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- November 27, 2016
- Rise in hate crimes following Trump win
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I have been reading with amusement the many idiotic rantings in the news threads regarding a rise in hate crime following the Trump win.
With individuals like George Soros financing wide scale subterfuge in his attempt to buy the democrats, progressives, and aliens in the United States this propaganda neither surprises nor alarms me.
Fortunately there is a sector of the populace which can see through the false appearances of deplorable behavior set into motion by those on the Soros payroll and others simply out to buy votes with entitlements for illegals who shouldn't even be in the United States anyway.
Which democrat or progressive or soros employee did this ?
Suffice it to say that the letters threatening genocide, the vandalism, and other planted evidence should be investigated fully prior to being proffered as fact by the mainstream media.
However, getting the facts straight is simply something the mainstream media can't tolerate in the light of sensationalist falsehoods and therefore they will likely continue their status quo approach to fabricated news anyway.
Boo !
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- November 26, 2016
- Mission Accomplished
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I'm happy to report that my retrofit of apache on top of tomcat was successful.
The reading was somewhat lengthy and I certainly had a couple of trial and error configurations going on but all-in-all I now have all the granular controls on my web server that I have missed for so long now.
The control files ported nicely to the mail server. Unfortunately, the web server required an extended ramp up given my unfamiliar grip on the mechanics involved in making all the new distro components work harmoniously.
Now, all that safety net that I built into those previous iterations of the blog are back in full force and I'll be tweaking these more as time progresses.
You have to crawl before you can walk ... and this new version of the OS has certainly made me crawl around a lot getting to this point.
Humbly.
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- November 25, 2016
- Buy Nothing Day
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There is a rather obscure observance known as Buy Nothing Day (BND) held internationally in protest of consumerism. The primary participants are North America, Great Britain, and Sweden.
It typically goes down on the dreaded "Black Friday" that historical first and largest shopping day of the holiday season. In other locations it may be held on the day after Black Friday ... which is the last Saturday in November.
Regardless of your consumeristic bent, I hope you enjoy either day participating in your lack of consumerism ... or reveling in it along with the rest of the fray.
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- November 24, 2016
- Happy Thanksgiving
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- November 23, 2016
- Log Crunch Expansion
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I'm expanding my log crunching project to include the mail logs. Hopefully this will be an interim solution until I can get awstats configured ... most likely post apache integration which has yet to transpire.
My aim is to firewall less, but firewall smarter.
The web log crunching has proven very effective and efficient. Now if this translates directly to the mail logs I will be most happy.
Actually true nirvana occurs when I reclaim apache so I can use all of the features it has that tomcat lacks.
I spent years learning them and now they sit unused.
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- November 22, 2016
- Thanksgiving Uninvitees
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From the petty and sniveling file:
USA Today has been running an amusing piece on people being uninvited to Thanksgiving because of the presidential election ... and more importantly, who they voted for during the process.
A family gathering should not be subject to the squabbling of members fretting over the perception of electorial malfeasance regardless of how eggregious those actions may appear.
Once the deed is done serious damage occurs in the realm of relationships because voting is one of those personal things we consider rights of citizenship.
Casting them asunder in the name of some candidate is bound to have repercussions beyond the election and into the remainder of interpersonal relations in the absence of a forgiving personality.
I for one am certainly not one of those forgiving personalities. Not that I don't forgive ... but I certainly decline to forget.
However, I don't tread on a person's right to vote for any reason. If you are a person; whomever you cast your vote for is between you and your conscience.
I may ridicule your selection but it will always be alright with me that you made it. After all, you have that same right to vote as I.
It's simply a matter which should be set aside in the spirit of priorities during the holidays. Who you are is much more important than for whom you cast your ballot on election day.
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- November 21, 2016
- Sex with Robots to eclipse real thing by 2050
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Read an interesting tidbit in the news threads which has been duplicated across quite a few outlets that sex with robots will be more prevalent than sex between people by the year 2050.
Inasmuch as I will be 95 at that time I feel that the issue is pretty much a moot point given the fact that I have lost a lot of my own drive in that area ... however, we'll see how things are after I begin hormone replacement therapy in January.
Should I resume my oldie but goodie horndog state after ... say February we'll see how the robot thing goes.
Something about real human interaction attracts me much more than the thought of some subservient foam rubber fully articulated and jointed artificial courtesan. I just think there's something to be said for the real thing. Anyway, the cards are stacked against sex between people if we are to believe the various news threads circulating presently.
Hmmmm ... !! ??
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- November 20, 2016
- Transgender Day of Remembrance 2016
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Today there is an annual alternate lifestyle observance called "Transgender Day of Remembrance".
It is held by the alternate lifestyle community in memory of persons who have been murdered due to a lack of acceptance of their so-called "transexuality" aka transphobia. Transexuality is a failure to accept one's chromosomal configuration in otherwise normal individuals imparting a desire to be female in XY persons (who are male) and a desire to be male in XX persons (who are female).
There are various rationales for acceptance of this failure to thrive and despite the fact that your chromosomal makeup is ultimately determinate as to what your human sexuality is from a standpoint of somatic provisioning (body parts). This is incongruent with the thought processes of the transexual persons and there are many incidents of violance toward these so-called "transgender" individuals with a significant number of murders and other acts against their persons.
This day was founded in 1999 by one Gwendolyn Ann Smith ... who being a "trangender woman" was likely an XY person memorializing another XY "transgender woman" named Rita Hester from Massachusetts.
