Random Shots for Monday, 23 January 2017

Today in history

Comments I’ve posted

1. Posted to Facebook –

   I’m sure that Cookie Monster is set up for life, with whatever cash he stashed in Swiss bank accounts on the way back from those overseas ops:

   http://coldservings.livejournal.com/55352.html

2. Posted to Facebook –

   So the makers of medical equipment and supplies are simply going to provide their products at no charge, just so that they can say they made their requisite donations?

   https://ixquick.com/do/search?q=X-ray+for+sale

   http://ebay.com/bhp/x-ray-machine

   https://ixquick.com/do/search?q=MRI+for+sale

   https://info.blockimaging.com/bid/68146/how-much-does-a-used-mri-machine-cost

   What about the people who work in the factories to manufacture those devices? Are they expected to work without getting paid for their time and effort?

3. Posted to Facebook –

   The GOP has been using “let’s defund PBS and the NEA” ever since 1994, when it was part of Gingrich’s “Contract with America” scam.

   Why has this never occurred during the times that the GOP held majorities in the U.S. House and U.S. Senate since 1994?

4. Posted to Facebook –

   Kristyn Souder – Then you wouldn’t have any problem with rechartering NPR, PBS, the NEA and NEH as 501-c-3 type non-profit organizations, cutting them off from the stream of tax money, and forbidding them in their charters from lobbying governmental bodies for tax money, correct?

Listening / Reading / Watching

1. Cable News Network [CNN] – Imam delivers message to Trump at inaugural service by Daniel Burke, CNN Religion Editor
2. Andromeda
3. GameSpot – The Most Anticipated Movies to Watch in 2017 by Tony Guerrero
4. VolkStudio Blog by Oleg Volk – Web-sized PDF of Kel-Tec print catalog
5. Politico –

        ‘What Do You Do if a Red State Moves to You?’ by Michael Kruse

        Democrats in the Wilderness by Edward-Isaac Dovere

6. The Vintage News – The man who built the world’s first jet in 1910, yes 1910
7. AmmoLand Shooting Sports News – Stolen FBI Submachine Gun Once More Highlights Government Double Standards by David Codrea
8. Kim Stanley Robinson – Green Mars
9. nmpolitics.net – Trump to nominate Heather Wilson to be Air Force secretary by Heath Haussamen
10. Viceland – Black Market: Dispatches
11. Science Channel – What on Earth?
12. Helloween – Straight Out of Hell