Ping Spam and The Nail

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Please let me know if you see any more ping spam. It should not happen anymore. I had turned off the options for trackbacks on new posts, but that did nothing to turn it off on old posts. Well that’s the label on the check box, and they do not give you another option.
So I turned off pingbacks on every single post, regardless of age. It was simpler that it seemed, but it’s a matter of finding it before you can do it.
Finally, MLH is not on the hook for technical problems. I do not want to wipe out a troublesome class of comments (or whatever) individually, by hand. That just hides the problem and “lets the terrorists win”. Tech problems get tech solutions … Continue reading →

A Curmudgeon Smiles

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I sense a shift in the Force, as if thousands of empty headed entitled progressive media pundits screamed out and showed their true colors….

Culture wars are won using cultural iconography.

The GOP consultant class has been clueless to this since Lee Atwater.

Coal Miners on stage out rank women in pantsuits with funny hats.

Families of victims of illegal alien criminals out perform street hoods waving Mexican flags.

Diamond and Silk beat Al Sharpton and Maxine Waters hands down.

Now CNN has become the internet thought police and attacked a kid with a Gif.

The Death Star just hit the very wrong target.

You will know the tide is turning when CBS, NBC and ABC all start to distance themselves from CNN.

 

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Unnamed Wednesday 9pm Eastern Time Conference Call

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It’s that time of the week again, when we connect for another town hall meeting in the Village of the Darned.

If the software tells you that you’re the only caller, don’t you believe it! Press on with the access code and you’ll probably find us in there!

US: 515-604-9908

Access Code: [see chat in “BDB Chat” tab above]

International Local Dial-in Numbers

Albania +355 4 454 1702
Argentina +54 351 569-7183
Australia +61 2 8077 0505
Austria +43 1 2650524
Belgium +32 3 294 11 50
Brazil +55 11 3042-5274
Bulgaria +359 2 495 1701
Cambodia +855 96 696 7824
Chile +56 2 3210 9930
Colombia +57 6 7334210
Costa Rica +506 4090 1321
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Subterranean Homesick Red Whites and Blues

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I have been observing the latest complete and total misread and  pointlessly hopeless discussion of the actions of our President and my tolerance for bemused avoidance has hit it’s limit.

I even stopped by the old neighborhood for the first time in a while , using a web proxy to avoid detection and the take there is as deludedly useless as ever.

I have heard the pundits, the media , the Never Right and  running mouths like Sasse and McMullin  all describe the situation as:

Erratic, immature, inappropriate , counter productive, unbecoming, childlike, impulse control problem all centered around Trump’s conflict with the media .

Ryan has acted concerned, Lindsey Graham has tut tutted and so forth.

Some people look at the activity and see a strategy and … Continue reading →

In the old days

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It is the fourth here. Not many American flags that is for sure. In the old days my parents went to the consulate and have what they could not get in Japan Coca-Cola. Things certainly have changed. Japan has many Coke machines but ironically they sometimes don’t have Cokes in them.

In America when I was growing up there was the Fourth of July picnic. At night there was the fireworks display in the bay that I could see from my house.

What traditions do you remember?

Anyone Replace a Laptop Keyboard?

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I can get a usable laptop for a cheap price. The only catch is it needs a new keyboard. It is either an Asus or an Acer. (I can’t remember which one for I get the mixed up all the time.)

From what I have read it just takes removing some screws and disconnecting a cable then putting in the new keyboard. As many of you know what should happen and what does happen can be two different things.

I have done things to desktops but I have never done anything with a laptop. Any good suggestions would be appreciated?

 

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Why Don’t They Understand

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The thing with dealing with Trump is everything but everything has already been thrown at him. It is not as if anything more could be worse. People living with glass jaws should not throw punches.

I don’t know if I agree with Trump’s approach but he does go for the “jugular”. He sets up the image of weakness in his opponents. They look foolish when they react and prove his point. They never think of just laughing it off in not a sneering way but in a big way.

One must remember like the old joke about the two guys in the woods confronted with a bear. One went down and tied his shoes while the other said, “No one can outrun a bear.” He responded, “Yes, but … Continue reading →