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steve2470
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November 28, 2017
By late afternoon Monday, the black-and-red “No Trespassing” sign hanging on Doria Ragland’s front gate was probably feeling more like a plea than an order.
On Sunday, Ragland had been living her life in Los Angeles as a social worker. The following day, her View Park-Windsor Hills home was swarming with reporters. A security guard in a Chevrolet truck sat outside, handing out a note adorned with the royal family’s Kensington Palace letterhead.
The request? Privacy.
On Monday, Ragland became mother to the now-fiancee of Britain’s Prince Harry. After dating for the last 1 ½ years, the couple got engaged this month in London.
From L.A. girl to British royalty: Meghan Markle is now the talk of the town
http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-t-meghan-markle-20171127-story.htmlBy late afternoon Monday, the black-and-red “No Trespassing” sign hanging on Doria Ragland’s front gate was probably feeling more like a plea than an order.
On Sunday, Ragland had been living her life in Los Angeles as a social worker. The following day, her View Park-Windsor Hills home was swarming with reporters. A security guard in a Chevrolet truck sat outside, handing out a note adorned with the royal family’s Kensington Palace letterhead.
The request? Privacy.
On Monday, Ragland became mother to the now-fiancee of Britain’s Prince Harry. After dating for the last 1 ½ years, the couple got engaged this month in London.
November 28, 2017
Come on over and enjoy the weather geekery
Weather Watchers group, yes we have one
https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=forum&id=1232Come on over and enjoy the weather geekery
November 28, 2017
Of course I'm assuming the weather gauge is not messed up.
67.02 °N... definitely in the Arctic
eta:
yep, madness.
eta2: On the much more normal side, Alert Nunavut Canada is -26F.
https://www.wunderground.com/weather/ca/alert-airport/CYLT
52F, on western Arctic coast of Greenland, in late November.... madness
https://www.wunderground.com/weather/gl/kangerlussuaq/BGSFOf course I'm assuming the weather gauge is not messed up.
67.02 °N... definitely in the Arctic
eta:
Almanac for November 27, 2017
AVERAGE
Temperature
High 15.2 °F
Low -1.4 °F
AVERAGE
Temperature
High 15.2 °F
Low -1.4 °F
yep, madness.
eta2: On the much more normal side, Alert Nunavut Canada is -26F.
https://www.wunderground.com/weather/ca/alert-airport/CYLT
Almanac for November 27, 2017
AVERAGE
Temperature
High -12.8 °F
Low -25.9 °F
AVERAGE
Temperature
High -12.8 °F
Low -25.9 °F
November 28, 2017
I dunno, I don't feel too sympathetic to Mr. Pai, but I wouldn't do the pizzas thing to him, etc.
Net neutrality nonsense: Can we, please, just not all lose our minds?
(disclaimer: I am not endorsing this article, just posting for comments)
https://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/11/28/its_back_net_neutrality_nonsense_roundup/
And if all that wasn't ridiculous enough, FCC chair Ajit Pai is being personally targeted in the real world by people who have lost their minds to such an alarming degree that they are scribbling messages on cardboard naming his kids and taping them onto lampposts near his home.
"Is this really the world you want [kid's name] and [kid's name] to inherit?" one demented notice reads. "How will they ever look you in the eye again?"
Another reads, no lie: "Dad murdered democracy in cold blood."
According to one report, Pai's home was also inundated with pizzas over the weekend, with a new one arriving every 30 minutes. A harmless prank or a sign that people have lost their minds?
"Is this really the world you want [kid's name] and [kid's name] to inherit?" one demented notice reads. "How will they ever look you in the eye again?"
Another reads, no lie: "Dad murdered democracy in cold blood."
According to one report, Pai's home was also inundated with pizzas over the weekend, with a new one arriving every 30 minutes. A harmless prank or a sign that people have lost their minds?
I dunno, I don't feel too sympathetic to Mr. Pai, but I wouldn't do the pizzas thing to him, etc.
November 28, 2017
I want to thank everyone for being so helpful and kind here
I've been on the net for 21 years, and a few forums are downright nasty to "noobs" (people not well-versed in computers). When I became host of this place, I decided THIS forum would not tolerate people being nasty to those less well-versed.
You guys rock. Please keep up the good work, and I'll help when I can.
Steve
Host of CHaS
November 28, 2017
https://splinternews.com/here-are-some-facts-and-questions-about-that-nazi-the-n-1820773785
(never heard of this blog before, but we can discuss it here. It's Gizmodo Media Group)
The New York Times published a profile over the weekend of an Ohio man named Tony Hovater, a co-founder of the white supremacist Traditionalist Worker Party. The piece, by reporter Richard Fausset, was meant to say something profound about the banality of evil—This man shops for groceries! He has a Twin Peaks tattoo! He has both a wife and cats!—but it came across instead as an exercise in making evil sound banal.
