Political Musing
MAGA Is Shingles. You Don't Cure Shingles
Accountability and reform are both lovely ideas. America will do neither. You can bet your bottom dollar on it.
Geoff Anderson
Product Manager (28 years & Counting), dog rescue volunteer, guitar player, tech junkie.
Political Musing
The Sorting Is Complete, and Nobody Told the Never Trumpers
The Never Trump ecosystem is really good at preaching to the converted, and reaffirming their priors, but reaching any new people? Not so much. The evidence shows that the political landscape is calcified.
Political Musing
Yes, Hungary won, but slow your roll
Everyone seems to want to believe that the defeat of Orbán is proof that we can lift-and-shift that to the US. Hold your horses, there is no easy button, and while there are lessons to be learned, our path is much much more difficult
Political Musing
TFGs: Swalwell & Stephens
Every time you turn over a rock, some cretinous piece of human filth crawls away. Swalwell is the fucking guy, but watching Reuben Gallego basically torch his future is delish. And Bret(bug) proves he's a fucking hack
Political Musing
The Anti-Anti-Trump Club: Conservatism's Most Spectacular Rhetorical Gymnasts
Part 2: We gotta talk about the counter to the Never Trump cohort, the Anti-Anti's. If you thought the Never Trump audience wasn't enough to move the needle, this will make you laugh. Still, they suck a lot of oxygen from the discourse.
Political Musing
The Never Trump Club: Who Are They, and How Many of Them Are There Really?
The start of a series. I have been fascinated by the "Never Trump" movement, and read them to assure myself that all of the old "conservatives" were not disingenuous. But I explore how this movement may or may not be helping...
Tech
AI seems to be stumbling, OpenAI and Palantir bookend chaos
OpenAI abandons their hail marys, trying to go legit (ha), and Palantir is being aided by the president, totally normal, amirite?
Holy shit, this so perfectly explains GenX
I am GenX, and I often wonder why I feel different, and why younger peers seem to not get it. Today, I stumbled upon a video that nailed it 100%.
Political Musing
Trump Surrenders; Stephens beclowns himself
After a fucking high stress weekend, caused by the careless blathering of Trump on the war that he caused, and that he had no idea how to get out of.
Geoff's Musical Musings
GAS: The Charvel Dinky 24 MJ in Carribean Burst
Gear Acquisition Syndrome has struck again. This time, I added a MJ Charvel Dinky 24 to the stable, and boy, is she a sweet player.
Show Review: Deadloch
I know it is fashionable to rip on all things Amazon, but one of their original shows, Deadloch, is brilliant, if dark and borderline offensive at times.
Political Musing
The TACO is back...
Alas, you would think that Wall Street would have learned a lesson, but no, they just want this to end. But the truth is, the bad news is just beginning. Lather, rinse, repeat