The Way We Were

Progressives are nearly always right. Conservatives are nearly always wrong. It’s built into the language of politics. Progressives want progress. Progress heavily implies improvement. In political terms that improvement is across a large swath of the population. They do not currently ‘have’. Conservatives don’t want progress. They want to conserve what they have because it’s… Continue reading The Way We Were

thoughts on War

Not surprisingly the stupidest chunk of our country is pro Russia. Thier own words suggest it’s because they have more in common with and respect for putin than biden. In my estimation it’s because they will side with anything to see biden and the democrats lose. How American. For evidence see thier continued suppirt for… Continue reading thoughts on War

Google Ganks Hangouts

I’m not certain who Google thinks they’re competing with, but the marketing decision to move from Hangouts to Chat was an impressively poor one. Generally one thinks of transitions from product offering A to product offering B as an “upgrade”. Just removing features and capabilities without offering outstanding improvements or a host of new features… Continue reading Google Ganks Hangouts

On The Increasing Importance of Text

As more and more websites get savvy on detecting ad blockers I find myself ever more inclined to stay away from content. That said, there is one emerging practice which I find extra annoying, and that is video advertising. Something about the forced, in-your-face, often too-loud, or too-different audio makes me seethe. If I’m listening… Continue reading On The Increasing Importance of Text

Piers Porridge Hot

Let’s open with: Piers Morgan can suck off a dead dog. Great, now that’s over, let’s explain why! Weeee! Let’s start with some very basic definitions: a) Free Speech is contextual. Yes you are free to say whatever you choose. Piers did that, and bully for him. However, free speech is not a Get Out… Continue reading Piers Porridge Hot