Jerry Stratton's Blog, page 67
December 23, 2015
The Sunset of the Vice President
Rather than automatically sunsetting all laws (which I still support), perhaps the choice of which laws have not fulfilled their purpose should go to an elected official who otherwise has little in the way of official duties.
December 22, 2015
St. Louis: Dunaway Books
St. Louis has some great bookstores, and Dunaway Books is one of the better.
December 20, 2015
I Heard The Bells on Christmas Day
���From Christmas Spectacular '09 at Essex Alliance Church, Essex Junction, VT. USA. Featuring the Celebration Choir and EAC Signing Team led by Candice Allembert.��� Possibly the most awe-inspiring version of I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day I���ve ever seen. This is one of my favorite Christmas songs. I do wish people would include the despairing lyrics, though. Without them, the inspiring lyrics aren���t quite as inspiring.
December 16, 2015
How to counter Trump���s immigration policy
When reasonable people are untrustworthy, it���s no surprise that voters turn to unreasonable people.
December 15, 2015
Scoop
In 1935, Evelyn Waugh traveled to Abyssinia to cover the Second Italo-Abyssinian War for the Daily Mail. He found it absurd enough, up to a point, to be the basis for a satire and combined some of his colleagues into William Boot of the Beast.
December 9, 2015
The one true gun law loophole
The only true gun law loophole is that criminals are willing to break the law. Law-abiding victims are not. Gun laws disarm victims but do not disarm murderers.
December 8, 2015
Twice Sold Tales of Seattle
If you���re in Denver and you���re a science fiction/fantasy fan, you really owe it to yourself to stop into Twice Sold Tales.
The bookstores less traveled
These aren���t the bookstores people travel across the country to visit. But if you���re already traveling across the country, you���ll want to take advantage of the opportunity to visit them.
December 2, 2015
Mom didn���t leave the left, it left her
Is my mom becoming more conservative, or is the left becoming more out of touch, not just with science but with mainstream religion?
December 1, 2015
Draw a circle on an iPad map from three points in Pythonista
Use Pythonista on the iPad to import a map screenshot, tap three points, and draw a circle from those three points. This simple shell can be used for other on-the-fly programming, too.
