The Great Soda Pop Kerfuffle 2010
Fine, I’ll go on record about whether San Francisco government workers should have their pop taken away, in case I ever have to testify about this before a Congressional committee. Nope. I don’t think...
Rufus F.
/// July 9, 2010
Fine, I’ll go on record about whether San Francisco government workers should have their pop taken away, in case I ever have to testify about this before a Congressional committee. Nope. I don’t think...
Rufus F.
/// July 9, 2010
As I get older, I find myself, really against my will, struck much more often by how far standards of decorum have fallen into desuetude. My usual evening walk will include at least a...
Erik Kain
/// July 9, 2010
Reactions to New Jersey governor, Chris Christie’s cuts and privatizations are mixed depending on where you fall on the ideological spectrum. But one thing that irks me is the reaction that all these spending...
Rufus F.
/// July 9, 2010
Okay, just so we’re all clear on this: Once upon a time, I proposed that we read the book “Empire of Illusion: The End of Literacy and the Triumph of Spectacle” by Chris Hedges...
Erik Kain
/// July 9, 2010
I have to say, when I first read that San Francisco was looking at banning pet shops I thought it sounded pretty ridiculous. But I think Claire Berlinksi makes a tremendously good point: Every...
Dave
/// July 9, 2010
Good for him. I never agreed with his intention-based approach regarding equal protection (see here) so his embracing the text and underlying principles is pleasing.
Erik Kain
/// July 9, 2010
Forest Sun is pretty unknown I think, but he’s got a lot of great stuff. This song is eerily moving. I wish I’d been to Bonaroo! Watching this next one puts a big grin...
David Schaengold
/// July 9, 2010
If I were introducing a recent immigrant to the United States to our way of living, the first lesson I’d teach him would be “everything is always about the culture war.” He would be...
Jason Kuznicki
/// July 9, 2010
The next in the continuing series. It’s often said that you can’t legislate morality. There’s a ponderous satisfaction to the phrase, and it does seem to explain a great deal, at least at first....
David Schaengold
/// July 9, 2010
This is indeed a terrible shame, considering how scarce land is in Manhattan, but it’s also kind of amusing.
From CNN Business:
New York (CNN Business)Sheldon Adelson, the chairman and CEO of Las Vegas Sands and a major donor to Republican politicians, died late Monday following complications related to his cancer treatment, his company said. He was 87.
Adelson took a leave of absence from Sands last week to resume treatment for non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, which his aides first disclosed in late February 2019.
(Featured image is "Some birds hanging out at the Sands Casino in Atlantic City" by iirraa is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)
Comment →In the wake of the violent insurrection at the U.S. Capitol by scores of President Trump’s supporters, a lone researcher began an effort to catalogue the posts of social media users across Parler, a platform founded to provide conservative users a safe haven for uninhibited “free speech” — but which ultimately devolved into a hotbed of far-right conspiracy theories, unchecked racism, and death threats aimed at prominent politicians.
The researcher, who asked to be referred to by their Twitter handle, @donk_enby, began with the goal of archiving every post from January 6, the day of the Capitol riot; what she called a bevy of “very incriminating” evidence. According to the Atlantic Council’s Digital Forensic Research Lab, among others, Parler is one of a number of apps used by the insurrections to coordinate their breach of the Capitol, in a plan to overturn the 2020 election results and keep Donald Trump in power.
(Featured image is "A radio tracking device on a Saker Falcon (Falco cherrug) at the Cotswold Falconry Centre" by Anguskirk and is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)
Comment →From Twitter Safety:
After close review of recent Tweets from the @realDonaldTrump account and the context around them we have permanently suspended the account due to the risk of further incitement of violence.https://t.co/CBpE1I6j8Y
— Twitter Safety (@TwitterSafety) January 8, 2021
(Featured image is "Free Bird" by Ennev and is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 2.0)
Comment →From DFW's CBS:
DALLAS, Texas (CBSDFW.COM) – Chief Judge Barbara Lynn of the Northern District of Texas has reversed a previous ruling of the Court that had dismissed all claims against the City of Dallas in the murder of Botham Jean.
The federal civil rights lawsuit against the City of Dallas is now allowed to proceed once an amended lawsuit is filed.
We discussed Amber Guyger getting indicted here.
We discussed her trial here.
(Featured image is Botham Jean from The Botham Jean Foundation/Facebook)
Comment →January 18, 2021
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January 18, 2021
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Game of Thrones: Little People, Big World
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Sunday Morning: “Swann’s Way/ Swann in Love” by Marcel Proust (Pt 2)
January 17, 2021
One of the Saddest Sights In The World
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Yann’s Hot Dog Stand, Chocolate Milk, and Hometown Tradition
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Saturday Morning Gaming: Guacamelee!
January 16, 2021
Saturday Spins: Cowboy Junkies The Trinity Session
January 16, 2021
It’s Not Just About A Speech: Impeachment and President Trump
January 13, 2021
January 6th: A Layman’s Post About Group Behavior
January 14, 2021
I Love My Country, But Let’s Not Kid Ourselves.
January 16, 2021
Impeachment, President Trump, and Evidence That Demands a Verdict
January 12, 2021