Monthly Archives: July 2016

Who owns this blog or any other blog?

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News that Google deleted a blog built over a period of 14 years sends a warning to anyone who invests even a minute or two putting their thoughts in the cloud.  This is a link to the story. The Blog That Disappeared – The New York Times

I think I’ll have to look into WordPress’s rules before going any further.  I’ll also have to see if my information “lives” on my computer in the event that WordPress has a similar draconian attitude.

Back as soon as possible.

 

UPDATED 8 AUGUST 2017

I just exported my WordPress blog to my computer.  Now that I know my intellectual property is truly mine, I will start adding to this blog.

Look for some more items in the next day or so!

This nightmare just won’t go away

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Hillary advertisement on Washington Post pro-Hillary article

 

The Washington Post famously broke the story about the Watergate Hotel break in and soon Richard Nixon was out of office.  One of the members of the team investigating Nixon was Hillary.  And, Carl Bernstein was one of the Washington Post reporters who uncovered much of what we know about Watergate.  He is quoted in this fluff piece.

How things have changed.  Hillary is one of the most corrupt politicians of our time and the same newspaper that dethroned a despotic sitting president is helping elect a despotic presidential candidate.

For good measure, the Washington Post has three articles bashing Hillary’s opponent on the same page.  The background is white, but this is clearly yellow journalism.

The electorate does not have a real choice, but certainly, certainly, news organizations don’t have to stoop the the level of the candidates.  Tell the truth–don’t manufacture it.

via Hillary Clinton, the candidate we know so well — and don’t – The Washington Post

Has the world gone mad?

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imageMaybe she can be forgiven for having an extra glass of wine and falling asleep during Obama’s State of the Union speech to Congress.  It was a snoozer even without alcohol.  But I assume Justice Ginsburg was sober and awake when she attacked a presidential candidate twice this past week.  Really?  A supposedly nonpartisan body of government should not get involved in a blatantly partisan body of government.  These are the guidelines all third graders learn about when they are introduced to our form of government.

The Chicago Tribune said “I Cannot see any possible defense of what Ginsburg did, given that she violated Canon 5 of the Code of Conduct for United States Judges. Supreme Court Justices are not strictly bound by that code, but they nonetheless act as exemplars for the rest of the judiciary, and this canon seems pretty important.” http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-ginsburg-scalia-trump-clinton-judicial-ethics-0712-jm-20160711-story.html.

The many lawsuits winding through the court system might end up in front of the Supreme Court and this candidate is involved in many of them.  The Supreme Court must maintain at least the appearance of impartiality.  This Justice has publicly  tainted herself.  Maybe she knows she will leave the bench before any of Trump’s cases could be argued before the Supreme Court.  But, we might need the Supreme Court to step into the election process.  Hopefully she skips the second glass of wine before she puts on her robe.

Updated.  The answer is yes.  The world has gone mad.  The NY Times agrees with me?  It is a mad, mad world.

“And just imagine if this were 2000 and the resolution of the election depended on a Supreme Court decision. Could anyone now argue with a straight face that Justice Ginsburg’s only guide would be the law?”

I wonder if the NY Times is reading this blog.  Just joking.  That would be silly.

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/13/opinion/donald-trump-is-right-about-justice-ruth-bader-ginsburg.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss&_r=2

Updated again.  Ginsburg walks back her comments.

“Judges should avoid commenting on a candidate for public office,” she wrote in a brief statement issued by the court, admitting her remarks were “ill advised” and expressing regret. “In the future I will be more circumspect.”

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/15/us/politics/ruth-bader-ginsburg-donald-trump.html

Many fellow dreamers

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Grimaldi has a fleet of ferries that service the Mediterranean Sea and even some destinations further away.  This one (add name here) has a couple of decks of cabins and eating establishments and pools and their attractions that are on cruise ships.  What’s different about this business model?  People don’t have to purchase cabins, they can just sleep anywhere they want.  People were sleeping on air mattresses in hallways and stretched across couches in the entertainment areas.  

I guess they were dreaming, but probably with one eye open.  

Waiting.  Waiting for the dream to begin.

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Three hours until the ferry is supposed to leave.  Four hours of driving to get this close.  The boat was delayed arriving and now departing.  The sun set an hour ago and the boat cannot catch up.

Food to explore.  Drinks to test.  Beds to stretch out on.  Silence of the night as the boat gently rocks.  Oh, I hope it is gentle.  Very gentle.

Other passengers seem to be happy to return home.  I heard them speaking Spanish and laughing and enjoying a last bite of Italian food.
I have to admit that my terminal food wasn’t so great.  The wine was good and it lessoned the disappointment.  I asked for s small bottle and they served me s large bottle.  Oh well.  It was meant to be.  It was a good bottle.  No.  It was the highlight of the day.