Really guys?Really?

 

Article-Female-named hurricanes kill more than male hurricanes because people don’t respect them, study finds

“People don’t take hurricanes as seriously if they have a feminine name and the consequences are deadly, finds a new groundbreaking study.”

Does it really matter?

So Hurricanes Tarquin and Chad are supposed to be considered masculine and scary now? :lol:

 

 

Crusader Rabbit’s new owner

Yep, there will be questions asked about the murky media ownership deal, about the offshore accounts and shadowy figures pulling the strings…
But our media advisor – who I can only name as Rupert X – assures us that such enquiries will come to nothing.
So…Darin is the new owner, the white knight and I owe him a large vote of thanks.
After ten years of blogging it’s time to get back to my core mission of….who knows? So many interests, so little time. And less energy than of yore since I began to glow in the dark.
My thanks to the wonderful commenters in CR, you’ve made it worth the effort and believe me when I say you’ve probably helped keep me (relatively) sane. I’ll still be around but as a guest, for as long as Darin and Bo will put up with me.

Make the snoops work for it

Protonmail.
Hassle-free end-to-end encryption, a simple interface and very fast. In use, the encryption doesn’t intrude at all and it’s quite usable as an every day mail client.  No encryption is 100% secure but that’s no reason to not to make it harder for the bastards.
“…[ProtonMail’s] security measures are intense: end-to-end encryption and user authentication protocols so rigorous even the creators can’t read user emails.”
“ProtonMail hosts its servers in Switzerland… so all user data is protected by strict Swiss privacy laws.”
“A new email service being developed by a group from MIT and CERN promises to bring secure, encrypted email to the masses and keep sensitive information away from prying eyes.”

We knew this was coming didn’t we?

First there was “rip every root and branch out” then “repeal and replace” and now “If you want to stay there you can”-

Read here

Obamacare, in other words, would be optional.

“If you want to stay there, you can,” Sessions told me, referring to the millions of Americans who now have insurance through the state or federal exchanges established under the ACA. Or, to borrow a now-discredited line from Democrats: If you like your Obamacare, you can keep it.”

So there it is,the white flag and bended knee of capitulation