A sampling of opinions, political cartoons, history, science, humor, satire and utter nonsense.
Friday, March 25, 2022
Welcome to the circus
A NASA software engineer for more than 20 years (retired), Egyptology hobbyist and ARCE-NC board of directors member for 25 years, former reporter and copy editor for the Kansas City Star and Louisville Courier-Journal. I favor open source development, Linux, network neutrality, medical care as a right and not a privilege, the ACLU, freedom of religion, and freedom of speech, among other things.
Monday, March 21, 2022
‘I’ll Stand on the Side of Russia’: Pro-Putin Sentiment Spreads Online - The New York Times
A NASA software engineer for more than 20 years (retired), Egyptology hobbyist and ARCE-NC board of directors member for 25 years, former reporter and copy editor for the Kansas City Star and Louisville Courier-Journal. I favor open source development, Linux, network neutrality, medical care as a right and not a privilege, the ACLU, freedom of religion, and freedom of speech, among other things.
Sunday, March 20, 2022
How the Far Right Faction of the GOP is embracing the Russian invasion of the Ukraine
https://www.thedailybeast.com/how-russian-disinformation-goes-from-the-kremlin-to-qanon-to-fox-news
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A NASA software engineer for more than 20 years (retired), Egyptology hobbyist and ARCE-NC board of directors member for 25 years, former reporter and copy editor for the Kansas City Star and Louisville Courier-Journal. I favor open source development, Linux, network neutrality, medical care as a right and not a privilege, the ACLU, freedom of religion, and freedom of speech, among other things.
Friday, March 18, 2022
Link between high cholesterol and heart disease 'inconsistent', new study finds
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2022-03-link-high-cholesterol-heart-disease.html
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A NASA software engineer for more than 20 years (retired), Egyptology hobbyist and ARCE-NC board of directors member for 25 years, former reporter and copy editor for the Kansas City Star and Louisville Courier-Journal. I favor open source development, Linux, network neutrality, medical care as a right and not a privilege, the ACLU, freedom of religion, and freedom of speech, among other things.
Wednesday, March 16, 2022
Curmudgeonly
·Fan PageThese insults are from an era before the English language got boiled down to 4-letter words.
1. "He had delusions of adequacy " Walter Kerr2. "He has all the virtues I dislike and none of the vices I admire."- Winston Churchill3. "I have never killed a man, but I have read many obituaries with great pleasure. - Clarence Darrow4. "He has never been known to use a word that might send a reader to the dictionary."-William Faulkner (about Ernest Hemingway)5. "Poor Faulkner. Does he really think big emotions come from big words?"- Ernest Hemingway (about William Faulkner)6. "Thank you for sending me a copy of your book; I'll waste no time reading it." - Moses Hadas7. "I didn't attend the funeral, but I sent a nice letter saying I approved of it." - Mark Twain8. "He has no enemies, but is intensely disliked by his friends." - Oscar Wilde9. "I am enclosing two tickets to the first night of my new play; bring a friend, if you have one." -George Bernard Shaw to Winston Churchill10. "Cannot possibly attend first night, will attend second... if there is one." - Winston Churchill, in response11. "I feel so miserable without you; it's almost like having you here" - Stephen Bishop12. "He is a self-made man and worships his creator." - John Bright13. "I've just learned about his illness. Let's hope it's nothing trivial." - Irvin S. Cobb14. "He is not only dull himself; he is the cause of dullness in others." - Samuel Johnson15. "He is simply a shiver looking for a spine to run up. - Paul Keating16. "He loves nature in spite of what it did to him." - Forrest Tucker17. "Why do you sit there looking like an envelope without any address on it?" - Mark Twain18. "His mother should have thrown him away and kept the stork." - Mae West19. "Some cause happiness wherever they go; others, whenever they go." - Oscar Wilde20. "He uses statistics as a drunken man uses lamp-posts... for support rather than illumination." - Andrew Lang (1844-1912)21. "He has Van Gogh's ear for music." - Billy Wilder22. "I've had a perfectly wonderful evening. But I'm afraid this wasn't it." - Groucho Marx23. The exchange between Winston Churchill & Lady Astor: She said, "If you were my husband I'd give you poison." He said, "If you were my wife, I'd drink it."24. "He can compress the most words into the smallest idea of any man I know." - Abraham Lincoln25. "There's nothing wrong with you that reincarnation won't cure." -- Jack E. Leonard26. "They never open their mouths without subtracting from the sum of human knowledge." -- Thomas Brackett Reed27. "He inherited some good instincts from his Quaker forebears, but by diligent hard work, he overcame them." -- James Reston (about Richard Nixon) —Robert L Truesdell
A NASA software engineer for more than 20 years (retired), Egyptology hobbyist and ARCE-NC board of directors member for 25 years, former reporter and copy editor for the Kansas City Star and Louisville Courier-Journal. I favor open source development, Linux, network neutrality, medical care as a right and not a privilege, the ACLU, freedom of religion, and freedom of speech, among other things.
Monstrosity
Mike Luckovich for March 15, 2022
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A NASA software engineer for more than 20 years (retired), Egyptology hobbyist and ARCE-NC board of directors member for 25 years, former reporter and copy editor for the Kansas City Star and Louisville Courier-Journal. I favor open source development, Linux, network neutrality, medical care as a right and not a privilege, the ACLU, freedom of religion, and freedom of speech, among other things.
Monday, March 14, 2022
War is God’s way of teaching Americans geography.
