October 2019
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High Drama And Misdirection! Oh, My!
Oh, the drama!! First, let’s not buy into the Bully Theater of the Matt Gaetz (Trump’s version of a thick-headed though pretty wimpy hockey goon) led “storming” of the impeachment inquiry to order pizza, some homophobic chicken sandwiches and stand around looking stupid for five hours. This was nothing more than poorly scripted and worse… Continue reading
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Facebook’s Marketplace & Albie the Stalking Algorithm
Facebook post 10-21-19: So I’m wondering just what it is in my history at Facebook, maybe it’s all the items I haven’t bought for the home I don’t own from my apartment recently, that somehow has me in some sort of algorithm where I get notifications from Marketplace for an Old Cast Iron Pipe Stove… Continue reading
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The Wind And The Wynne
(Note: My landlady owns an animal shelter and I have an apartment above the garage of her home which is just up the hill. She herself has quite a few fur and feather here but there can also be a good bit of traffic from the shelter, a sort of half-way house if you will). They… Continue reading
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Trump Taking Spin For A Spin
Trump says Turkey and Kurds needed to fight ‘like two kids’ So, now it’s a “he allowed” Turkish forces and Kurds to battle instead of he hung the Kurds, who fought with us side by side against ISIS, out to dry by enabling a Turkish offensive (there’s no equal battle here) that has killed at… Continue reading
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Taking Monday
I like to take a Monday off every now and then always with the notion of “man, I’d like one work day to just sleep in”. A day to take, if afforded amid the scrape, is one you should take if you can, if for nothing more than just a reset. Well, so much for… Continue reading
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Another Drive, Another Game And Some Hopefuls
Another Friday night in the books (week 6) and another trip upwards NY Albany again for some more High School Football. This week BB (my little Scion XB for your reminder) and I returned to Shenendehowa. It was a big night for “Shen” as they guaranteed themselves a spot in the playoffs with a monster… Continue reading
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A Nonexistent Trickle And Snake Oil For Sale In Aisle 6
(Linked in a Robert Reich Facebook post – a column from the USA Today) Record debt and inequality gap? It’s almost like 40 years of Republican tax cuts failed. https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2019/10/03/republican-tax-cuts-fail-record-debt-and-inequality-gap-column/3833546002/?fbclid=IwAR0NoeloRZ6OJCFbvQrRRnuIsAP37GgRFbvkb1AvHY0Q29I0UYGCqxevgPE //////////////////////////////// And a shout to the majority of Americans who have never benefited from the trickle and to the minority who still vote for those… Continue reading