In one of two follow-up pieces the Times ran to try to explain the story, the paper’s national editor, Marc Lacey, wrote, “We recognize that people can disagree on how best to tell a disagreeable story. What we think is indisputable, though, is the need to shed more light, not less, on the most extreme corners of American life and the people who inhabit them.”
Yet Fausset spent so much time staring at Hovater eating a turkey sandwich, he didn’t get around to shining much light on the particular corner his subject occupies. The Times managed to miss or gloss over a whole batch of facts and questions that might have lent both context and color to what purported to be a definitive profile of a white nationalist “foot soldier.” Here are a few of them:
He’s not really named “Tony Hovater.”
(much more at link)
Here Are Some Facts and Questions About That Nazi the New York Times Failed to Note
THIS IS THE JEWISH GROUPhttps://splinternews.com/here-are-some-facts-and-questions-about-that-nazi-the-n-1820773785
(never heard of this blog before, but we can discuss it here. It's Gizmodo Media Group)
The New York Times published a profile over the weekend of an Ohio man named Tony Hovater, a co-founder of the white supremacist Traditionalist Worker Party. The piece, by reporter Richard Fausset, was meant to say something profound about the banality of evil—This man shops for groceries! He has a Twin Peaks tattoo! He has both a wife and cats!—but it came across instead as an exercise in making evil sound banal.
In one of two follow-up pieces the Times ran to try to explain the story, the paper’s national editor, Marc Lacey, wrote, “We recognize that people can disagree on how best to tell a disagreeable story. What we think is indisputable, though, is the need to shed more light, not less, on the most extreme corners of American life and the people who inhabit them.”
Yet Fausset spent so much time staring at Hovater eating a turkey sandwich, he didn’t get around to shining much light on the particular corner his subject occupies. The Times managed to miss or gloss over a whole batch of facts and questions that might have lent both context and color to what purported to be a definitive profile of a white nationalist “foot soldier.” Here are a few of them:
He’s not really named “Tony Hovater.”
(much more at link)
November 27, 2017
Trump Honored Native American Code Talkers at the White House. What Could Go Wrong?
http://www.theroot.com/trump-honored-native-american-code-talkers-at-the-white-1820776590I want to build a wall around the White House that doesn’t allow anyone of color inside, because once inside, we can’t keep you safe. There is a good chance that you are going to be subjected to racist jokes from an old man who can’t find his penis, nor hold it, because he has really tiny hands.
On Monday, President Ludwig von IFuckingHateThisManWithAllMyMight was honoring Native American “code talkers,” who served in World War II, and thought that it would be funny to call Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) “Pocahontas” because you know, Native Americans!
snip
What an asshole. Seriously, this man is representing America on a global stage, and he doesn’t think that any of this kind of behavior is even remotely racist and cringeworthy.
The Hill notes that none of the code talkers responded to his remarks, and because Trump wasn’t finished, he referred to White House chief of staff John Kelly as simply “chief” because you, Native Americans were in attendance .... and ... fuck this guy.
On Monday, President Ludwig von IFuckingHateThisManWithAllMyMight was honoring Native American “code talkers,” who served in World War II, and thought that it would be funny to call Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) “Pocahontas” because you know, Native Americans!
snip
What an asshole. Seriously, this man is representing America on a global stage, and he doesn’t think that any of this kind of behavior is even remotely racist and cringeworthy.
The Hill notes that none of the code talkers responded to his remarks, and because Trump wasn’t finished, he referred to White House chief of staff John Kelly as simply “chief” because you, Native Americans were in attendance .... and ... fuck this guy.
November 27, 2017
Spokesman for alliance of Native American tribes says Trump's commentary "smacks of racism" and president should "stop using our historical people of significance as a racial slur against one of his opponents."
Spokesman for alliance of Native American tribes says Trump's commentary "smacks of racism".....
https://twitter.com/jonallendc/status/935249055998935040Spokesman for alliance of Native American tribes says Trump's commentary "smacks of racism" and president should "stop using our historical people of significance as a racial slur against one of his opponents."
November 27, 2017
I really really really really miss him. Lord wake me up from this nightmare
President Obama wishes Prince Harry and Meghan the very best in their upcoming marriage
https://twitter.com/BarackObama/status/935255366438408192I really really really really miss him. Lord wake me up from this nightmare
November 27, 2017
your choice: be mauled by badgers or do something you absolutely hate (like toilet cleaning)?
Badgers or hated task ? We badger lovers are curious! 
reference: https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=9891538
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