Mayor Carmen Yulín Cruz of San Juan, Puerto Rico has become the face and voice of the people who are suffering and dying in the aftermath of category 5 Hurricane Maria. After the slow response of the federal government, she has called attention to the obstacles of getting aid to remote parts of the island …
Tag: Meta
Sep 24 2017
Rant of the Week: Seth Meyers – A Closer Look At Trumpcare 3.0
NBC’s “Late Night” host Seth Meyer takes a closer look at the Senate’s effort to pass any health care bill no matter how bad it is. This latest version may well be dead in the water for the same reasons the last one’s failed, no Democratic support and Republicans insistence om doing it without them. …
Sep 23 2017
Crap. I have to write another piece?
- By ek hornbeck
For weeks now I’ve been deferring my obligations and chores in the firm conviction that the coming Rapture and End of Times would make such mundane activities unnecessary (I don’t even want to talk about laundry). You may not understand the impending doom to be visited on humanity when Planet Nibiru (or Wormwood or …
Sep 22 2017
Autumnal Equinox 2017
Trees snapping and cracking in the autumn indicate dry weather. If, in the fall of the leaves in October, many of them wither on the boughs and hang there, it betokens a frosty winter and much snow. Spring rain damps; Autumn rain soaks. Of autumn’s wine, now drink your fill; the frost’s on the pumpkin, …
Sep 01 2017
Sucky Blogging Ahead!
- By ek hornbeck
Today is another travel day and to the extent that there is any content at all I’ll have written it yesterday because I need to pack up my laptop. Additionally I feel a spasm coming on where I use the opportunity of a semi-decluttered desk to install my new liquid cooling setup (and who …
Aug 20 2017
Rant of the Week: Stephen Colbert – Take A Stand, Mr. President
“The Late Show” host Stephen Colbert shreds Donald Trump’s off the script press conference last Tuesday when he reversed his condemnation of white supremacists. Unfortunately, it’s Sunday and Donald is still in office.
Aug 20 2017
Sucky Blogging- I’m not kidding.
- By ek hornbeck
Today and Friday I will be traveling. In between I’ll be without my portable desktop (too heavy, too busy). Normally I’d just ask TMC to cover for me, but she has her own obligations and will probably be no more productive than I. BobbyK contributes on occasion however he works double shifts and I’m not …
Aug 13 2017
Rant of the Week: Stephen Colbert – Don’t Blow Up Earth
“The Late Show” host Stephen Colbert doesn’t want Trump to blow up the earth because he has a house here and plans on taking a vacation there later this year. He had a lot of human being fans who agreed.
Aug 12 2017
Sucky Blogging
- By ek hornbeck
Among other things I’ve stolen from Atrios (like a shorter style, extended quotes I stole from digby) I shall be forever grateful for the phrase, “Sucky Blogging.” I’ve been rather rigid in the past about schedules and sticking to them and everything I’ve said still applies, it creates an expectation of regularity in your audience. …
Aug 06 2017
Rant of the Week: Bill Maher – What If Obama Said It
HBO’s “Real Time with Bill Maher” returned after a month hiatus. Bill’s “New Rules” segment did not disappoint. He conducted an experiment to answer the question of how Republicans would react if President Barack Obama had said some of the things the Donald Trump has with an Obama impersonator who was a dead ringer for …
Jul 30 2017
Rant of the Week: Keith Olbermann – The Case Against Trump
Our old friend Keith Olbermann is still around leading The Resistance, enumerating the atrocities of the Trump regime and making the case for impeachment.
Jul 30 2017
Monitors
- By ek hornbeck
I’ve always said the most important parts of your computer are your Monitor and Keyboard. This should be obvious because they’re the parts you spend the most time using. Now I’ve always had visual problems which require me to display my coke bottles to any gendarme who cares to inquire about the particulars of why …