Truly weird Senator Rand Paul of Kentucky reminds me of a spoiled brat without a properly functioning brain. He was terrible at DEBATE!
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5:41 PM – 10 Aug 2015
Well, when Trump is right, he right.
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Gimlet
Guardian Op-Ed
The work of scientists often produces facts that are uncomfortable and inconvenient to the interests of those in power. That’s why we should all be concerned that, recently, politicians are testing new tactics in their attempts to strip scientific inquiry of its independence.
In Wisconsin, legislators have just lowered the high bar for dismissing tenured faculty at the direct demand of Scott Walker and the state Republican regime.
Shared governance has been reduced to a mere advisory process. In practice, this means that decisions about academic programs – and the faculty who work on them – will be made by administrators who are either themselves political appointees or who serve at the leisure of these appointees.
@Betty Cracker:
If some pitched all of this to Mike Judd during the scriptwriting of Idiocracy, he likely would have laughed it off as over the top, too absurd for the premise.
I got a technical question, this being an open thread and all. I have DirecTV and have been using a program called DirecTV2PC to watch content that I’ve recorded on my DVR on my PC. Being that I’m a Techno Dweeb, I upgraded to Win10 a few weeks ago. The DirecTV2PC program no longer works, it gives an error about the graphics adapter not being able to protect the content from a screen capture. I’ve googled the problem and it appears that I’m lucky it worked on Win8.1. DirecTV no longer supports the app and says to use GennieGo. So I’d have to buy a box and maybe pay for the privilege. This does not sound overly appealing.
My question: it seems like Slingbox might also be a solution, do any of you folk have experience witth Slingbox? If so, what model?
@BillinGlendaleCA: I just got Dish and the Hopper with Sling and I’m trippin on how well it works. I cannot speak to the standalone Sling but the technology should be the same.
And now, because politics is getting goddamned depressing, here’s a musical interlude. My roommate recently turned me on to Ms. Julie Rhodes and I absolutely love her.
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sparrow
@Gimlet: It’s a clusterfuck all over higher education. As a brand-new faculty, I have to say I am more than pissed at the complaisance of the older faculty with tenure. FYIGM and all that, but hey, what if tenure goes away? Every few months they are hiring another idiot deanlet to “enhance our undergraduate cross-departmental synergies” or other word-salady deanspeak nonsense. This will not end well.
@The Thin Black Duke: I’m sure after that comment he has the “Republicans who secretly admire Putin” contingent locked up. That’s actually a pretty substantial voting bloc.
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Joel
@lamh36: Trump is like a megaphone for What Aggrieves White People Today.
@Joel: Sure, a couple of them have let the mask slip.
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Jparente
@raven: I love the fishing talk,Raven & Tybee. I’ll be moving from L.I. to Fla. Gulf Coast and I’ll have to learn a whole new way to fish. Chunked Ladyfish for big Reds? I’ll remember that!
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Mike in NC
We saw a roadside statue of a manatee in Homosassa, FL not long ago. It was yooooge and very classy.
jl
no pic of the rest of it? Or a headless concrete dino?
No Jesus riding it, so I assume out of camera shot, petting its head.
raven
Sunset coming off of Edisto Island the night before last.
David Koch
Well, when Trump is right, he right.
Gimlet
Guardian Op-Ed
The work of scientists often produces facts that are uncomfortable and inconvenient to the interests of those in power. That’s why we should all be concerned that, recently, politicians are testing new tactics in their attempts to strip scientific inquiry of its independence.
In Wisconsin, legislators have just lowered the high bar for dismissing tenured faculty at the direct demand of Scott Walker and the state Republican regime.
Shared governance has been reduced to a mere advisory process. In practice, this means that decisions about academic programs – and the faculty who work on them – will be made by administrators who are either themselves political appointees or who serve at the leisure of these appointees.
Baud
@raven:
There you go.
Daulnay
Hmm. Maybe it’s time to go get some Dino* Nuggets for the kids for dinner.
*Now made from real dinosaur!
(No kidding, birds are what’s left of the dinosaurs. I’m still tickled by the idea that I can eat actual dinosaur.)
LWA
So we knew it was only a matter of time-
Bristol Palin jumps in the melee and goes mean girl on Erick Erickson.
Betty Cracker
@LWA: Couldn’t happen to a smarmier douche-nozzle.
raven
Sunrise from the Battery at Charleston. There was a wedding at 6:30am!
Steve From Antioch
Bernie Sander’s is really falling short when it comes to addressing the concrete dinosaur issue.
A las barricadas!
dmsilev
@David Koch: Trump’s hair-thing is just upset because Rand Paul’s hair-thing spurned its advances.
kc
@raven:
Very nice.
kc
@LWA:
Rooting for injuries.
David Koch
@LWA: link or it didn’t happen
LWA
@Betty Cracker:
If some pitched all of this to Mike Judd during the scriptwriting of Idiocracy, he likely would have laughed it off as over the top, too absurd for the premise.
tybee
there’s a lot to be said for dinosaur ass.