>>
>> Points of Enlightenment
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Al McGuire
>>
>> "The only mystery in life is why
>> the kamikaze pilots wore helmets."
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Albert Einstein
>>
>> "The difference between
>> stupidity and genius
>> is that genius has its limits."
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Ambrose Bierce
>>
>> "War is God's way of teaching
>> Americans geography."
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Andy Borowitz
>>
>> "It would be nice to spend billions
>> on schools and roads, but right now
>>
>> that money is desperately needed
>> for political ads."
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Ann Landers
>>
>> "At every party there are two kinds
>> of people those who want to go home
>> and those who don't. The trouble is,
>> they are usually married to each other."
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Ashleigh Brilliant
>>
>> "My opinions may have changed,
>> but not the fact that I'm right."
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Benny Hill
>>
>> "Have you noticed that all the people in
>> favor of birth control are already born?"
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Bill Watterson
>>
>> "The surest sign that intelligent life
>> exists elsewhere in the universe is
>> that it has never tried to contact us."
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Buddy Hackett
>>
>> "As a child my family's menu
>> consisted of two choices:
>> take it or leave it."
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Caroline Rhea
>>
>> "My favorite machine at the gym
>> is the vending machine."
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Casey Stengel
>>
>> "All right everyone,
>> line up alphabetically
>> according to your height."
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Dave Barry
>>
>> "Never under any circumstances
>> take a sleeping pill and
>> a laxative on the same night."
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Benjamin Franklin
>>
>> "Trouble knocked at the door, but,
>> hearing laughter, hurried away."
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Edward Abbey
>>
>> "The duty of a patriot is to protect
>> his country from its government."
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Emo Philips
>>
>> "How many people here have
>> telekinetic powers?
>> Raise my hand."
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> George Burns
>>
>> "If you live to be one hundred,
>> you've got it made.
>> Very few people die past that age."
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Points of Enlightenment
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Al McGuire
>>
>> "The only mystery in life is why
>> the kamikaze pilots wore helmets."
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Albert Einstein
>>
>> "The difference between
>> stupidity and genius
>> is that genius has its limits."
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Ambrose Bierce
>>
>> "War is God's way of teaching
>> Americans geography."
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Andy Borowitz
>>
>> "It would be nice to spend billions
>> on schools and roads, but right now
>>
>> that money is desperately needed
>> for political ads."
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Ann Landers
>>
>> "At every party there are two kinds
>> of people those who want to go home
>> and those who don't. The trouble is,
>> they are usually married to each other."
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Ashleigh Brilliant
>>
>> "My opinions may have changed,
>> but not the fact that I'm right."
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Benny Hill
>>
>> "Have you noticed that all the people in
>> favor of birth control are already born?"
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Bill Watterson
>>
>> "The surest sign that intelligent life
>> exists elsewhere in the universe is
>> that it has never tried to contact us."
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Buddy Hackett
>>
>> "As a child my family's menu
>> consisted of two choices:
>> take it or leave it."
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Caroline Rhea
>>
>> "My favorite machine at the gym
>> is the vending machine."
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Casey Stengel
>>
>> "All right everyone,
>> line up alphabetically
>> according to your height."
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Dave Barry
>>
>> "Never under any circumstances
>> take a sleeping pill and
>> a laxative on the same night."
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Benjamin Franklin
>>
>> "Trouble knocked at the door, but,
>> hearing laughter, hurried away."
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Edward Abbey
>>
>> "The duty of a patriot is to protect
>> his country from its government."
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Emo Philips
>>
>> "How many people here have
>> telekinetic powers?
>> Raise my hand."
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> George Burns
>>
>> "If you live to be one hundred,
>> you've got it made.
>> Very few people die past that age."
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
A NASA software engineer for more than 20 years (retired), Egyptology hobbyist and ARCE-NC board of directors member for 25 years, former reporter and copy editor for the Kansas City Star and Louisville Courier-Journal. I favor open source development, Linux, network neutrality, medical care as a right and not a privilege, the ACLU, freedom of religion, and freedom of speech, among other things.
Tuesday, March 8, 2022
Burdened.
A NASA software engineer for more than 20 years (retired), Egyptology hobbyist and ARCE-NC board of directors member for 25 years, former reporter and copy editor for the Kansas City Star and Louisville Courier-Journal. I favor open source development, Linux, network neutrality, medical care as a right and not a privilege, the ACLU, freedom of religion, and freedom of speech, among other things.
Sunday, March 6, 2022
Shame!
A NASA software engineer for more than 20 years (retired), Egyptology hobbyist and ARCE-NC board of directors member for 25 years, former reporter and copy editor for the Kansas City Star and Louisville Courier-Journal. I favor open source development, Linux, network neutrality, medical care as a right and not a privilege, the ACLU, freedom of religion, and freedom of speech, among other things.
Tuesday, March 1, 2022
Putin & Friends
https://theweek.com/cartoons?utm_campaign=cartoon_newsletter_20220301&utm_source=cartoon_newsletter&utm_medium=email&refid=EC00810C762AB56EC3E80756621BFB88
Sent from my Linux system.
A NASA software engineer for more than 20 years (retired), Egyptology hobbyist and ARCE-NC board of directors member for 25 years, former reporter and copy editor for the Kansas City Star and Louisville Courier-Journal. I favor open source development, Linux, network neutrality, medical care as a right and not a privilege, the ACLU, freedom of religion, and freedom of speech, among other things.
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