He Was Seeing His Other, Secret Family

Alison Collins, an avowed opponent of merit-based school admissions, has been recalled, along with 2 of her colleagues.

…has been recalled, along with 2 of her colleagues.
Yes, but to be replaced with three selected by the feckless Mayor Breed, so the recall may turn out to be the proverbial cure worse than the disease.

er…?
I’ve found a photo:
https://twitter.com/hknightsf/status/1436723023172669443?lang=en-GB

More whimsical fuckery from reading the Wall Street Journal this morning:

The IRS still uses Cobol, a programming language conceived in 1959 whose syntax and structure are inconsistent with modern computer languages.

https://www.wsj.com/articles/tax-cheats-irs-cant-keep-up-filing-internal-revenue-service-waste-taxpayer-advocate-service-welfare-benefits-child-tax-credit-obamacare-11644960557?mod=opinion_lead_pos5
Perhaps the answer to protest lies not in truck convoys but simply using April 15th as just another day to take a walk, enjoy the Spring weather, and file nothing. At my age, if I were to follow the lead of Al Sharpton, it seems to me that the IRS might – might – catch up to me just in time for me to appreciate a retirement in a federal prison. Three hots and a cot, free healthcare, prison library, Internet access . . .
Jesus said “Render unto Caesar what is due to Caesar.” I don’t think He necessarily discounted and extended middle finger. After all, one answer to “What would Jesus do?” is “Freak out and start flipping moneylending tables.”

Oh, and ping!
I want to make sure the kids in the other secret family get their gruel.

Let’s see if that fixes the italics.
For goodness’ sake – he’s only been out 5 minutes!

Oh dear.
https://twitter.com/nytmedia/status/1492340250013745156

Slate not making a profit? I’m shocked!

Slate not making a profit? I’m shocked!
I won’t have a word said against Slate. It’s been a rich source of material.

The IRS still uses Cobol, a programming language conceived in 1959 whose syntax and structure are inconsistent with modern computer languages.
The Wall Street Journal still uses journalists whose ignorance and pretension is incompatible with reporting on complex topics.
COBOL compilers are available for every modern operating system. God, I hate journalists.

I have friends living in SF. When they have “incidents” with vandals or similar, I usually think to myself “there is none so blind as he who will not see.”
Discussing these issues with them is Right Out.

and mojo to restore
mo-ho as in the delicious citrusy, garlicky Cuban marinade, or mo-jo as in a magic charm or talisman?
Enquiring minds need to know.

The IRS still uses Cobol, a programming language conceived in 1959 whose syntax and structure are inconsistent with modern computer languages.
This is, of course, complete b*ll*cks.
No computer language is “inconsistent” with any other, during my 35+ years of coding, 15 of which were in COBOL, there was no issue interfacing with other languages, in fact, it was a lot easier than C/C++.
Of course, this is not to say the systems running COBOL suffer from other issues, namely (a) running on ancient hardware, and (b) nobody except old timers like me know it and you have to spend a small fortune employing us instead of the “experts” from other cheaper regions of the world.
Unfortunely, COBOL falls under the engineers maxim of “if it ain’t broke it don’t need fixing”
As a postscript, it’s worth noting that most of the “modern” computer languages all the young dudes know are about 30+ years old as well.

Hopefully this makes it through the spam trap.
Ain’t social media grand?
Surgery-addicted social media star unveils her new ‘Barbie nose’ and ‘cat eyes’

When all you have is a hammer.
That sounds like something a nail would say, if you ask me.

Who all is shocked at this developement?
Oh yeah, we’re screwed. Oh, and the federal no-air-travel-unless-vaccinated restriction is still in place. So we can’t leave. Fucking Venezuela-on-the-Huron, we are.

Who all is shocked at this development?
Obviously, the solution for Trudeau is to stand in front of a camera and explain that citizens will not be allowed to withdraw more than $300 a week, which should be enough for everyone. This rule will be enforced until panic subsides.

Surgery-addicted social media star unveils her new ‘Barbie nose’ and ‘cat eyes’

‘I like to look really trashy and cheap and s****y,’ she told the No Jumper podcast in September.

If the asterisks are “hitt”, mission accomplished.
The voluptuous star…
Unusual definition.
She admitted earlier this month she was concerned the tensions between Ukraine and Russia could potentially derail her trip.
To her credit, at least she is up on current affairs.

Always on the cutting edge of advanced technology and progressive ideas, NYC, leading the way into the Glorious World of Next Tuesday with electric tuk-tuks.

electric tuk-tuks
Well, if you’re going to import a third-world workforce, you might as well import the their preferred vehicles too.
Of course it could all be part of a cunning plan – if we turn the West into precisely the same shithole as the immigrants come from, then maybe they won’t want to come any more?

