vxbush 4/5/2024 5:41:36 AM

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This seems like a good place to start today: Hamas Founder’s Son: U.S. Gaza Supporters Belong in 'Insane Asylum'

Of course, the support for Gaza in the U.S. is no longer about rationality or reason. 

vxbush 4/5/2024 5:51:16 AM

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vxbush 4/5/2024 5:56:18 AM

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Did This Microsoft Engineer Just Save the Internet From State-Backed Hackers?

This has been huge news in the world of IT and has been causing a lot of angst about open source projects and who is allowed to work on the most important libraries related to computer security. From what little I've spent time reading about this, the two big issues are that no one did any code review of this person's changes and no one confirmed that the compiled code he provided matched the source code. So he was able to provide not horrible source code but really bad compiled code, and he almost wasn't caught.

Almost. For once, I am very thankful for this engineer at Microsoft.

vxbush 4/5/2024 5:56:51 AM

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J.K. Rowling Gets Last Laugh After Scottish 'Hate Speech' Law Backfires Bigly on First Minister Yousaf

In which the first minister learns about being hoisted on his own petard.

vxbush 4/5/2024 5:59:03 AM

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Dems' Discord: Pro-Israel Democrat PAC Targeting 'Squad' Members in Primaries

vxbush 4/5/2024 5:59:47 AM

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The deep state is fighting back: 

New Rule Protects Federal Workers From Being Fired at Whim by President Trump

How easily can Trump roll back this rule if he does win the presidency? 

vxbush 4/5/2024 6:00:30 AM

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VIDEO: 'DEI is Garbage.' Even The Daily Show is Getting the Message Artificial Diversity Isn't Working

How long until it is completely thrown in the dustbin? I expect higher education to be the last bastion for a long, long time.

vxbush 4/5/2024 6:02:01 AM

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Space experts foresee an “operational need” for nuclear power on the Moon

I think every science fiction book I've read about lunar colonies has assumed a nuclear power source, but then I haven't read anything written by environuts wanting to set up solar panels on the moon. 

JCM 4/5/2024 7:24:24 AM

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Reply to vxbush in 6:

Live by Executive order, die by Executive Order.

JCM 4/5/2024 7:25:40 AM

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Reply to JCM in 9:

But of course any EO's of Biden's they will sue and say Trump can't overturn.

Never mind the 28 EO's of Trump's Biden overturned day one.

vxbush 4/5/2024 8:07:41 AM

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In #10 JCM said: But of course any EO's of Biden's they will sue and say Trump can't overturn. Never mind the 28 EO's of Trump's Biden overturned day one.

That's why I was surprised they called it a "rule", and not an executive order. It made it sound like it wasn't initiated by Biden but by a separate committee. Perhaps that was the point. 

JCM 4/5/2024 8:46:07 AM

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Reply to vxbush in 11:

The legislature writes a law very loosely. The the agencies take that "law" and create "rules" from it Rules that become effectively "law" and are enforced and people go to jail over them.

One of the most insidious over reaches of government.

The Beltway Bandits know exactly what they are doing. A couple of cases recently, most notably SCOTUS restricted the EPAs Clean Water Act. 

Occasional Reader 4/5/2024 10:02:44 AM

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4.8 earthquake rattles NYC, NJ, and beyond

No reports yet of damage or casualties, thankfully.   This seems like it was nothing, compared to the greatest earthquake ever known, which was that faced by Marshall, Will and Holly, while on a routine expedition in 1974.

vxbush 4/5/2024 10:24:28 AM

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Northrop Grumman to Develop Concept for Lunar Railroad

Why didn't they get a Terran railroad company involved? They might have some experience running railroads. 

JCM 4/5/2024 2:58:27 PM

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Reply to JCM in 12:

On topic of "rules":

Biden admin temporarily drops 'outrageous climate mandate' amid flurry of lawsuits