Saw another set of ducklings on my walk last night.
Said last year: True originalists understand that the founders did not build a Presidency, they built a Congress. The problem is that for the last 100 years Congress has been about building a Presidency.
Many fans were wondering if the Cubs were going to make a big splash at the trade deadline–and did they ever. The Cubs have done the unthinkable and acquired the best player in baseball but at a steep cost: Wrigley Field.
Source: Cubs acquire Mike Trout for entirety of Wrigley Field and a player to be named later – The Heckler
Oscar Mayer hot dog ice cream sandwich is both real and terrifying - CNET Amanda Kooser,
Candied hot dog bits + hot dog sweet cream + spicy Dijon gelato + cookie bun. Is this heaven or hell?
Hell
Source: Oscar Mayer hot dog ice cream sandwich is both real and terrifying - CNET
You don’t suppose that doing nothing to address the data security issues we learned from the 2016 election is a backup plan if Trump loses in 2020? Can you believe that if he lost Trump wouldn’t try to declare the election was rigged and use as evidence the Mueller report?
Yellow mustard flavored ice cream. No thank you!
FTC says to not expect that $125 from the Equifax settlement. Only $31m was set aside so, the more asking for a piece the smaller the size. What did they expect? The credit monitoring thing is just a way for Equifax to profit off the event, so that shouldn’t be an option. Besides, with so many breaches already taking place I already have several forms of monitoring in place.
Perhaps the fine should have been larger… you know, a real penalty.
Oh, and dear FTC… let’s do something real like replacing Social Security Numbers with something more secure.
WALTR 2 looks useful if you need to directly share files between a computer, particularly Windows, and an iOS device. I store files on iCloud so that helps sharing between iOS and MacOS devices.
A built-in photos page has been added to micro.blog, let’s see how it works. It’s pretty fast, check out the Photos menu item up above.
But the core challenge isn’t about moving to the center or getting out the vote or appeasing the activist base. To break the grip of this corrupt status quo, you need a coherent story that explains the source of people’s suffering, offers them a plausible path to a better life, and names the actual villains.
What is going to happen if the Fed cuts interest rates?
Very good advice, this, I put it up there with the idea of a bucket list. I don’t have a bucket list, life is the bucket. I also try to live by the motto of no regrets, which I personally mean to give my all to the moment and give myself the room for mistakes.
Regrets, should we have them, are better addressed in the moment I think. We can apologize for our mistakes. We can make amends when we’ve hurt people. Most importantly, we can resolve to be better now instead of assuming things will work themselves out someday. We all know, at least at some level, that someday may never arrive.
The Oregon Trail Generation: Life Before and After Mainstream Tech Anna Garvey,
If you can distinctly recall the excitement of walking into your weekly computer lab session and seeing a room full of Apple 2Es displaying the start screen of Oregon Trail, you’re a member of this nameless generation, my friend.
Source: The Oregon Trail Generation: Life Before and After Mainstream Tech
Can you be a Christian and not be open to change?
We have greater access to information than ever before and so little wisdom to discern what it is really informing us.
What I find most alarming and discouraging is the fact that there has been and therefore will be interference in our elections, and the majority of U.S. citizens don’t seem to care. Even if you support Trump this should bother you as I would think you would want there to be no doubt of his legitimacy as president. More so if you truly love the America you wish him to Make Great Again.
The conclusion to be drawn from Mueller’s testimony this week is that it is now left to Congress to act. I personally believe not at least having an impeachment inquiry is a failure of members of Congress to live up to their oath to the constitution.
The story of how opposition to New Coke developed is prophetic. Imagine if Trump had been president then, it would have been a national emergency!
Apollo 11 In Real Time is really, really cool. If you are a space geek you probably already know about it, for all you others go check it out!
Among our problems is a lack of understanding about some fundamentals. One is that greatness is not self-determined. Claiming that I am great does not make me so, that makes me arrogant. Whether or not I am great is determined by others who know me or work with me.
So, when Trump says “Make America Great Again” one should ask, who determines whether America is great? How do they determine that America is great?
Likewise, I don’t think I can declare that I am not racist. I hope I am not, but I think only those of other races could determine whether or not I am racist by my actions and my character.
White man declaring he is not racist does not make it so, or does one white man saying another white man is not racist does not make it so.