Retired IT pro - may not have done it all, but been around -- programmer, systems analyst, Oracle developer/DBA, NetWare admin, Linux sysadmin, college prof

Michigan
Replying to @estherschindler
I like an old quote from Grady Booch in which he said, "The task of the software development team is to engineer the illusion of simplicity."
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But we're they really near to developing even a rudimentary device, much less one that could be delivered in any meaningful quantity?
Rollins: "For Iran to have a nuclear weapon is a catastrophic idea for the world and that had to be stopped…Most of our farmers understand it."
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Has he deleted it yet?
36 minutes before the hearing started.
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Do you believe that Jack Smith really had the goods on Trump, and that Trump was likely heading off to prison?
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Good to know.
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Fun Fact: Donald Trump has personally made $15 million trading oil and natural gas stocks since he started the war with Iran
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Bro, just apologize like a grown-up…
Who knew Jack Smith was a Caitlin Clark fan?
Community note
Eric Schmitt accused Jack Smith of perjury during his congressional testimony because Eric did not know the difference between the Hawks and Hawkeyes nbcnews.com/politics/congr…
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NEW: A nonpartisan government watchdog asked a federal court to force the Trump administration to hand over records on its claims that tens of thousands of noncitizens are registered to vote in various blue states. The request comes after Trump alleged, without evidence, that his administration found 278k noncitizens on the rolls. democracydocket.com/news-ale…
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This is the video Fox News refused to air. They are complicit and Trump-enabling Republicans want to erase this from history. Continue to retweet and share the truth about January 6th. #NeverForget
January 6th Committee
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🚨 WORDS MATTER HERE. Listen carefully to what DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin says: “We’re not deporting legal citizens.” LEGAL citizens? There is no immigration category called an “illegal U.S. citizen.” If someone is a U.S. citizen, DHS cannot simply designate that person “illegal” for immigration purposes and deport them. Removal law applies to NONCITIZENS. And when someone's U.S. nationality is disputed in removal proceedings, federal law provides a process for that citizenship claim to be adjudicated. Mullin may simply have misspoken and meant people without lawful immigration status. But he's the Secretary of Homeland Security. That distinction isn't semantic trivia. It's the line between: WHO IS SUBJECT TO IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT and WHO IS AN AMERICAN CITIZEN. So the obvious question after hearing “legal citizens” is: SECRETARY MULLIN: WHAT, EXACTLY, IS AN “ILLEGAL AMERICAN CITIZEN”?
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Republicans only worked 72 DAYS in 2026 & they haven’t done a damn thing. Nothing to rein in costs. Nothing to overturn Trump’s tariffs. Nothing to stop his war of choice. What they’ve been doing already is running the laziest & least effective Congress in history.
Mike Johnson on what Republicans will do if they hold the House: "What we would do in the next two years is exactly what we have been doing already"
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Donald Trump is a criminal who has already undermined one election—and he is very likely to try to undermine another. This is a moral moment for our nation. We must stand up, speak out, and defend our democracy with everything we’ve got—because the stakes for our republic could not be higher. op: @meidastouch
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Today, the Fed's Inspector General confirmed that Trump lapdogs U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro and Attorney General Todd Blanche have no basis to restart the President’s witch hunt against former Fed Chair Jerome Powell. The President should quit trying to fire Fed governors to cover up for his economic failures and instead stop his chaotic tariffs and end his war in Iran. Like Trump’s ballroom and his planned 250-foot triumphal arch, the Fed has overspent and underdelivered on its renovations. Today’s report underscores something I have long pushed for: Congress must act to improve transparency and accountability at the Federal Reserve. In the meantime, Chair Warsh should swiftly implement the report’s recommendations.
NEW: The Fed's inspector general finds no administrative misconduct and no grounds for a criminal referral over the central bank's headquarters renovation, ending the formal legal threat to Jerome Powell. The 120-page report is critical of how the Fed managed the project but finds the high-gloss design finishes that attracted so much attention weren't a meaningful driver of renovation cost overruns. oig.federalreserve.gov/repor…
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A GOP senator blocked a bill protecting the Kennedy Center from demolition. They don’t seem to understand that the Kennedy Center is a memorial. The only name that belongs on it is John F. Kennedy.
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Donald Trump is illegally stealing $810 million from programs that support education, small business, and clean air. All while tripling his own net worth and spending billions more on ballrooms, reflecting pools, and an illegal war nobody asked for. He is the most corrupt, out of touch President in our nation’s history. Senate Democrats will pursue every avenue to ensure that these funds are distributed as the law demands.
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Great ad.
Trump has said the Iran war is almost over at least 60 times. It's been 212 days. 19 service members are dead, 800+ wounded, $43 billion gone. We counted every broken promise with @votevets.
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Susan Collins's campaign took a check from Leon Black three days after the Times exposed his Epstein payments. It wasn't the last check from the Black household. dworkinsubstack.com/p/a-bill…
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OMFG - Jack Smith just told Darline Graham that her brother Lindsay Graham would have been a witness and testified against Donald Trump.
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Jack Smith: “it’s inconceivable to me how you can pardon people who beat police officers… and then vilify the officers”
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This.
Jack Smith: “it’s inconceivable to me how you can pardon people who beat police officers… and then vilify the officers”
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