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The Geek's Raven
[An excerpt, with thanks to Marcus Bales]

Once upon a midnight dreary,
fingers cramped and vision bleary,
System manuals piled high and wasted paper on the floor,
Longing for the warmth of bedsheets,
Still I sat there, doing spreadsheets:
Having reached the bottom line,
I took a floppy from the drawer.
Typing with a steady hand, I then invoked the SAVE command
But got instead a reprimand: it read "Abort, Retry, Ignore".

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Friday, October 09, 2026

Republican lip service

As you may have noticed, as the lead in the generic polls for the Democrats approaches double digits in the elections upcoming in mere weeks now, the Republicans are engaging in frantic lip service to try to hold onto their jobs, without actually doing anything, and in particular, without actually doing anything to defy Donald Trump. Republicans are vehemently stating their opposition to the war with Iran, without actually attempting to do anything whatsoever to stop it. Republicans are expressing their opposition in no uncertain terms to AI data centers, without actually attempting to shut them down, or prevent their further development. Republicans are violently denouncing Donald Trump's intention to live stream the public execution of the perpetrator of the Fort Hood shooting, as barbaric and unacceptable, without taking any steps whatsoever to prevent it. Republicans are expressing their clear and unequivocal disapproval of Donald Trump and his family taking huge bribes from foreign businessmen, engaging in clear insider trading, and profiting in the billions from government contracts funded directly with taxpayer money, without actually making the slightest effort to limit them. Even in areas in which their extremist right-wing ideology, and those of their core supporters, actually won't permit them to express lip service directly -- like, by saying, "Yes we will raise taxes on the rich and corporations to shore up essential social services, no problem, guys!" -- they are attempting to wheedle their way back into the hearts of voters with begging and whining. Take JD Vance saying "Give us another chance". Now, why would we want to do that exactly? Can JD Vance explain that? Has he even tried to explain that? Fool me once, shame on you, fool me twice, shame on me, JD. Or, take those charming Republicans whining that all Democrats are "Islamo-Communists", and that "I can't see why this is even close, we all know that socialism never works." Please, take them! And, guys, it's not even close, the Democrats are going to wipe the floor with the GOP in a few weeks, this election is going to be an historic disaster for the Republicans. Fact is nothing works. Not that well, anyway. Communism doesn't work, capitalism doesn't work, socialism doesn't work. So, we keep trying things out , experimenting if you like, to see what helps the most, and does the least damage, at any given time and place. Obviously, Donald Trump is making a total mess of things, as Richard Nixon was making a total mess of things, which is precisely why he was forced out of office, Watergate was just a convenient legal pretest and excuse, merely a single clear example of Nixon's illegality, paranoia and total incompetence. As the Republicans will find out as a group, in a few weeks, and as Donald Trump will find out next year. #uselections #donaldtrump #republicans #democrats #usgovernment #politics #uspolitics #sociology #politicalscience #capitalism #socialism #communism #hypocrisy #funny #corruption #barrontrump #ivanktrump #erictrump #barrontrump #jdvance #taxes #taxation #economics #finance #metaphysics #philosophy #philosophyofhistory #richardnixon #impeachment #history #ushistory

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