Three Things: Mary Had a Little Lambda [UPDATE-1]
The pandemic isn’t over, not by a long chalk. The right-wing continues to kill itself clinging to anti-vax disinformation.
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About Rayne
Blogger since 2002, political activist since 2003, geek since birth. Opinions informed by mixed-race, multi-ethnic, cis-female condition, further shaped by kind friends of all persuasions. Sci-tech frenemy, wannabe artist, decent cook, determined author, successful troublemaker. Mother of invention and two excessively smart-assed young adult kids. Attended School of Hard Knocks; Rather Unfortunate Smallish Private Business School in Midwest; Affordable Mid-State Community College w/evening classes. Self-employed at Tiny Consulting Business; previously at Large-ish Chemical Company with HQ in Midwest in multiple marginalizing corporate drone roles, and at Rather Big IT Service Provider as a project manager, preceded by a motley assortment of gigs before the gig economy was a thing. Blogging experience includes a personal blog at the original blogs.salon.com, managing editor for a state-based news site, and a stint at Firedoglake before landing here at emptywheel as technology’s less-virginal-but-still-accursed Cassandra.
Entries by Rayne
Minority Report: Putin’s Programma Destabilizatsii Began Much Earlier
/79 Comments/in 2016 Presidential Election, 2020 Presidential Election, Trump Administration, Trump Alumni Crime/by RayneThere were at least two other problems with the material on which The Guardian’s article was written.
Carlson to McCarthy to Nunes: Obstruction or Worse?
/54 Comments/in Congress, Intelligence, Trump Alumni Crime/by RayneDid Tucker Carlson provide cover for House minority leader Kevin McCarthy to give Rep. Devin Nunes access to U.S. intelligence? Did this happen on behalf of a foreign entity?
Drive for Show, Putt for Dough: Trump’s Accountant’s Putting Method Revealed [UPDATE-3]
/110 Comments/in Trump Alumni Crime/by RayneNYS unsealed the indictment of Trump Org CFO Allen Weisselberg, pointing to the next hole(s) on this course to be played.
An Unknown Unknown Made Known Known
/62 Comments/in Bush Administration, Torture/by RayneFormer Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld who authorized torture under the Bush administration, passed away today at age 88. *spit*
Ending American Erasure
/81 Comments/in Culture, Racism/by RayneReject the erasure of Americans who aren’t white and accept the truth of this nation’s history.
Three Things: Waves of Stupidity
/114 Comments/in 2022 Mid-Term Election, Congress, COVID-19/by RayneWednesday was wave after wave of incredible stupidity, from anti-vaxx crackpots to moon madness. Make it stop!
Three Things: Pouring Cement Down the Wells
/18 Comments/in Climate Change, Domestic Policy, Economics, Energy Policy/by RayneThere’s no going back to the toxic avoidance of disruption. Change has come whether we like it or not — fossil fuel industries are finally feeling it.
Discuss: U.S. Mobile Data Compared to Rest of Globe
/31 Comments/in Domestic Policy/by RayneSometimes discussion material is self-evident, like the cost of U.S. mobile data compared to the rest of the world.
Track This Post: U.S. Postmaster DeJoy Must Be Fired and Hajjar Hired
/32 Comments/in Biden Administration, Congress, Domestic Policy, Surveillance/by RayneThe country has had enough economic hassle this past year — they don’t need more from Trump’s corrupt appointee Louis DeJoy. And whatever’s holding up Anton Hajjar’s appointment needs to end, stat, so he can help get rid of DeJoy.