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Failed to connect to MySQL: (1203) User howardkn already has more than 'max_user_connections' active connectionsPath: ...!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: RonB Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy Subject: Re: Workstation Aesthetics Date: Tue, 11 Jun 2024 03:12:03 -0000 (UTC) Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 51 Message-ID: References: <9s645j1pehkhdkc7kjj3hbp2nnu93c4mfc@4ax.com> <1OY5O.3643$zfC8.897@fx35.iad> <665c66eb$0$3738365$882e4bbb@reader.netnews.com> <6660a10b$0$3738362$882e4bbb@reader.netnews.com> <66630005$2$3738365$882e4bbb@reader.netnews.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Tue, 11 Jun 2024 05:12:04 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="76070370f940e3b30460a3350f1255eb"; logging-data="908045"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX19zoNeP09adFV9b9zEM1kmj" User-Agent: slrn/1.0.3 (Linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:V1jcR6q4L7ptOBl64ETWiRUyO2c= Bytes: 3714 On 2024-06-11, rbowman wrote: > On Mon, 10 Jun 2024 16:07:50 -0400, Chris Ahlstrom wrote: > >> rbowman wrote this copyrighted missive and expects royalties: >> >>> On Mon, 10 Jun 2024 10:43:03 -0400, Chris Ahlstrom wrote: >>> >>>> I went to his site a few months ago (after his rant got his comic >>>> dropped by many newspapers). Mmmmmmkayyyy. >>> >>> He's on X and can be interesting. In 2016 he predicted Trump would win >>> based on his use of media and framing. At that time my impression was >>> he was neutral, not taking a side. He is not on the fence these days. >> >> Old age tends to swing one rightward. > > Maybe. otoh I was 16 or so when I went to a JBS meeting and they seemed a > little left wing to me or I should say Welch was willfully blind to some > problems. > > >> I remember him calling Trump a "monster" (and Hillary a "dumpster >> fire"). >> I also remember him saying Trump's statements were compelling. >> >> Personally, I think Trump is cracked. > > I don't like the NYC style but I'm familiar with it so some of his antics > aren't that disturbing. I haven't cared for Hillary since she crawled out > of the Arkansas swamp. Bill has a certain charm; she doesn't. Hillary is a reptile. Trump should learn when NOT to talk. He'll never let even the smallest slight slide off his back. > The one I found interesting is Ann Coulter. She makes no bones about being > a shit-stirrer but she was one of the few people to support Trump early in > the campaign. By the same token she had no problem attacking him when he > didn't deliver. > > > > > -- [Self-centered, Woke] "pride is a life of self-destructive fakery, an entrapment to a false and self-created matrix of twisted unreality." "It was pride that changed angels into devils..." — St. Augustine