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Jan 05 2018
Macular Degeneration
That’s a condition in which your retinas develop flaws that can distort what you see (like turning straight lines into curves) culminating in so much damage that you are blind (well, effectively, you can still detect light). I have that. There are 2 types- Wet and Dry. Wet is caused by bleeding in the capillaries …
Jan 04 2018
Republican Morality
LePage sends welfare cash to after-school programs to curb ‘out-of-wedlock pregnancies’ By Matthew Stone, Bangor Daily News January 4, 2018 This school year, Gov. Paul LePage’s administration is spending $1.7 million on after-school programs that once would have gone to low-income families with children in the form of cash assistance. The administration has described the …
Jan 03 2018
Geek Paranoia
As you read this article, replace every mention of ‘Malware’ with ‘Government Surveillance’ and every mention of ‘Hacker’ with ‘NSA’. ‘Kernel memory leaking’ Intel processor design flaw forces Linux, Windows redesign By John Leyden and Chris Williams, The Register 2 Jan 2018 A fundamental design flaw in Intel’s processor chips has forced a significant redesign …
Jan 02 2018
Bugs and Birds and Mail (Web Exclusive)
Why yes, I have chosen to brighten your life with a dose of John Oliver again. Though his new 4th season won’t debut until February 12th, HBO has released a promotional trailer- Here are some more funny Web Exclusives that caught my attention. Cicadas Birds Fan Mail More Fan Mail POM Wonderful (also Mail) Some …
Jan 02 2018
Corporatist Capture
Public Corporations are Big (but not necessarily Mega) Businesses that sell Stock (shares of participation in the Profits of the Company) to raise Capital and finance their activity. These Shares are traded in a Public Market either in exchange for other Shares (thus the term “Stock Exchange”) or directly for money. Shares are something that …
Jan 01 2018
Filed Under Duh
I mean really, what sort of racist thinks this was ever a thing? GOP lawmakers surprised to learn no black soldiers served under Confederacy in South Carolina by Travis Gettys, Raw Story 01 Jan 2018 The justification for building a monument to black Confederate soldiers is crumbling as historians point out there’s no evidence such …
Jan 01 2018
New Year’s Resolutions
Well, they’re made to be broken, but it is with neck snapping swiftness that Republican legislators have done a complete 180 from the Deficit Busting $1.5 Trillion Cut Cut Cut Bill to a “renewed” sense of fiscal rectitude. As U.S. budget fight looms, Republicans flip their fiscal script by Kevin Drawbaugh and Roberta Rampton, Reuters …
Dec 31 2017
Now, This Is Funny
Sometimes I feel the need to scrape off the ick. Who better to turn to than John Oliver? Regifting Revised Resolutions An All Dog Version Of The Blue Man Group Lost Graphics Lost Graphics Part 2
Dec 31 2017
Your Andrew Dice Clay Moment
Hey, I write about cultural stuff too. For those of you who don’t remember Andrew Dice Clay was a foul mouthed, bigoted, homophobic, misogynistic “Comedian” who enjoyed a brief bubble of popularity in the late 80s/early 90s. His public persona duplicated his personal prejudice and he was roundly despised by almost everyone who ever worked …
Dec 30 2017
Web Exclusive
Well, maybe not all of it, but this week between ek’smas and New Year’s is tough and depressing and without much new news to share and I’m not about to finish my 127 Chapter Autobiography “13 Years A Slave, An Intertubz History- 10 Years Of DocuDharma, 7 Years Of The Stars Hollow Gazette And Why …
Dec 30 2017
Negative Press Covfefe
Despite Misadministration insistence that George Papadopoulos was little more than an unpaid intern delegated to fetch coffee and other menial tasks, The New York Times today reveals, in a story sourced by “four current and former American and foreign officials with direct knowledge” (none of them named), he really played a much more influential role …