Jerry Stratton's Blog, page 56

December 16, 2016

Renumber selected lines of text

This very short script renumbers lines of text and normalizes on a single tab/space combination in front of each number.
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Published on December 16, 2016 04:00

December 14, 2016

How the left transformed vulgarity into courage and elected Donald Trump

When you lose to Donald Trump, look inward, because it isn’t Donald Trump’s fault. The establishment left, especially the media, attacked Donald Trump just like he was Joe the Plumber. But Donald Trump has the platform to attack back. Doing so took courage, and the Plumbers of America recognized that.
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Published on December 14, 2016 04:00

December 13, 2016

Retro Review: Small Soldiers

What if Steve Jobs made toys?
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Published on December 13, 2016 04:00

December 7, 2016

Clinton supporters, can we make a deal?

The left is refusing to look inward about why they lost the election, and instead continues to try to blame Trump supporters for just not being introspective enough to see how horrible their candidate is.
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Published on December 07, 2016 04:00

December 2, 2016

Calculate poster pixel sizes from an existing image file

This script takes a height and a width in whatever units you wish, an existing set of pixel dimensions for an image file, and calculates which pixel dimension should be cropped to match the poster size.
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Published on December 02, 2016 04:00

November 30, 2016

Should people dismantle their life’s work, to enter politics?

With someone from outside the political class breaking into the White House, the political class is looking to build some border walls of their own.
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Published on November 30, 2016 04:00

November 29, 2016

Champaign, Illinois: Orphans Treasure Box

In what looks like a warehouse district in Champaign, Orphans Treasure Box sells inexpensive used books “to support orphans, foster children, and families”.
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Published on November 29, 2016 04:00

November 23, 2016

Lessons for new Presidents: Entangling long-term alliances

How will our foreign policy change after President Obama’s Fortress America?
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Published on November 23, 2016 04:00

November 16, 2016

Election lessons: The Supreme Court and the New Tone

If the left really wants to reign in Donald Trump, they should force him to stick to the list of potential Supreme Court nominations that he announced before the election.
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November 15, 2016

The Levenger Ambi Folio

One of the best writing purchases I’ve made has been the Levenger Ambi Folio. It’s been a near-constant companion when I go out to write.
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Published on November 15, 2016 04:00