It is said to be a day of action whereas it was once merely a web presence and the only criticism I have for the entirety of the tragedy which is violence towards others because they are otherwise sexually oriented is the fact that the women are XY and the men are XX.
In the absence of a true mosaic (intersex) genotype I view the classifications of XX individuals as "male" and XY individuals as "female" as scientific and medical falsehoods.
This being said I am also diametrically opposed to violence towards any human being because they view themselves differently.
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- November 19, 2016
- Today is Tony's Wedding
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My friend Tony is getting married today at 2:00 pm.
He and his bride, Maria, will tie the knot up the road a few miles just a scant six hours from now.
I bought a little card — then tried my hand at some impromptu wedding wishes and inserted a little cash.
Now I'm ready to get dressed and go !
So as they embark on this new facet of their lives I wish them and their blended family well.
Tony, being the family man he is, appears to enjoy the home life and hubbub which goes with those many domestic endeavors ...
Here's to Mr and Mrs Brown !
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- November 18, 2016
- Cursing and Intelligence
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I've been amused by some of the threads I've indulged regarding indicators for higher intelligence in people. A number of them are covered with "cursing" being one of those most discussed when the topic arises.
First of all, I would like to point out that I'm as smart as the next guy and I likely curse much more. I attribute this to my sailor days and much to my chagrin find that the coarse language has never left me since those days.
When my language embarassed those around me I was unable to key in on any of that and cursed right on. Nowadays I have rants of intermittent cursing and I think badly of myself for doing it.
This is due to my opinion that a person curses because they can't formulate verbiage otherwise to relate what's on their mind. The saddest part of this is what I feel is an excellent vocabulary simply laid waste by a propensity for bad words even in polite company.
How does one make amends for such reprehensible behavior in the absence of any remorse which survives "the now" into the consciousness of daily living ?
In a word, one doesn't. One only tries to do better at another time.
Thusly I continue this vicious cycle which I'm working on however feeble and lackluster appearances may be ... for I am just a man. I don't claim to be much anymore and I suppose the language is evidence for my diminished attempts at being that to which I might aspire.
Could it be that I've just given up ?
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- November 17, 2016
- Addiction Remains Epic Problem in the US
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Surgeon general Dr. Vivek Murthy released a report Thursday calling for a major cultural shift in the way Americans view drug and alcohol addiction.
Called "Facing Addiction in America" it speaks of the consequences of addiction, advances in brain science and the ability for treatment, and is generally a piece to inspire action regardless of the speed at which certain addiction numbers are growing ... such as those seen in opiod addiction.
Legitimate source beginnings mark the advent of addiction in some individuals who substitute street drugs like heroin for prescription pills in an effort to find some elusive relief they seek.
Regardless, the road is littered with pitfalls which impede success and having fought my own set of personal demons in this realm I can tell you that the addict has a particularly rough row to hoe with diminishing resources available due to budgetary constraints.
Regardless, there can be light at the end of the tunnel and I am fortunate to have been able to shake the monkey off my back using a technique called "cold turkey". I simply awoke one day having decided that enough was enough and I never indulged my addictive personality and dare say have been 30 years free of recreational drugs with a clearer thought process and a much more liberal tolerance to those taxing interpersonal relationships that eluded me in the past.
Suffice it to say that the chronic illness which is addiction was in my case a character flaw which I discarded like other aspects of the "old" me I chose to change.
The new me is a different human being altogether.
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- November 16, 2016
- Fake News, Disinformation Gone Crazy
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It is a recent manifestation in the news threads regarding the preponderance of "fake news" being placed on various social media outlets purporting to be the real thing.
With absences of facts and correct information these various sources appear to have their beginnings on those comedy shows set up as though they were presenting news when in actuality it is farce or satire in 'news clothing' as it were.
I am not really one to fall for a lot of this mess because I make it a point to read multiple outlets and always cross check to those with a veracity level I have investigated over time.
The conclusion I have come to regarding the entirety of "fake news" revolves around the millenials with their 'safe space' and other idiocy. I'm just glad that the generation that will succeed them do not appear to fall for the phony baloney crap which constitutes their existence.
When a generation of burger flippers reproduces and raises children these type of results are about all one may expect.
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- November 15, 2016
- Security and the Sex Crazed Site Member
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Reuters (among others) has reported that credentials for 412 million users of the (Adult) FriendFinder Networks Inc brands of sex and swinger sites have been compromised.
This is not the first time either.
It has been stated in the threads that some 78,301 of the accounts were in the .mil (military) domain and 5,650 were in the .gov (US government) registry.
Total Accounts Compromised 412,000,000 .mil "US Military Doman" 78,301 .gov "US Government Domain" 5,650 Other domain members compromised 411,916,049
Now then, who has the swingingest military and government of them all, oh mirror mirror ?
There certainly doesn't seem to be any need for security at Adult Friendfinder ... now does it you nasty people?
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- November 14, 2016
- Sadie Hawkins Day
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In all our idiotic role reversals based on males thinking they're females and females thinking they're males ... today is Sadie Hawkins Day.
A recurring theme through out my life, it stems from Al Capps Lil Abner comics which found their way through the threads of my existence since before I was in 1937 until about 1978 when I was in the navy crusing the Mediterranean.
The pretext was gender role reversal whereby women and girls went after the men and boys for dates which was not really done during much of the time frame.
Due to popular demand, what began as a simple non recurring episode of the comic strip turned into an annual observance for the bulk of 40 some odd years.
The Old Farmer's Almanac even marks the celebration as being held on November 15th of each year and it has been the topic of legend and lore through the eyes of those various Lil Abner comics and movies which have come around over the years.
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