Elec tuk-tuks: That would hold enough packages for about 30 min of deliveries, then the driver has to go back for more.
Standup: many comedians won’t do shows on college campus’ for this reason. I saw a black comedian online doing a skit about rednecks. He said you call people to help you move, 5 show up but if you ask a redneck, only one comes because that’s all you need. He goes on about rednecks are never “just hanging around” because they are always busy, have tools in their truck. It was hilarious because you thought he was going to dis them, and it is the opposite.
Trudeau’s clever moves and his new dictatorship ignore that he is a minority prime minister (his party 1/3 of seats) and he can be no-confidence voted out in a heartbeat. There is already agitation in Can parliament. To invoke emergency powers over truckers honking their horns…please don’t give Pelosi ideas (oh wait, she tried that on Jan 6 with the nat guard and barbed wire).

Don’t try to understand what the writer “means” by this. It makes no sense.
“Everything you read in the newspapers is absolutely true—except for the rare story of which you happen to have firsthand knowledge.”
—Knoll’s Law of Media Accuracy (Erwin Knoll, editor, “The Progressive”)
“You read with exasperation or amusement the multiple errors in a story, and then turn the page to national or international affairs, and read as if the rest of the newspaper was somehow more accurate on those subjects than the baloney you just read. You turn the page, and forget what you know.”
—Gell-Mann Amnesia Effect (Michael Crichton)

(his party 1/3 of seats)
His party has 47% of the seats with 32% of the popular vote which lies at the heart of the problem with Canadian Parliamentary democracy. The Official Opposition party, the Conservatives have 35% of the seats and yet they won 34% of the popular vote.
But you’re right, he has a second minority government, which Canadians have allowed to operate as if it were a majority with a clear mandate from the people. The trucker convoy is the least embarrassing thing about Canadian politics.

Trudeau’s clever moves and his new dictatorship ignore that he is a minority prime minister (his party 1/3 of seats) and he can be no-confidence voted out in a heartbeat.
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Trudeau’s Liberals are prepped up by the NDP. In a parliamentary system power is held not by the party with a plurality of seats, but with the party that can boost total seats to a majority. That means the NDP sets the agenda, not the Liberals. This is the most power the NDP has ever had federally and they always vote monolithically. To lose a confidence vote – or even to lose a vote on the Emergencies Act – Trudeau has to lose 17 seats. That’s not going to happen. We just had a federal election and Trudeau is not legally obligated to call another one for five years.
There is no legal way out of this.
Don’t try to understand what the writer “means” by this. It makes no sense.
Sure it does. It’s sensible and accurate. COBOL is a domain specific language; obviously its “syntax and structure are inconsistent with modern computer languages” because domain specific languages are out of vogue (outside of things like HCL and SQL). The problem isn’t that the statement isn’t sensible, it’s that it’s trivial and irrelevant. It’s like saying “Ruby’s structure and syntax are inconsistent with modern computer languages”.

Elec tuk-tuks: That would hold enough packages for about 30 min of deliveries, then the driver has to go back for more.
I don’t know how about other neighborhoods but ours being one where golf carts are frequently used (we live near a country club) a larger UPS truck parks…well, somewhere…I haven’t seen exactly where…but then the packages are delivered via golf cart through our quieter streets. Which is greatly appreciated and makes good sense. I could see a similar thing working somewhat like that in some cities. Not sure in the hustle and bustle of NYC though. OTOH, not much different from the bicycle messenger guys who (used to?) buzz around town.

He said you call people to help you move, 5 show up but if you ask a redneck, only one comes because that’s all you need. He goes on about rednecks are never “just hanging around” because they are always busy, have tools in their truck. It was hilarious because you thought he was going to dis them, and it is the opposite.
Josh Pray? He’s great. But I can only take him in doses. One out of every five or ten of his videos. Seems like a genuine good guy anyway.

If you read the linked article, you’ll see that her primary source only covers patents issued through 1899… so *of course* the line crashes in 1900.

…the drop off in black patents per million is noteworthy.
Not if you note there are two different scales on two Y axes…

(I’m reposting … posted first in wrong thread. Oops.)
Responded on the other thread. I’m too lazy to move over all the links.

the propaganda arm of the Liberals
When I was a very young child, “liberal” was an honorable label. Nowadays I wouldn’t cross the street to piss on a liberal who was on fire.

Not if you note there are two different scales on two Y axes…
Well didn’t I effectively say that? “While the author is being deceptive with the comparison of black with white” [ then what you quoted ] “Just not in context of whites nor parity with whites.”

Uh oh … this is just getting uglier by the hour.

Did I say “by the hour”? Looks like Berlin before the wall came down in 1989.

