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The World That Trump and Ailes Built

June 6, 2017 by sergneri Leave a Comment

Jill Lapore hits the nail on the head in her comment in the June 5, 2017 New Yorker “The Strategy of Truth.” Trump and Ailes

Posted in: Faits Divers, Politics, Thinking about, Trump Tagged: Archibald MacLeish, Briton Hadden, Edmond Taylor, Fact Checking, Fox News, Henry Luce, Mein Kampf, Office of War Information, Propaganda, Roger Ailes, Trump

Bob Dylan’s Nobel Lecture

June 6, 2017 by sergneri Leave a Comment

I revere the written word, but I’m bookmarking the audio of Dylan’s Nobel lecture because hearing it adds so much more than reading it ever would due to his incredible voice, the inflections and the music. The print version of the lecture is found here.

Posted in: Faits Divers, Politics, Thinking about Tagged: Bob Dylan, Nobel Prize

FTC Archives Rules of the Road

June 2, 2017 by sergneri Leave a Comment

At THIS web page, our government has kept a “Rules of the Road” for advertisers online since December 2000. This is well aged advice, and seems to have stood the test of time, or has it?

Posted in: Thinking about Tagged: Federal Trade Commission, FTC, Y2K

White Orchids

May 25, 2017 by sergneri Leave a Comment
Posted in: Content, Thinking about Tagged: Photography

Small Faces

May 25, 2017 by sergneri Leave a Comment

A few “heads” I made between 2004 and 2009:

Posted in: Content, Faits Divers Tagged: Connie, DDS, Paint, Plaster, Self-Portrait, Small Faces, Smiley G., Varnish, Weather Man Blue, Weather Man Red

Farmer Cemetery

May 25, 2017 by sergneri Leave a Comment
Posted in: Content, Faits Divers, Thinking about Tagged: Douglas County, Farmer Cemetery, Washington State

A few photos of the Alps

May 25, 2017 by sergneri Leave a Comment

While living in Neuchatel Switzerland, we captured some incredible photos of the Alps from the balcony in our apartment. Here are a few:

Posted in: Content, Faits Divers, Thinking about Tagged: Alps, Eiger, Jungfrou, Monch, Mont Blanc, Neuchatel, Switzerland

Twingo Hood Ornament

May 25, 2017 by sergneri Leave a Comment

In 2006, I bought a Renault Twingo. I was able to change the Renault hood ornament for one I made of plaster and paint.

Posted in: Content, Faits Divers, Thinking about Tagged: 2006, Custom Hood Ornament, Neuchatel, Renault, Switzerland, Twingo

Spitsbergen Seed Vault

May 19, 2017 by sergneri Leave a Comment

Arctic stronghold of world’s seeds flooded after permafrost melts No seeds were lost but the ability of the rock vault to provide failsafe protection against all disasters is now threatened by climate change The Guardian, May 19, 2017

Posted in: Faits Divers, Politics, This Day in History Tagged: Norway, Seed Vault, Spitsbergen

The Tangled Story Behind Trump’s False Claims Of Voter Fraud

May 17, 2017 by sergneri Leave a Comment

The Tangled Story Behind Trump’s False Claims Of Voter Fraud A nice bit of background information from the folks (Maggie Koerth-Baker) at FIVETHIRTYEIGHT.com with some statistical education (for me anyway) thrown in. Amazing what you can do with stats.

Posted in: Politics, Thinking about, Trump Tagged: 538, Trump, Voter Fraud
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