LWA
@David Koch: it’s at TPM
Would link but am too old to do it on a phone that I barely know how to use.
raven
Gut fish
Not Houses!
raven
@tybee: Got a nice red in an inland lake/pond on Edisto!
mclaren
Jesus rode that dinosaur to church on Sunday. Right alongside Adam and Eve.
David Koch
@LWA: thanks for the tip.
kc
@LWA:
Ugh. I can’t stand Bristol Palin, but she’s not ENTIRELY wrong …
Roger Moore
@LWA:
Republicans in disarray!
Betty Cracker
@raven: Nice picture. A wedding at 6:30 am? Did the have lots of guest?
tybee
@raven:
any size to that red?
kid went out today and caught a bunch of short reds. and one undersized troot.
Gimlet
Combines dinosaur and political themes
http://mommyshorts.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/6a0133f30ae399970b015435b586d7970c-800wi.jpg
Jim, Foolish Literalist
Tbogg on Bristol, Erik and Sarah.
raven
@tybee: Top end legal in South Carolina at 23″
BillinGlendaleCA
I got a technical question, this being an open thread and all. I have DirecTV and have been using a program called DirecTV2PC to watch content that I’ve recorded on my DVR on my PC. Being that I’m a Techno Dweeb, I upgraded to Win10 a few weeks ago. The DirecTV2PC program no longer works, it gives an error about the graphics adapter not being able to protect the content from a screen capture. I’ve googled the problem and it appears that I’m lucky it worked on Win8.1. DirecTV no longer supports the app and says to use GennieGo. So I’d have to buy a box and maybe pay for the privilege. This does not sound overly appealing.
My question: it seems like Slingbox might also be a solution, do any of you folk have experience witth Slingbox? If so, what model?
lamh36
Despite, the way some folk on our side have been talking lately vis a vis BLM, I’d hope even they would be disgusted by this?
But then again…I have seen some comment, that are borderline crazy comments from folk I expected better of, so…
Donald Trump: I’d rather fight #BlackLivesMatter than let them speak at my events http://www.rawstory.com/2015/08/donald-trump-id-rather-fight-blacklivesmatter-than-let-them-speak-at-my-events/#.VcqelarhupB.twitter
Gimlet
@raven:
Golf course?
raven
@BillinGlendaleCA: I just got Dish and the Hopper with Sling and I’m trippin on how well it works. I cannot speak to the standalone Sling but the technology should be the same.
http://www.engadget.com/products/dish-network/hopper/with-sling/
tybee
@raven:
nice feesh. good job.
raven
@Gimlet: Damnit, you got me! Yes. But from the road!
raven
@tybee: I got about 5 nice ladyfish that were really fun too.
BillinGlendaleCA
@raven: Thanks. I take a look at the link.
tybee
@raven:
those lady fish are excellent bait for large reds. slice into chunks, throw into the inlet….
and they are a hoot to catch.
raven
@tybee: Ohhhh, I was using live shrimp but I’ll keep that in mind.
Betty Cracker
@lamh36: I’m sure Trump has a hired goon squad shadowing him. Loud-mouthed ass-pustules like him are invariably cowards.
Tree With Water
My guess is that concrete mold has a rendezvous with destiny, one that involves bored-and beer-swilling Florida teenagers on a Saturday night..
The Thin Black Duke
@lamh36: Damn. Wanna bet his numbers go up?
The Thin Black Duke
And now, because politics is getting goddamned depressing, here’s a musical interlude. My roommate recently turned me on to Ms. Julie Rhodes and I absolutely love her.
sparrow
@Gimlet: It’s a clusterfuck all over higher education. As a brand-new faculty, I have to say I am more than pissed at the complaisance of the older faculty with tenure. FYIGM and all that, but hey, what if tenure goes away? Every few months they are hiring another idiot deanlet to “enhance our undergraduate cross-departmental synergies” or other word-salady deanspeak nonsense. This will not end well.
lamh36
@Betty Cracker: absolutely right Betty.
Kropadope
@The Thin Black Duke: I’m sure after that comment he has the “Republicans who secretly admire Putin” contingent locked up. That’s actually a pretty substantial voting bloc.
Joel
@lamh36: Trump is like a megaphone for What Aggrieves White People Today.
Joel
@Kropadope: Secretly?
Kropadope
@Joel: Sure, a couple of them have let the mask slip.
Jparente
@raven: I love the fishing talk,Raven & Tybee. I’ll be moving from L.I. to Fla. Gulf Coast and I’ll have to learn a whole new way to fish. Chunked Ladyfish for big Reds? I’ll remember that!
Mike in NC
We saw a roadside statue of a manatee in Homosassa, FL not long ago. It was yooooge and very classy.
Betty Cracker
@Mike in NC: Was it wearing a top hat?
Mike in NC
@Betty Cracker: Yes
Just One More Canuck
@Betty Cracker: It’s a good thing LT wasn’t here to clutch his or her pearls