CRANKY OLD FART
WITH THE NEWS #329
leftovers & links
Saturday, June 17, 2023 San Francisco’s county jail is the first in the country to provide inmates with tablets and internet access.Which … [read more]

With so much media finger-wagging about, gosh, the charges against Trump are so very super-serious (they’re not, but he’s a criminal in myriad other ways), let’s have a contest. … [read more]

In most of my dreams, I’m either somewhere with my wife Stephanie, or somewhere else but in a hurry to get home to her.

When I wake up, it takes a few seconds for me to understand that she’s not here, not waiting for me to come home, and we weren’t together mere moments ago.Last … [read more]

CRANKY OLD FART
WITH THE NEWS #328
leftovers & links
Wednesday, June 14, 2023
• Newly declassified report reveals that the federal government is buying troves of data about Americans 

• After exposure by a nonprofit news outlet, New York (says it’s) rescinding its policy banning most journalism by prisoners • Utah district bans Bible in elementary and middle schools after complaint calls it “sex-ridden” 
• Apollo’s Christian Selig explains his fight with Reddit, and why users revolted • Reddit blackout crashes the site
• Oakland A’s fans held a raucous wake for their team 

• As of June 10, 2023, worldwide data showed the remarkable concurrence of three dramatic climate events • California wildfires are five times bigger than they used to be • Young Montana residents bring climate change case to court for first time ever 

• Video shows drug-sniffing police dog reacts to cop’s gestures, not odor of drugs • Baton Rouge police rehire cop once fired for sexual harassment, lying • Mississippi officer who shot 11-year-old is suspended without pay • Reinstatement ordered for Oklahoma officers who fatally shot unarmed Black man • Spokane’s police chief isn’t happy about a new law broadening the ombudsman’s power to investigate 

• Trump has responded to his federal indictment with a blizzard of dishonesty • Anti-intellectualism is “an agreement not to think” and “has almost always been a form of conservatism…”

• Republicans are pushing to delay Amtrak passenger trains by making them wait for freight haulers • Republican conference tells young women to give up their dreams & their birth control • Republicans of yesteryear complain of encroaching communism in drunk driving laws • Fox News calls Trump “president,” labels Biden “wannabe dictator” • House Republicans vote against life-saving abortions, pride flags at VA facilities 

Mystery links
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My browser history
without the porn• A progressive Senator uncovered the truth behind the “Memorial Day Massacre” • Richard Hunt: The gay man behind the Muppets • Two Rhode Island officials visited Philly. … [read more]

CRANKY OLD FART
WITH THE NEWS #327
leftovers & links
Monday, June 12, 2023 • US decides to rejoin UNESCO and pay back dues, not because it’s the right thing to do, just to counter Chinese influence • Garth Brooks says his new Nashville bar will be safe for trans people, serve Bud Light• Safeway bamboozled nearly a million California shoppers with deceptive deals: lawsuit• Top EU court to consider if copyright is more important than privacy

• DeSantis supporters wave Nazi flags outside Walt Disney World • Republican official appears to have moved $1.3m from nonprofit to own law firm • Republicans reprimand Republican Senator for decency • “We take no pleasure in reporting that Cracker Barrel has fallen” might be the funniest sentence ever composed using the English language • Heavily-Armed Trump supporters say they’ll “protest” indictment • Summit for “female conservatives” was feast of transphobia and far-right crackpottery 

Mystery links
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My browser history
without the porn• Life is so terrible and beautiful at the same time
• Anti-trans moral panics endanger all young people • Going no-phone • Dem bones, good prices • What would Aaron Swartz think of Reddit’s ridiculous new direction? … [read more]

I stepped out of the john after a quick tinkle, and Robert was in the kitchen, making hisself something for a late dinner.We said hello, he cracked a 5-second joke, and I laughed, gave him a 5-second retort, and he laughed. … [read more]

It’s an understatement to state that I’ve never been a fan of Bill or Hillary Clinton. They made it their mission to steer the Democratic Party and the American middle (same thing) to the right, and in this they were quite successful, to the detriment of the party and the country. … [read more]

THE NEVERENDING FILM FESTIVAL #159
Saturday, June 10, 2023Cannibal Holocaust (1980)

This is a cheap exploitation movie, famous and controversial for being disgusting. It has, for example, scenes of animal mistreatment that were definitely not filmed under the auspices of the ASPCA, and a naked woman is impaled and murdered in the mud as “a ritualistic punishment for adultery.” … [read more]

Much of the eastern seaboard is blanketed with thick, billowing smoke,
either from Canadian wildfires or from Hell’s welcome for Pat
Robertson. The haze blocks the sun, ruins the weekend, and makes breathing
difficult. … [read more]