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The government of the USA is obviously illegitimate and should just be replaced in its entirety. Some would say, lets do a constitutional amendment! What a joke that is. Here is a partial and incomplete list of the amendments which would be required and I would be surprised if you could get even one of them through.
1. Remove the electoral college.
2. Prohibit the Supreme Court from changing the results of an election for political purposes (see November 2000).
3. Remove Citizens United.
4. Enforce the voting rights act.
5. Require the POTUS to have some political experience (for example having served one term at least in the House or Senate).
6. Make it illegal for the Senate to not consider a legitimate president's nomination for the supreme court.
7. Remove the right wing nutty boys from the supreme court and the federal courts.
8. End gerrymandering. (I know this is hard, do it anyway).
9. Change the DOJ so that we can get some real justice done even when you have an obvious right wing criminal like Trump.
Thursday, July 16, 2020
Sunday, July 5, 2020
There is No Going Back
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There is no going back. You cant just "fix it". The dead people are dead and the alliances are damaged and we look like fools to the world because we are. And never again do we get to brag about democracy or the american constitution. It failed utterly, publically and completely. The Electoral College, the failure of the Republicans to do their constitutional duty, the institutional racism, the trillion dollar tax cut money giveaway to the rich, the Russian active measures against democracy with Republican support, the packing of our judiciary with right wing nuts. Its a disgrace, its a train wreck, we may be something different, maybe even better, but this is a transformative clusterf*ck and there is no going back although lots of people will stick their head in the sand and say "hey its all fixed now! See! Joe Biden!"
There is no going back. You cant just "fix it". The dead people are dead and the alliances are damaged and we look like fools to the world because we are. And never again do we get to brag about democracy or the american constitution. It failed utterly, publically and completely. The Electoral College, the failure of the Republicans to do their constitutional duty, the institutional racism, the trillion dollar tax cut money giveaway to the rich, the Russian active measures against democracy with Republican support, the packing of our judiciary with right wing nuts. Its a disgrace, its a train wreck, we may be something different, maybe even better, but this is a transformative clusterf*ck and there is no going back although lots of people will stick their head in the sand and say "hey its all fixed now! See! Joe Biden!"
Monday, June 29, 2020
What Do These Pictures Have in Common?
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What do the following three pictures have in common?
My favorite comment so far has been from Craig Reynolds who points out that all of these pictures have a hammer in there somewhere. I had to think about it, but yes, he is right.
What do the following three pictures have in common?
My favorite comment so far has been from Craig Reynolds who points out that all of these pictures have a hammer in there somewhere. I had to think about it, but yes, he is right.
Return to Your Roots, America!
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Back when America was a great country and not a failed parody of itself, we believed in Science. We believed in it. Turn your back on idolatry and false prophets! America! Return to your roots!
From Our Mr. Sun (1956)
Friday, June 26, 2020
Matter.Js Is Crazy Worthless
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I feel so bad for my fellow americans. That we have fallen into decay and incompetence. Matter.js is a cool package for physical simulation in a browser. The problem is, it acts differently in each different browser. Which makes it essentially useless.
Ooops.
I feel so bad for my fellow americans. That we have fallen into decay and incompetence. Matter.js is a cool package for physical simulation in a browser. The problem is, it acts differently in each different browser. Which makes it essentially useless.
Ooops.
Wednesday, June 24, 2020
Graduate School Application Craziness
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UCLA has one set of rules. Stanford another. And Cal Arts still another. I love these people. No! Wait! I dont. I am one person, will you please get your shit together. Thank you.
UCLA has one set of rules. Stanford another. And Cal Arts still another. I love these people. No! Wait! I dont. I am one person, will you please get your shit together. Thank you.
Tuesday, June 23, 2020
Slaves
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It turns out that all my friends are afraid that if we have a conversation about any of a number of issues in our society, issues involving the 2nd amendment or freedom of speech and so forth, that the Gestapo will come and take them away and kill them. How far down we have come from a free society. Or maybe it was always this way and I was permitted to have such discussions at the RAND Corporation but did not realize that outside that priviledged zone the slaves, I mean the citizens, were not permitted the privilege.
It turns out that all my friends are afraid that if we have a conversation about any of a number of issues in our society, issues involving the 2nd amendment or freedom of speech and so forth, that the Gestapo will come and take them away and kill them. How far down we have come from a free society. Or maybe it was always this way and I was permitted to have such discussions at the RAND Corporation but did not realize that outside that priviledged zone the slaves, I mean the citizens, were not permitted the privilege.
Monday, June 22, 2020
My Friends Are Paranoid
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They are afraid that if I make a joke about surface-to-air missiles on the dark web that they are going to be arrested or shot in their sleep.
They are afraid that if I make a joke about surface-to-air missiles on the dark web that they are going to be arrested or shot in their sleep.
