need smart jurists not ideologues up there. I love these transcripts :-)
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Dear Mr. Trump, I am not Sidney Blumenthal

"The Russians engage in a sloppy disinformation effort and, before the day is out, the Republican nominee for president is standing on a stage reciting the manufactured story as truth." tRump strikes again. Apart from being dangerous, he is really uninformed. An uninformed President who does not accept advice or comprehend information can do tremendous damage to the world.
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Monday, October 10, 2016

Trump Taj Mahal closes after years of losses

This would be the end result of a Trump Presidency. He would destroy the country, hand it over to someone else, and claim that it was to his fault.
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How Negative Thoughts and Complaining Affect Your Brain

Think happy thoughts and stop complaining. Trump will lose! "“Every time we have a thought we make a chemical. If we have good, elevated thoughts or happy thoughts we make chemicals that make us feel good or happy. And if we have negative thoughts or bad thoughts or insecure thoughts we make chemicals that make us feel exactly the way we are thinking. So every chemical that is released in the brain is literally a message that feeds the physical body. Now the body begins to feel the way we are thinking.” ~ Joe Dispenza" Read more at: http://ift.tt/2dgnezX | FractalEnlightenment.com
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How Cameras Helped Launch One of the Largest Cyber Attacks in History

Public Service Announcement: "What Should You Do? There are 2 easy things you can do to attempt to decommission your devices from these “Robot Armies”. You can reboot your devices which can remove the code from memory and You can change your device password from the default dummy passwords provided in the factory settings. Simply rebooting the device alone may not solve the problem because there is so much scanning by hackers for devices that they can be re-infected almost immediately after rebooting. You should do both to stop the security loophole from being exploited." You're Welcome.
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Sunday, October 09, 2016

U.S. Department of State: Consular Affairs

Is there another country with no vowels in its name?
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Friday, October 07, 2016

Celebrated Photographer Robbed and Strangled to Death in Mexico

"Ms. McClatchie Andrews was allegedly killed by the airport bus driver who was transporting her from Cancun to her home in Merida. "
See: http://ift.tt/2dkGBFj Cross-posted from Facebook via IFTTT

The internet’s alt-right are mistakenly arguing with a bot

The Twitterverse would be a wonderful arena in which to develop and test an AI based challenge to the Turing Test! We could have bots arguing with each other for weeks :-)
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Women’s Better Verbal Memory Skills May Mask Early Signs of Alzheimer’s Disease

So we men now have a physiological excuse for forgetting things...
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Thursday, October 06, 2016

Wednesday, October 05, 2016

Planned Parenthood Action

Just I case you think he is sane...
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A Science Enthusiast

Gravity is just a theory. Why does he not jump off a tall building?
See: http://ift.tt/2dxpRMI Cross-posted from Facebook via IFTTT

Was Yahoo's mass wiretap legal?

Yet another sign the US Constitution is so out of date that it needs serious reconsideration and revision. The world has changed a lot in the last 200+ years.
See: http://ift.tt/2dfuucI Cross-posted from Facebook via IFTTT

Boeing CEO: the first people on Mars will arrive on a Boeing rocket

The good news is that competition is good for progress. The bad news is that private corporations will be claiming whole planets for themselves. Our (meaning the world's) legal system quite likely not up to interplanetary disputes. The stuff of science fiction novels is becoming more like history every day. It has been happening for quite a while.
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FactChecking the VP Debate

You pays your money and you picks your terminological inexactitudes...
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Tuesday, October 04, 2016

media.giphy.com

So that's how it works.
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Sunday, October 02, 2016

U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders

The $6.2 went straight to the pockets of the thieves that run Walmart. Minimum wage, anybody?
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The Economist

The law of unintended consequences strikes again.
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Sweet: Trump trapped, trips into Twitter tirade

Can you imagine this guy with the nuclear codes at 4am after a bad day?
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Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s Advice for Living

“In every good marriage,” she counseled, “it helps sometimes to be a little deaf.”
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The Myth of 'I'm Bad at Math'

I know it's old but it's worth repeating over and over again.
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Mother Jones

At least they speak coherent English in full sentences...
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The Atlantic

My kids and grandchildren seem to have done just fine with appropriate use of profanities :-)
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Friday, September 30, 2016

HuffPost Politics

Gee-what a surprise!
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The New York Times

Yes he can - because nasty is his nature. He has no choice because narcissistic paranoia is not his fault. He was born with it along with the silver spoon up his ass. Poor thing. Wah wah.
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HuffPost Politics

Well, he could hardly appear in a hardcore movie because of a physical disability.
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Trump Foundation lacks the certification required for charities that solicit money

Gee - what a surprise - once a cucking fruck, always a cucking fruck.The Tumpeter is a plague that keeps on giving.
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Tablet Exclusive: The Final Interview With Shimon Peres

The political forces on the right in the USA want to change this: "“Why is America great?” I asked him. “Because they were givers. Why is Europe in trouble? Because they are takers. America is giving; people think it’s because they are generous. I think it’s because they are wise. If you give, you create friends. The most beneficial investment is making friends." Words from a great man.
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HuffPost Politics

