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Jul 17 2018
A Hacker’s Guide to the GRU Indictment
It’s true I work with computers but that encompasses a lot of things, some of which I know quite a bit about and others almost nothing. I must admit that the intricacies of networking and “cloud” computing fall in the latter category, mostly because I have a pronounced philosophical preference for strong peer computing (a …
Jul 17 2018
Impeach!
I’m sorry but I just can’t understand why all the “Very Serious” people in D.C. are saying very serious things about how appallingly serious, and unexpected, and confusing, and WHY DO YOU KEEP WASTING MY TIME PRETENDING THIS IS “NEW” AND DIFFERENT!” It’s the same impeachable offenses it was January 21st, 2017. Emoluments Clause, High …
Jul 16 2018
A Good Day For Dinosaur News
Is today a good day for dinosaur news? Every day is a good day for dinosaur news. They lived then to make us happy now. In case you don’t quite get the reference, for some years there was a moderately popular chain of Gas Stations owned by Sinclair Oil. Their logo was an Apatosaurus. I’m …
Jul 16 2018
Sabraw Strikes Again
Judge will temporarily halt deportations of reunited families By TED HESSON, Politico 07/16/2018 A federal judge on Monday said he will issue a temporary halt to deportations of migrant parents who are reunited with their children. U.S. District Court Judge Dana Sabraw said during court proceedings in San Diego that he will stay deportations pending …
Jul 16 2018
Cartnoon
Look, The Last Jedi might not be the best Star Wars movie (upon reflection I don’t think any of them are really good as movies and my favorite is purely conventional, Empire Strikes Back) but the idea that what makes it bad is its diversity is nothing but racism and misogyny. There is no doubt …
Jul 14 2018
La Marseillaise
Vive Le Quatorze Juillet! (An Annual Tradition) Arise, children of the Fatherland, The day of glory has arrived! Against us of the tyranny The bloody banner is raised, The bloody banner is raised, Do you hear, in the countryside, The roar of those ferocious soldiers? They’re coming right into your arms To slit the throats …
Jul 14 2018
A Game Without Pity (But A Lot Of Cheating)
The socially redeeming aspect of golf lies in the vast number of lawyers and bankers and managers who play it, and when you think of the damage they would do if they were at the job instead, you can see why golf courses are a wise investment for any municipality. So Trump is at Turnberry …
Jul 13 2018
A Bad Week
So over last weekend Theresa May had a big Tory summit at Chequers to reconcile the Hard-Brexit plurality with the reality of her new “Softer” Brexit policies. Policies that, soft as they are from a Tory point of view, are intolerably flawed according to the European Union and have been already rejected as insufficient. As …