In Memoriam

• Roy Dotricehttps://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/16/obituaries/roy-dotrice-dead-veteran-actor-and-tony-winner.html?hpw&rref=obituaries&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&module=well-region&region=bottom-well&WT.nav=bottom-wellhttps://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/16/obituaries/roy-dotrice-dead-veteran-actor-and-tony-winner.html?hpw&rref=obituaries&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&module=well-region&region=bottom-well&WT.nav=bottom-well, actor.

Sima Wali, champion of Afghan women's rights

Mary Cochran, dancer.

Richard Wilbur, poet.

Secretaries of State Calling Their Presidents Names

Lance Mannion noting history of Secretaries of State. Current S of S used the term "moron" about Trump. 

Warning re:Politifact

"PolitiFact has been an invaluable resource for debunking politicians' misstatements and falsehoods."Politifact has been hacked from Washington Post article

Under ordinary circumstances, said Mursch, Coin Hive is used by some websites as an alternative to advertising. But in the case of PolitiFact, somebody has programmed the site to run multiple versions of Coin Hive simultaneously, basically bringing any visitor's computer to a processing halt.

(there were links to refutatons to "voter fraud" allegations.) twisted chick on dreamwidth notified readers.
WaPo dislikes ad blockers.

Body Mod Off the rails

Don't tattoo your eyeball.

Fascism is still evil.

Speech given by Trump to "Values Voters" Obama eulogy after massacre at church last year.

One of the sayings of my people is that solutions to problems which require time machines are not good solutions.  Corollary to that is anything requiring mass teleportation also is not a workable  or good solution.

Someone raised as a racist.

Yastreblyasky bitch-slaps Ross Douthat.  Because Clinton Derangement Syndrome apparently never dies.

Risk of cholera in Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria.

In Memoriam

Tom Petty, musician
Anne Jeffreys, actress
Monty Hall, game show host (& co-creator)
Lady Lucan, not murdered
The 50+ people killed in Las Vegas