Here we go again
The good news is that there will be a different President in only 1,461 days. The bad news is that we could have up to 1,460 days of the Once Again Fucking POTUS before he finally goes away. His second...
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Only 1,460 days to go
Ah, ha ha. Ha.Today is the first full day of the Once Again Felonious POTUS, who wound everyone up yesterday with a bunch of statements of intent (i.e., executive orders) guaranteed to get people...
View ArticleCold snap over for now
The temperature at Inner Drive Technology WHQ has gone above -6°C for the first time since 10:30pm Saturday. It might even get up to -4°C, at which point we break out the Bermuda shorts. The forecast...
View ArticleMonarchist anachronisms from the White House
I had a thought about all the executive orders the OAFPOTUS signed Monday and Tuesday. Do they seem to anyone else like a King's Speech at the state opening of Parliament? Remember than an EO only...
View ArticleQuick links before my 3pm meeting
Just four, plus a bonus:Paul Krugman explains to Columbia Journalism Reviewwhy he left the New York Times, and that the OAFPOTUS "wants you to die."David Brooks predicts "how [the OAFPOTUS] will...
View ArticleThe good, the bad, and the stupid
First: the good. My friend Kat Kruse has a new book of her short stories coming out. She let me read a couple of them, and I couldn't wait to pre-order the entire collection. I should get it on...
View ArticleMore meetings, more links in the bank
I had a delightful 2-hour lunch with a friend I've not seen in a while, after a morning of non-stop meetings. I also updated a piece of software that gets deployed tomorrow. I've got about 20 minutes...
View ArticleMore on the DC crash
Wednesday night saw the worst air-transport crash in the US in 19 years. The National Transportation Safety Board won't have a preliminary report until at least March 1st, but that didn't stop the...
View ArticleWe'd be pissed if an enemy did this
It's hard to see the OAFPOTUS's actions towards our two biggest trading partners, Canada and Mexico, as in the interests of the United States. So far, the White House hasn't actually issued a (probably...
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Cassie did not see her shadow
We got a lot of outdoor time yesterday, and more than an average amount so far this morning.Yesterday we took a 5.5 km walk from downtown Elmhurst to the Prairie Path, with a sojourn at a big field...
View ArticleI had to fill my car up
Since I live in a dense urban environment and drive a plug-in hybrid, I can go a long time without buying gasoline.Last night, I broke down and put 35 liters of gas in the car, because I'm concerned...
View ArticleOAFPOTUS blinks, Mexico wins today; Canada wins tomorrow? [Update: today!]
Demonstrating one more time that the OAFPOTUS is all hat and no cattle, the White House announced that it will "postpone" the crippling and needless tariffs he had threatened to impose on our...
View ArticleNo good for any of us
Topping the link round-up this afternoon, my go-to brewery Spiteful fears for its business if it has to pay a 25% tariff on imported aluminum cans. If the OAFPOTUS drives Spiteful out of business for...
View ArticleSlippery walk to the train
Chicago got a few millimeters of ice last night, which made my 15-minute walk from my house to Cassie's day camp into a 24-minute walk. The poor girl could not understand my difficulty, but she also...
View ArticleBrews & Choos Project: five years in
Five years ago this evening, I hopped a Milwaukee District North Line train after work for Glenview, and walked about 1.3 km to Macushla Brewing at Lake and Waukegan. The Brews & Choos Project had...
View ArticleFriday afternoon link roundup
As we end the work-week, we can start our weekend with these little nuggets of horror and amusement:The UK Home Office has demanded that Apple create a back door into its cloud storage system to allow...
View ArticleHungary on the Potomac
Josh Marshall explains the significance of the NIH funding directive that the OAFPOTUS took out with the trash last night:I think it’s a combination of two things. One is anti-COVID research payback,...
View ArticleWhy do upstaters care?
Paul Krugman wonders aloud why people in Upstate New York—who will probably never in their lives drive to SoHo—care so much about the lower-Manhattan congestion pricing zone:Morning Consult found that...
View ArticleA thought for your pennies?
I find it absolutely hilarious that the OAFPOTUS has resurrected a meme from the first season of The West Wing:On Sunday night, Mr. Trump said he had ordered the Treasury secretary, Scott Bessent, to...
View ArticleOpen season for scammers
The OAFPOTUS's principal motivation has always been self-enrichment. He has scammed and grifted his whole life, though he sucks at it so hard he managed to burn through so much of his inheritance that...
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