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The Ransomware that Took Out My Desktop
Ransomware is a type of malware that prevents or limits users from accessing their system, either by locking the system’s screen or by locking the users’ files unless a ransom is paid.
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Trump Administration Plans to Eliminate Government Support for Arts, Humanities, Public Television
Originally posted on Diane Ravitch's blog: The Trump administration proves what some of us long feared and suspected: the crackpot fringe of the right wants to dumb down the populace by eliminating funding for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, the National Endowment for the Arts, and the National Endowment for the Humanities. These Yahoos hate education. They want the public…
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The Inner Musings of Steve Bannon By James W. Gaynor In fourth grade no one Would sit next to me at lunch. Not a lot has changed. According to Vlad Bloody Marys require Fresh human plasma. POTUS is nuts and Armageddon is taking More time than I thought. Nobody knows […] via To Russia, With Love: Single Malt Haikus — Open…
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The Story Trump Hopes to Bury–Or Has Already Buried
Originally posted on Diane Ravitch's blog: Now that Trump controls the FBI, the CIA, and the Attorney General, there is one story he wants you to forget about. Before the election we learned that the intelligence agencies agreed that the Russian government interfered in our election to benefit Trump. “That this story is constantly forgotten behind a barrage of daily…
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Masha Gessen: Rules for Surviving Autocracy
Originally posted on Diane Ravitch's blog: Masha Gessen is a Russian-American dissident who writes for the New York Times and the New York Review of Books. She wrote this article right after the election, on November 10. This consists of her six rules for surviving an autocracy. Here are a few excerpts: “Rule #1: Believe the autocrat. He means what…
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WSJ: McCain Will Stand Up to Trump
Originally posted on Diane Ravitch's blog: While other Republican senators and congressman cower, Senator John McCain will not bow and scrape to Trump. The Wall Street Journal writes today (sorry, can’t find the link–if you do, send it): Sen. McCain has served notice he is the Republican lawmaker most willing to defy the new Republican president The maverick is unleashed.…
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The Nightmare for Everyone on the Planet that some Clinical Psychologists call A Dream Come True
If you are hearing about malignant narcissism for the first time, you may be wondering how is that different from narcissistic personality disorder or simply narcissism. Isn’t narcissism malignant in itself?
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Does Tulsi Gabbard represent the future of the Democratic Party and the United States?
Originally posted on The Soulful Veteran's Blog: I was introduced to another rising star in the Democratic Party today. Her name is Tulsi Gabbard. She represents the 2nd District of Hawaii in the House of Representatives; she is a combat vet and a major in the Hawaii Army National Guard. Tulsi is impressive; quite possibly a hero, the future of…
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The Scorpion and Frog Fable Updated
The worker is satisfied because of the promise, and they set out, but close to the opposite bank of the raging river Little Fingers Donald Trump stings the worker.
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A Clear and Present Danger to the Republic
Originally posted on The Soulful Veteran's Blog: As a U.S. Marine, I came back from the Vietnam War in 1966, and PTSD followed me home like an evil, second shadow, and that PTSD conspired to wreck my life and drove me close to suicide a number of times. There was no support for combat vets with PTSD until the 1980s.…
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