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Journal Journal: The Motive 3

All the cops and newspapers are searching for a motive in the horrific mass murder in Las Vegas last week. No connection to any terrorist groups, no indication at all that it would happen, and the newspapers are all asking “Why??”

The answer is simple and I can’t figure out why nobody else can figure it out.

Comment Teh Google! (Score 1) 6

I always referred to the earlier engine as "Infosuck" but damn, Google's getting bad. When I open Google News in Firefox on my tablet, I get a blank page unless I click "request desktop site" and then it still goes nuts. But then, it might be my crappy tablet that I'll probably write about.

The answer is Google broke Google. I've been getting served a misandrist site from there, Breitbart (famous for its fake news) and wingnut sites from both wings. Did Sergey retire or something?

Comment I had no idea (Score 1) 3

Not until I was at S/N earlier and someone journaled about it. Lately I never visit /.'s front page, just friends' journals. The comments on the main page have just gotten too damned retarded.

Slashdot seems to not be for smart people any more. To misquote 2001: "My God! It's full of morons!"

Comment Re:first amendment doesn't apply to private busine (Score 1) 10

You linked a fact-free opinion piece. The actual amendment: "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances."

It has absolutely nothing to do with the private sector.

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Journal Journal: The Dark Side of the Moon

(Photo of the "waves" and an unborked version is here)
I’d been eagerly looking forward to this event since I first heard about it—Illinois was going to see its second total solar eclipse in its history as a state, and no one alive had ever seen an Illinois total eclipse. It happened in 1869 and totality passed right through Springfield, the state’s capital. Then, as now, people were very excited.

Comment Re:Declarations as a candidate don't count (Score 1) 24

No politician in my life has been caught telling so many incredibly stupid, easily disproven lies. He lies moe and worse than my ex-wife. Like her, he'll keep lying to you even when he knows you know he's lying.

Lying on a sworn statement is NOT normal for any politician. That's what fraudsters do (he did settle a fraud claim).

And no, I'm not a Democrat. I vote candidate, not party. Of the four that ran, IMO none would have been a good President; historians say that James Buchanan was our worst (he caused the civil war), and his pre-presidential career was very similar to Hillary's.

Maybe next time the parties will actually nominate someone who is qualified.

Comment Re:What news? (Score 1) 7

Yes, I seldom see anything important in the newspaper that they don't cover on TV news. It's also why I vastly prefer CBS's morning news than GMA, GMA has maybe fifteen minutes of news, with the rest unimportant nonsense like celebrities, TV shows (ABC's, of course), sports stars.

Why in the hell should Venus Williams' car crash matter to me?

Comment Re:Don't forget craigslist (Score 1) 7

Yes, the linked article says a third of their revenue comes from classifieds, a third from other ads, a third from sales. But historically, classifieds have had far more real estate and automobile ads, and other ads that work better locally.

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