Yesterday I changed AV software from Norton, which came with the computer, to Ad-Aware Pro, which I have used for the last few years without a problem. Thanks to Revo Uninstaller, a free utility Nameless recommended in a comment, Norton uninstalled cleanly for the first time ever! Getting that bloated resource hog off my machine increased the speed big time. Dayyum this thing is fast!! Then, I went out to run my errands and caught up on sleep, when I returned. I’m current on replies, but I’m doing laundry. Hate laundry!! :-( Today is a holy day in the Church of the Ellipsoid Orb. I will be meditating on the worship of my Broncos with the Dolphins in Miami.
Jig Zone Puzzle:
Today it took me 3:35 (average 4:32). To do it, click here. How did you do?
Short Takes:
From Reuters: Iraq will continue talks with Washington on how U.S. trainers can work with Iraqi forces after a complete withdrawal of American troops at the end of the year, Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki said on Saturday.
U.S. President Barack Obama announced on Friday that all U.S. troops would leave Iraq as scheduled by the end of this year after the two governments failed to reach an agreement over giving American soldiers legal immunity.
In my opinion, legal immunity was never the real issue. Clinton wanted the US to keep the huge military bases Bush built with taxpayer money. Maliki wanted them himself. Now that he has the bases, he still wants the troops. If Maliki wants US taxpayers to pay for US troops as trainers, let his government hire independent contractors and pay for them himself, or pay the US contractor rates, plus a large bones for the troops themselves, to use our troops on a volunteer basis only.
From Alternet: Banks are slated to rake in $16 billion in overdraft fee revenue this year, according to Bloomberg Businessweek. That’s down 16 percent from their 2009 peak, in part because last summer the Federal Reserve began requiring banks to get customers’ permission to enroll in overdraft protection, instead of enrolling them automatically, according to USA Today.
The mind boggles! Is it any wonder that they fear the FCPB?
From Huffington Post: MSNBC announced Wednesday that it is making a major change to its lineup.
Starting Monday, "The Ed Show" will be moved to the prime 8 PM slot. Lawrence O’Donnell’s "The Last Word" will be moved to 10 PM, where it began before it was shifted to 8 PM following Keith Olbermann’s departure from the network.
Rachel Maddow, the network’s highest-rated host, will stay where she is at 9 PM.
All three are favorites of mine!
Cartoon:
My introduction to activism came not from the peace movement, but from the civil rights movement. I felt so shamed by my father’s overt racism that during my simmer vacation in 1963, at fifteen years of age, I headed south to Alabama for a month of protesting. It was there that I first saw Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. The people were very caring toward me, and more than once, prevented me from getting myself killed or maimed by police, dogs, fire hoses and angry racists. I wasn’t that brave, but stupid, thinking I was bullet proof, like so many kids of that age. From there, I traveled to Washington, DC and was on the mall when King delivered his “I Have a Dream” speech. In April, 1967, I was at Riverside Church for King’s “Beyond Vietnam” speech, and met with him afterward, because I was on the committee organizing Vietnam Summer. I met with Dr. King half a dozen times, always in a group, and only spoke with him one-on-one on a couple brief occasions, but he had a profound influence on me. He taught me to persevere, that worthwhile accomplishments take time. He taught me that faith does not have to be ugly. He taught me that non-violence is the only path to lasting reform. No monument can do justice to this giant of a man. Barack Obama gave the keynote speech. Here it is followed by “I have a Dream” and “Beyond Vietnam ”.