Right About Everything
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Dear [REDACTED]
I think that there is no doubt that I have been correct about everything. Failure to remove Trump has demonstrated to the world the failure of our system of government because, frankly, it did fail. The murder of American citizens by the way his administration handled the Coronavirus. The right wing senate protecting Trump proving that impeachment as a useful tool is a joke. The destruction of the judiciary which is ongoing. The institutional racism. And now the genocide of the Uyghurs in which we are complicit. Of course I will vote for Biden, one would have to be a real hitler youth not to, but America's position in the world has been permanently damaged. The Russians (who trump protects) won. The supreme court was able to hide the evidence (see tax returns).
I wish my friends would take me seriously. I wish I had a life and did not live in such fucking misery, a misery that no doubt I am complicit in creating. Hope you are well. I am very impressed that you are able to maintain your cardiovascular health and trim figure. I have failed at that. I am very impressed your kids seem to be doing well although I have lost track of who has graduated from where. I wish I was taken seriously.
Have a wonderful day!
Dear [REDACTED]
I think that there is no doubt that I have been correct about everything. Failure to remove Trump has demonstrated to the world the failure of our system of government because, frankly, it did fail. The murder of American citizens by the way his administration handled the Coronavirus. The right wing senate protecting Trump proving that impeachment as a useful tool is a joke. The destruction of the judiciary which is ongoing. The institutional racism. And now the genocide of the Uyghurs in which we are complicit. Of course I will vote for Biden, one would have to be a real hitler youth not to, but America's position in the world has been permanently damaged. The Russians (who trump protects) won. The supreme court was able to hide the evidence (see tax returns).
I wish my friends would take me seriously. I wish I had a life and did not live in such fucking misery, a misery that no doubt I am complicit in creating. Hope you are well. I am very impressed that you are able to maintain your cardiovascular health and trim figure. I have failed at that. I am very impressed your kids seem to be doing well although I have lost track of who has graduated from where. I wish I was taken seriously.
Have a wonderful day!
Saturday, June 20, 2020
Correspondence on China
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Dear [REDACTED]
Sometimes it takes me time to read the various things I get, but I try to, and I appreciate what you send me. And I am very ignorant of the details of China. I know more about the Tarim Basin or prehistoric Italy than I do about China. Some of this is intentional because it is a vast topic.
I do know about the vast amount of money we dumped on China to help them fight in WW 2 (very little of which went to the Communists as far as I know). I do know about Stillwell and the Flying Tigers. I do know about the time when the numbered air force that Curtis Le May was running in China against the Japanese sent three C-47s filled with medical supplies to Mao but I dont recall what the occasion was. I do know about when Doolittle and his flight of B 25s landed in China and the number of Chinese murdered by the Japanese in retribution. We were not always complete enemies, or maybe we were, but not on the surface of things.
Before I care to hear too much about the other side of the story, I need to know that the Chinese cyberattacks have stopped. I need to know what exactly we are doing educating people who are going to fight a war with us to kill as many Americans as possible since I think that is the most likely scenario in the next 20 years. I need to know that the Americans who deliberately lied to steal the money by sending industry to China without doing anything for the Americans whose lives were destroyed receive justice, which is to say civil asset forfeiture and years of important therapy in an institution run by our federal government. You know, the way a black man would if he stole food to feed his family. And I need to know that whatever is going on with the Uyghurs in China has stopped and people given real help to recover.
I dont think we are blameless in our relationship with China, far from it. But I also dont much care. The above issues are happening now, they need to stop now. After that I am very interested in some of the details.
Dear [REDACTED]
Sometimes it takes me time to read the various things I get, but I try to, and I appreciate what you send me. And I am very ignorant of the details of China. I know more about the Tarim Basin or prehistoric Italy than I do about China. Some of this is intentional because it is a vast topic.
I do know about the vast amount of money we dumped on China to help them fight in WW 2 (very little of which went to the Communists as far as I know). I do know about Stillwell and the Flying Tigers. I do know about the time when the numbered air force that Curtis Le May was running in China against the Japanese sent three C-47s filled with medical supplies to Mao but I dont recall what the occasion was. I do know about when Doolittle and his flight of B 25s landed in China and the number of Chinese murdered by the Japanese in retribution. We were not always complete enemies, or maybe we were, but not on the surface of things.
Before I care to hear too much about the other side of the story, I need to know that the Chinese cyberattacks have stopped. I need to know what exactly we are doing educating people who are going to fight a war with us to kill as many Americans as possible since I think that is the most likely scenario in the next 20 years. I need to know that the Americans who deliberately lied to steal the money by sending industry to China without doing anything for the Americans whose lives were destroyed receive justice, which is to say civil asset forfeiture and years of important therapy in an institution run by our federal government. You know, the way a black man would if he stole food to feed his family. And I need to know that whatever is going on with the Uyghurs in China has stopped and people given real help to recover.
I dont think we are blameless in our relationship with China, far from it. But I also dont much care. The above issues are happening now, they need to stop now. After that I am very interested in some of the details.
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