It has already been nicknamed Checkpoint Trudeau.
“The secured area includes almost 100 checkpoints that will have police presence to ensure that those seeking entry to that secure area for a unlawful reason, such as joining a protest, cannot enter the downtown core,” acting Ottawa Police Chief Steve Bell said Thursday.
Canada’s capital, operating under the Emergencies Act, now has ‘no go zones” similar to a police state. Authorities set up checkpoints with armed police officers in downtown Ottawa on Thursday — from Highway 417 (Queensway) to Parliament Hill, where dozens of trucks have been parked for three weeks.
To get through the Berlin Wall under communism, people had to go through entry points known as Checkpoint Alpha, Checkpoint Bravo and, of course, Checkpoint Charlie. Now to get into through Ottawa’s police manned border points, people must produce papers to prove they live in the area or have a reason to be there.

Deputy PM Chrystia Freeland:
Another site, with reference to her fondness for squeezing into dresses at least 2 sizes too small, took to naming her Princess Sausage Bitch. Justin was Prince Sparkle Socks.

For the past two years we have all seen the authoritarian batshit craziness in Oz exemplified by the uber-zealous Victoria police. Now the Canucks seem to be trying to top that.
When the Commonwealth is quietly disbanded once HRH passes away it won’t be a moment too soon. Too bad the UN won’t suffer the same fate.

the drop off in black patents per million is noteworthy
Is it though?
In 1900 the U.S. population was around 80 million. The proportion of blacks in 1900 was around 10%.
So the 1900 fall from 0.6 to 0.13 patents per million blacks represents a drop from 5 total patents to 1 patent in what looks like a year.
Hardly noteworthy. Even before you add in her deliberate (or incompetent) mis-representation of the data.

A Microsoft Windows update.
Bwah! Ha! Ha!
[ Nonchalantly licks his Minty Linux installation ]

In terms of scale, it’s not unlike if, say, a fifth of the population suddenly said it was gay. You might think something odd were happening.
But they’re not gay. They’re LGBTQ+.
I have a compassion for what I guess are now “old school” gays or maybe the term now is cis-gay – in short, biological men who are attracted to other biological men and biological women who are attracted to other biological women. Being old enough to remember Stonewall (yes, I was naught a child but I had parents who used the dinner table in the Bronx to discuss current affairs), it seems what was the gay community has been usurped by the “TQ+” of the above acronym. I have heard women voice a fear of the death of lesbians since should a girl express no interest in “girly things,” why, clearly she is in the wrong body and must be encouraged to transition to identify as a male – because, otherwise . . . shut up, TERF.
David, are you finding it harder to recruit hench lesbians?

We grow our own.
Locally sourced, excellent.

Is it though?
OK, another slight deception. I didn’t see those decimal points and thought the scale on the right was 2, 4, 6, 8… I was taught that when presenting scientific data you ALWAYS precede the decimal point with a zero to prevent this very sort of confusion. Was I miseducated? That definitely makes it a lesser point but still odd that the variation drops off decisively and stays there. Plus given the misrepresentation of the data, it would not surprise me that the data itself was massaged.

Bwah! Ha! Ha! [ Nonchalantly licks his Minty Linux installation ]
How sharper than a serpent’s tooth…

Answer: Shut up, TERF.
TERF is one of those expressions that serve as useful clues: When a self-described libertarian implies that I am a TERF, I know that his libertarianism is a mere pose and that he secretly loves tyranny.

I am going to go out on a limb and guess Adidas’ ad agency has no clue about Russia.

‘The notion of “freedom” was historically and remains intertwined with Whiteness’.
Nice of them to acknowledge it. Of course they could have added rights, liberty, industry, writing, the abolition of slavery, turning up on time and inventing the wheel, but baby steps. Baby steps.
“Indigenous Latino”. Isn’t that a Spaniard?

Today In Racism™ Holiday Special, …Thomas is a “Black justice whose rulings often resemble the thinking of White conservatives.”

I am going to go out on a limb and guess Adidas’ ad agency has no clue about Russia.
I can’t imagine why Russians get the idea in their heads that the Western tradition of beauty and order is being systematically degraded, that they can recognize a propaganda campaign when it’s targeted at them, and that they have a right to name and counter what’s going on.

Adidas ad: used to be that ads were aspirational. You bought stuff because it might make you feel better, prettier, higher status or to have fun. Now it is all propaganda all the time. At Target in the US the big pics in the women’s dept are now chunky and not pretty women. Ok, more “fair” but is one supposed to aspire to being chunky?

but is one supposed to aspire to being chunky?
It’s become the default… size. OTOH, “dieting” is now considered “work”, as in “I’m working on a diet” (actually heard a female relative utter that phrase. I lol’d), as if NOT stuffing one’s maw takes more effort…
As to the Russian thingy – I’m reminded of the old tale about the Havaaad trained spy, fluent in all Russian dialects, able to converse on all day to day matters, only to be discovered as a US spy – ’cause he was black.
Heh.

The extreme over-reaction in Ottawa
It’s quite frightening to see the government of Canada acting to bankrupt fifty thousand people and their families, and render them homeless and starving, by “debanking” them because of an act (donating to a fund for a truly peaceful protest) which was entirely legal when performed.

Huh?