Monday, October 01, 2018
Sunday, September 30, 2018
Lazy Afternoon
in the Philadelphia area. Perfect day for reading,
Media critic, Steve Simels, had this to say:
"A riveting suspense novel with deftly drawn characters, a wonderfully creepy bunch of plot twists and an eerie backstory, plus an ending you won't see coming, the whole thing set in an interesting and well drawn rural milieu (the protagonist is a reporter for a local Bucks County newspaper, and the journalism stuff feels utterly authentic). Nothing about this comes off as stock or inauthentic, and some smart producer should make a movie of this post haste. Highly recommended."
Get your copy here.
You won't regret it.
Media critic, Steve Simels, had this to say:
"A riveting suspense novel with deftly drawn characters, a wonderfully creepy bunch of plot twists and an eerie backstory, plus an ending you won't see coming, the whole thing set in an interesting and well drawn rural milieu (the protagonist is a reporter for a local Bucks County newspaper, and the journalism stuff feels utterly authentic). Nothing about this comes off as stock or inauthentic, and some smart producer should make a movie of this post haste. Highly recommended."
Get your copy here.
You won't regret it.
Omnishambles
From bean to cup they do fuck up.
A major flaw in the Conservatives’ official conference mobile phone application has made the private data of senior party members – including cabinet ministers – accessible to anyone that logged in as that particular conference attendee.
The data of hundreds of attendees to the Tory conference could be viewed by second guessing attendees’ email addresses, with Boris Johnson, Michael Gove, Gavin Williamson and others among those whose personal information – including their phone numbers – was made accessible.< Once logged into the app, users were able to both amend and make the personal details of prominent MPs public. Twitter users claimed Johnson’s picture had been briefly changed to one featuring a pornographic image.
What a Country
Only the best people.
In shelters from Kansas to New York, hundreds of migrant children have been roused in the middle of the night in recent weeks and loaded onto buses with backpacks and snacks for a cross-country journey to their new home: a barren tent city on a sprawling patch of desert in South Texas.
Until now, most undocumented children being held by federal immigration authorities had been housed in private foster homes or shelters, sleeping two or three to a room. They received formal schooling and regular visits with legal representatives assigned to their immigration cases.
But in the rows of sand-colored tents in Tornillo, Tex., children in groups of 20, separated by gender, sleep lined up in bunks. There is no school: The children are given workbooks that they have no obligation to complete. Access to legal services is limited.
Saturday, September 29, 2018
Saturday, Saturday
I did much driving today and that always puts me in a great mood! Did you know you can't even internet while you are driving?
Because This Joke Is As Inevitable As The Sun Rising In The East
Never tweet.
The Securities and Exchange Commission has settled charges with Tesla CEO Elon Musk over his aborted bid to take the company private, with the billionaire expected to remain as the helm of the company but relinquishing his chairman title and getting slapped with a hefty fine.
As part of the settlement, which is still subject to court approval, Musk will also pay a civil penalty of $20 million and give up his role as chairman of the board for at least three years. Additionally, Tesla will also pay a $20 million fine, and appoint two new independent directors to the board.
Norms
I know it's a quaint notion, but a functioning society does require that most people obey "the rules" even without threat of law enforcement or other sanction. Letting the top judge get away with lying to Congress just makes us all go LOL NOTHING MATTERS.
I'm not one who ever believed in the golden age of the Grand Old Party, but this was the type of thing they used to pretend to care about.
I'm not one who ever believed in the golden age of the Grand Old Party, but this was the type of thing they used to pretend to care about.
As I Keep Saying
If informing readers isn't the point of a newspaper, what is?
cancel it.
Federal Judge Brett Kavanaugh misled Congress (er, “lied”) and the New York Times describes it as a fucking skill. pic.twitter.com/SI37xfsOSe
— Jamison Foser (@jamisonfoser) September 29, 2018
cancel it.
Friday, September 28, 2018
I Tried To Tell You
I spent many years composing blog posts that basically said "George Bush is bad" and the desire to suggest that he was actually good has enraged me.
George W. Bush has called several moderate Republican senators and Manchin to whip votes for Kavanaugh, per people briefed. Trump, who doesn’t like Bush, has far less sway with the key voters. https://t.co/txBatZRHo2
— Josh Dawsey (@jdawsey1) September 28, 2018
If The Law Is On Your Side
Pound the law.
If the facts are on your side, pound the facts.
If neither the law nor the facts are on your side, pound the table.
Yesterday's hearing was a perfect demonstration of that old maxim. And it seems to have worked.
If the facts are on your side, pound the facts.
If neither the law nor the facts are on your side, pound the table.
Yesterday's hearing was a perfect demonstration of that old maxim. And it seems to have worked.
Walkies
I decided to take the day off yesterday. Even turned off the twitter for a few hours! Apparently there are nice places to walk in the urban hellhole.
I guess I missed some things.
I guess I missed some things.
Thursday, September 27, 2018
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