Sunday, September 17, 2017

RURAL LIVES MATTER: Finally, some commonsense western fire policies.
THE NATIONAL RIFLE ASSOCIATION WARNS PROGRESSIVES: We're coming for you.

Progressives responded, predictably, by accusing the NRA of 'inciting violence.' If by 'inciting violence' progressives mean encouraging Americans to vote them out of office, then yes, we're inciting violence.

More.
SOMEONE ELSE’S COMPUTER: the prehistory of cloud computing.

On a personal level, one of my graduate student colleagues ran a small time-sharing service out of his home while we were both pursuing our doctorates; his service evolved to become AICS Research, which he ran until his untimely death in 2009.
COP HATER BENCHED: Professor put on leave for 'future dead cops' tweet.

Leave without pay pending firing, I hope.
EXPECT THE LEFT TO IMMEDIATELY DEMAND A BAN OF URINALS: Standing up to pee gives boys an unfair advantage in physics.
LOOKING AROUND OUTSIDE THIS MORNING, I've decided it time to start my annual "Autumn Leaves" series of posts. Here's the first:


The first view is looking north from the carport deck. The pond is barely visible above the stair rail, but it will become more visible as winter takes hold.



These next two are roughly the same view, the first taken from the loft window and the second from the terrace two levels down. From the loft view you can see that one of the trees has pretty well lost all its leaves.



Here are two more pond views; one from our 'coffee bench' about 1/3 of the way down the stairs to the pond, the other from the final turn to the water showing the dock and Waterbug paddle boat.


And finally a view down the driveway to Arapaho Walk. I'll continue posting every week until the trees are bare.
DON SURBER: "he {Trump] is Batman battling The Joker (mass media) and The Penguin (National Review)."

Heh.
THE MELTING POT and America's Muslims.
JEFF JACOBY: Freedom of association is for businesses, too. Unless you're a politically incorrect (disfavored) business....
WHEN YOU’RE “THE RESISTANCE,” what difference does the Constitution make?