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August 15, 2017
Resign Trumpy. Resign.
August 12, 2017
"The Trump Administration Jobs Fair is happening in Charlottesville right now."
- Frank Conniff
https://twitter.com/FrankConniff/status/896275700470206464
August 12, 2017
"You know, when the history of this era is written, I want the record to show I was firmly on
the side of "Fuck this fucking Nazi bullshit." - John Scalzi
I concur. Count me on the "Fuck this fucking Nazi bullshit" side.
August 8, 2017
Only war with North Korea can distract from the Russian Investigation!
I guess that's what passes for strategy in Trumpy's WH.
August 4, 2017
Whole story at:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/style/wp/2017/07/28/a-folk-hero-d-c-street-art-legend-cool-disco-dan-dies-at-47/?utm_term=.f610cfad8305
A folk hero: D.C. street art legend Cool Disco Dan dies at 47
Danny Hogg, the prolific Washington street artist who plastered the city with his tag, Cool Disco Dan, died of complications from diabetes on Wednesday. He was 47.
Mr. Hoggs tag became an enduring symbol for a city that had endured a lot. He was at his most prolific in the late 80s and early 90s, an era when D.C. was known as the countrys murder capital and then-Mayor Marion Barry was arrested for using crack cocaine.
When you think of D.C.s turbulent times, what happened and where the city came from, he is an icon of that era, said Roger Gastman, a documentary filmmaker who produced a movie, The Legend of Cool Disco Dan, about Mr. Hogg and the D.C. street art scene. Theres not many left. Hes a folk hero.
Mr. Hogg grew up in Capitol Heights, Md., and spent most of his childhood drawing, said his mother, Denise Womack. He got his nickname from going to go-go shows, and spent his teenage years spray painting that name on buildings across the city.
Mr. Hoggs tag became an enduring symbol for a city that had endured a lot. He was at his most prolific in the late 80s and early 90s, an era when D.C. was known as the countrys murder capital and then-Mayor Marion Barry was arrested for using crack cocaine.
When you think of D.C.s turbulent times, what happened and where the city came from, he is an icon of that era, said Roger Gastman, a documentary filmmaker who produced a movie, The Legend of Cool Disco Dan, about Mr. Hogg and the D.C. street art scene. Theres not many left. Hes a folk hero.
Mr. Hogg grew up in Capitol Heights, Md., and spent most of his childhood drawing, said his mother, Denise Womack. He got his nickname from going to go-go shows, and spent his teenage years spray painting that name on buildings across the city.
Whole story at:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/style/wp/2017/07/28/a-folk-hero-d-c-street-art-legend-cool-disco-dan-dies-at-47/?utm_term=.f610cfad8305
August 2, 2017
Rest by Cory Doctorow at:
http://boingboing.net/2017/07/29/we-do-get-fooled-again.html
Foxconn's corporate welfare deal will cost Wisconsin taxpayers more than 3 billion dollars
The recent trumpist trumpeting about the plans of Chinese manufacturer Foxconn to open a manufacturing facility in Wisconsin omitted a few key details -- like the fact that Foxconn is being given a sweetheart tax-break that's topped up with 15 years' worth of guarantees of up to $200m/year in cash subsidies at taxpayer expense -- a record-setting taxpayer subsidy that exceeds the previous Wisconsin record-holder by a factor of fifty.
The total bill for this incentive package that Wisconsin is giving the super-profitable Chinese manufacturer? Three billion dollars.
But there's more! Wisconsin cities will also have to provide incentives, including hundreds of millions more in infrastructure, and exemptions on environmental rules that will allow Foxconn to pollute watersheds, drain water habitats, and reengineer Wisconsin's freshwater sources, up to and including Lake Michigan.
The total bill for this incentive package that Wisconsin is giving the super-profitable Chinese manufacturer? Three billion dollars.
But there's more! Wisconsin cities will also have to provide incentives, including hundreds of millions more in infrastructure, and exemptions on environmental rules that will allow Foxconn to pollute watersheds, drain water habitats, and reengineer Wisconsin's freshwater sources, up to and including Lake Michigan.
Rest by Cory Doctorow at:
http://boingboing.net/2017/07/29/we-do-get-fooled-again.html
August 2, 2017
Set aside the DU Burger Wars* for a minute. What restaurant has the best Hot Dogs?
IMHO, nothing comes close to Ted's Hot Dogs, a small chain around Buffalo, NY. They have been expanding (Arizona) lately.
https://www.tedshotdogs.com/
( * Which 5 Guys has clearly won. )
August 1, 2017
Anyone watch BBC's Dirk Gently Holostic Detective Agency?
Season 2 will start this Fall. It's mostly based on the Douglas Adams books and stars Elijah Wood as Todd. I'm on episode 4 of the 1st season and greatly enjoying it. Reminds me of Buckaroo Banzai.
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