Don't mind me, I'm just talking to myself

It seems to be that I'm doomed to buy technology that doesn't work. I've had the Arlo (Netgear) security cameras for about 2 1/2 to 3 years, and I just spent over 40 minutes replacing the battery of my garage camera multiple times (the Arlo app on my phone kept saying that a camera was offline which meant another trip up the ladder, dismantling the camera, and reinstalling the battery, the putting everything back together again) using 2 different batteries and then going the always frustrating process of re-aiming the camera. Frustrating because the app on my phone has a selection under Device Utilities for Camera Positioning. This utility has never worked so I resort to switching on the live feed and waiting anywheres fro 90 to 150 seconds for the "live" feed to start. (What do they do, bounce the signal off of the Moon?). Then wait until the feed starts to "work" and re-aim the camera, waiting the 90-150 seconds between adjustments for the feed to catc...

Good article at progressive breakfast, it says There is a very simple reason why some Republicans voted for the impeachment proceedings against Richard Nixon, but none have so far broken ranks against Trump. That reason is a corrupted U.S. Supreme Court. In 1976 and 1978, the Supreme Court ruled that when corporations and billionaires purchase their very own politicians, it is constitutionally protected “free speech” rather than “bribery,” which is how we defined it from the beginning of our republic until 1976. In 2010, the Supreme Court doubled down on its betrayal of American democracy with its Citizens United decision. After those twin decisions in the 1970s, money from corporations and the morbidly rich began to flow into the coffers of the Republican Party, hoisting Ronald Reagan into the White House. Nixon’s impeachment hearings happened in 1974, before the Supreme Court legalized bribery—and so the Senate voted 77-0 to forward the investigation, and the House voted 412-3 to ...

Nuff said. My US Representative and one Senator have decided that since I write to them, I need to contribute to their re-election campaigns. Sounds like if you want to be heard, a little (or a lot) "contribution" needs to be made in order to do the job that I'm already forced to pay, along with a staff of tens of people. Does anyone know how many millions of dollars are needed by our "representatives" to scam the general public and cater to the filthy rich and corporations that pay no taxes care of those same crooked politicians?

Herr William Barr is just another authoritarian sycophant in the Trumpsky administration. The NY Times said: The attorney general’s comments drew criticism that he was conflating objections to police misconduct with a disrespect for the police. Don’t ever grovel to the police who think they’re held to a different set of rules than the general populace. If their oath of office doesn’t require them to abide by the U.S. Constitution, then they’re above the law. And government employees that disregard the Constitution should be summarily fired without prejudice. And their pensions should be confiscated. And suffer jail time equivalent of a first degree murderer. Fuck The Government.

This is from the Daily Crunch: Founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin announced that Google CEO Sundar Pichai will be replacing Page as the CEO of parent company Alphabet. In addition, Brin is stepping down from his role as Alphabet’s president. Rather than framing this as a departure, the pair suggested that they’ve “never been ones to hold on to management roles when we think there’s a better way to run the company” and that they remain “deeply committed to Google and Alphabet for the long term, and will remain actively involved as Board members, shareholders and co-founders.” And YouTube won’t police political speech. So Trumpsky, the Orange Nazi, can perpetuate the lies he tells by his adversaries, which is pretty much the entire planet except for Trumpsky sycophants. Well, that’s the last step from Google’s former motto “Do no evil” to be a Facebook wannabe. Facebook is openly colluding with the far right to spread it’s disingenuous disformation throughout the Internet. Al...