Facebook just had the worst day in stock market history by David Goldman, CNN July 26, 2018 Shares plunged 19% on Thursday after executives warned that revenue growth would slow as the company focuses on user privacy. The sell-off vaporized about $119 billion in market value — the biggest single-day loss for any public company …
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Jul 26 2018
Complicated Art Thoughts
I consider myself a writer and writing an art but in a certain sense I’m indulging in compulsive behavior and excusing the awkwardness of interacting in uncontrolled environments as an expression of beauty or truth and expecting your approval. I’m an acquired taste. I think everything is representational but everything representational is an illusion (the …
Jul 25 2018
The Call Girl Chorus
There are those who will think that a denigrating and sexist title but what it means is a Girl you can call and have a chat with, go out and have fun with, dump all your emotional negativsm on as well as your weird and creepy perversions and walk away free of any personal connection …
Jul 24 2018
Deliberate Confusion
The reason I went with the Manafort thing is there seems to be a deliberate confusion of 3 separate investigatory threads- Manafort, cracked like Capone. The paperwork is bad, really bad. Manafort goes to jail for real and a long time, he will not emerge alive. Manafort knows this and chooses silence in the hope …
Jul 23 2018
The Five ‘Mystery’ Witnesses
Well, the real mystery is why they felt they needed immunity. Five Financiers Granted Immunity Ahead of Manafort Trial by BRANDI BUCHMAN, Court House News Services July 23, 2018 A federal judge said Monday he will push back the start of former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort’s trial on multiple fraud charges six days, and …
Jul 22 2018
Feminist Content
My Netflix and YouTube accounts are suddenly filled with “Strong Female Lead” suggestions which is funny because I’ve always considered myself more a Sci-Fi/Fantasy Mary Sue/Action/Superhero kinda guy. Watch Moana and Lilo and Stitch a few times and get so totally labeled. To be fair I streamed all the Direct-to-DVD Sequels too and Julia and …
Jul 20 2018
Wait, wasn’t she being punished for calling Ivanka “feckless”?
You think I’m kidding? Try to find May 30th, I dare you. Not even the Wikipedia entry survived un-vandalized (last time I looked, time wounds some heels). Devil take it! What a mess! What a mess. Most of us have spent thousands of dollars on improv classes. We are not bright people. A Gift for …
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 …