Does it not occur to anyone other than I that these people in Congress are too stupid to hold public office? "You vetoed the bill and we did not ask why so it's your fault we overrode your veto it" - that's a Trump line that I could expect from a two year old!
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Daily News Bin

Bizarre behavior...
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Consumer Reports

None of these steps are as effective as ignoring the election in the USA.
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A principled option for U.S. president: Endorsing Gary Johnson, Libertarian

The Tribune's inability to operate its core business does not lead me to trust their judgement regarding which candidate's policies would be best for business.
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‘I Guess I’m Having an Aleppo Moment’: Gary Johnson Can’t Name a Single Foreign Leader

Libertarian: Defending the right of every individual to be ignorant - even the leader of the USA 😱
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The New York Times

When both parties agree almost unanimously, disaster often ensues.
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The LAD Bible

Our next candidate for President 🙀
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ScienceAlert

This is how many science fiction novels start. Has he registered the company "General Space"?
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In ‘Hitler,’ an Ascent From ‘Dunderhead’ to Demagogue

Who does this remind you of. Don't flame me - you made the connection yourself.
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The Dali Museum

An amazing maize maze
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Daily News Bin

"considering how badly Donald Trump is now losing the election, and how much his refusal to produce his taxes appears to be further harming his chances, it suggests that Trump would rather lose the election than risk exposing whatever he’s hiding."
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Tuesday, September 27, 2016

FactCheck.org

That's over $60,000,000 in current dollars.
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Monday, September 26, 2016

Donald J. Trump on Twitter

Retweeted Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton): "I never said that." —Donald Trump, who said that. #debatenight
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How To Watch A Debate Without Bias

Not many people want to watch without bias 🤓
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Sunday, September 25, 2016

Opinion: Donald ‘Wrong Way’ Trump

"He says so many ridiculous things that it’s hard to know when he’s displaying abysmal ignorance and when he’s deliberately lying. This ambiguity holds across the board, on virtually all issues and even on basic facts"
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Saturday, September 24, 2016

First Lady Michelle Obama greets former President George W. Bush.

Retweeted Jeremy Art (@jeremyart): My favorite little moment today: @FLOTUS greets former President George W. Bush at @NMAAHC Opening. https://t.co/CGcQubCL2z #APeoplesJourney
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NancyA on Twitter

Retweeted NancyA (@npa222): President Bush tapping President Obama to take a picture #NMAAHC https://t.co/Z7KbOMIOWr
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Daniel Dale on Twitter

This is news? It is business as usual!
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Feds: We can read all your email, and you'll never know

"Fear of hackers reading private emails in cloud-based systems like Microsoft Outlook, Gmail or Yahoo has recently sent regular people and public officials scrambling to delete entire accounts full of messages dating back years. " How dumb. Every email ever sent exists at your email provider (where you can delete it but it often hangs around for 30 days ), on your provider's backup and archives (where you can't touch it), on the other parties' providers, provider's backups, local backups and archives (from which you can't delete it). To completely remove an email from the world is close to an impossible task. The only thing that preserves privacy is that nobody (quite often not even the intended recipient) actually wants to read the mail :-)
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Trump’s Pro-ISIS Foreign Policy

My three year old granddaughter knows more about ISIS than does Rump.
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Snapchat Announces Spectacles: $130 Camera Sunglasses

Dang! They don't make clip-ons for old folk who wear glasses.
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Leica and Huawei to create joint R&D center

This is consistent with Leica kick-starting the small camera segment almost 100 years ago
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The Atlantic

"Nationalism, of course, discounts the rights, interests, and moral value of “the Other", but this disposition is inconsistent with our fundamental moral teachings and beliefs."
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Friday, September 23, 2016

andrewgelman.com

More insight into the variance of polls (not pols)
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Andy Borowitz

It's so unfair. The whole thing is rigged. If it wasn't, how the hell did Rump get this far?
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What is your life quote?

So this is what the app came up with after carefully assessing my Facebook posts and responses and generating a random answer? Clck here and get your own...
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WATCH: Trump’s ‘taco truck on every corner’ guy gets chance at redemption — and utterly fails

“When asked how he views Mexicans Gutierrez admitted he sees them as “stubborn, arrogant, false pride, intolerant, selfish.”” This poor guy is getting shat on because he is honest about his own group identity. Unfortunately his assessment is accurate about every group that people identify with. Consider your own and assess thoughtfully and honestly. For those of my ilk, consider the Viduy. I don’t agree with his politics, but this is an unfair attack on his honest assessment of his own group every group I have ever heard people identified with - including Patriots, Americans, Cubs Fans, Patriots Fans, Chicagoans, BMW drivers, Porsche drivers, Prius drivers, Leica owners, Bread Bakers, you get the picture…
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We Gave Four Good Pollsters the Same Raw Data. They Had Four Different Results.

Why you should take polls with a Scotch on the rocks no matter what your politics are. Stop fretting.
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Thursday, September 22, 2016

Donald Trump still doesn't understand how the internet works

When politicians and technology mix, the result is unpalatable.
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Right Wing Watch

Not a bad prediction. Looks like the Satanic attack has succeeded and Satan has indeed taken him over.
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mental_floss

After November, interesting...
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