9.21.2018

Once more around this pesky circle (and time is running out)

Serious design flaw in ESS ExpressVote touchscreen: "permission to cheat"

Now there's an even worse option than "DRE with paper trail;"  I call it "press this button if it's OK for the machine to cheat" option.   The country's biggest vendor of voting machines, ES&S, has a line of voting machines called ExpressVote.  Some of these are optical scanners (which are fine), and others are "combination" machines, basically a ballot-marking device and an optical scanner all rolled into one.

9.19.2018

It's not just beans any more

A woman was seen biking the wrong way in Boston's O'Neill Tunnel | masslive.com


Fast is no longer fast enough

Fast Food Races to Meet Americans' Growing Demand to Eat at Home - Bloomberg


"Ten years ago, you had to chop your own onions," said Bloomberg Intelligence analyst Jennifer Bartashus.

Which says it all right there.

3,000 lagoons of…no, wait a minute, can that be true?

Hog manure is escaping from 13 lagoons in North Carolina after Florence — Quartz


"While there are more than 3,000 active lagoons in the state that have been unaffected by the storm, we remain concerned about the potential impact of these record-shattering floods," the North Carolina Pork Council, an industry group, said yesterday.

I guess it is. 

9.18.2018

This famously liberal state is all-in conservative where money is concerned

Officials shun pricier shark deterrents | Boston Herald

Hurry up and get wrinkled, kids, the Botox company needs your business

  • Allergan's plan to grow its Botox and fillers businesses relies in large part on getting millennials to use its products.
  • Millennials are currently between 22-37, though by 2025, the top end will be about the average age of a Botox consumer.
  • https://read.bi/2PMwUlR

9.17.2018

WikiLeaks leaks

AP Exclusive: Leaked docs show Assange bid for Russian visa

LONDON (AP) — Julian Assange had just pulled off one of the biggest scoops in journalistic history, splaying the innards o...

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This could be fun. My own fearless forecast: Fake leaks.

Also, I'm thinking send out for more popcorn . 

Sometimes enough is, really, enough

Bills cornerback leaves and retires in middle of game

Bills cornerback leaves and retires in middle of game