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Biden’s VP Dilemma
Over at Knappster, Thomas Knapp and his brother muse on the prospects of who Joe Biden would pick as his Vice-Presidential running mate (presuming that he is the nominee for the democrats. There’s been some chatter about her running for president, but that seems unlikely. We’ve already seen what happens to former first ladies who get … Biden’s VP Dilemma
Supreme Court term limits?
I forget how I came across it, but I was recently engrossed in [this article about term limits for the Supreme Court, “A Better System for Appointing Justices to the U.S. Supreme Court” by Andrew Johnson.][1]
[1]: https://medium.com/@andrjohn751/a-better-system-for-putting-judges-on-the-u-s-supreme-court-bce9962ef0eb
I have some detailed thoughts on it,
Student IDs and security
Recently, Dave Mark at The Loop commented on the news that many colleges would be enabling digital student IDs on Apple Wallet on iPhones and Apple Watches: As recently as a few years ago, a large number of colleges used a student’s social security number as their student ID and, even worse, printed those numbers … Student IDs and security
OM’s own blog rebirth, and the personal platform.
Om Malik is also redesigning his blog… and reinvesting in the medium of blogging: The redesign is not just visual. Instead, it reflects my desire to rekindle my love for the only form of writing that makes sense to me: blogging. … … it allows me to fully capture what is going on in my … OM’s own blog rebirth, and the personal platform.
Cult vs Cult
One cult: You are not allowed to criticize dear leader. Other cult: Criticism of him does not count unless you join our cult. @AG_Conservative on Twitter on Jan 2, 2019
ComicsPundit Rebirth: The Fonts
For many years I’ve taken advantage of web fonts to help make ComicsPundit a unique experience. Long before TypeKit or other similar services came around to allow individuals to tap into their servers to host webfonts, I sought to host fonts on my own server. But one cannot legally take a font off your desktop … ComicsPundit Rebirth: The Fonts
Pardon the reboot… Rebirth?
Since I started having a personal blog, It was an annual or biennial thing to undergo a whole redesign of the website, often changing platforms in the process. Usually this resulted in me doing more design work than writing. But, for about a half a decade or more I’d been steady in holding to one … Pardon the <s>reboot</s>… Rebirth?
Civility [no-bullshit]: Penn Jillette
As the frustration with Trump boils with many accross the country, a touch of perspective is needed lest the outrage defeat the purpose of opposing Trump’s agenda. But how to communicate that to those who have gone so far as to brand all opponents (and sometimes those who aren’t oppesed enough for their tastes) as … Civility [no-bullshit]: Penn Jillette
Quote of the Day
… from Scott Shackford at Reason Magazine So what I would recommend to anybody calling for an alliance between libertarians and the left (regardless of whichever side is making the call) is not look at Trump as some particularly remarkably bad outlier and anomaly (though he is certainly giving every sign he’s going to be … Quote of the Day