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Bread and Salad

A pan of salad and some bread next to it. Looks good to eat.

This abstract photo, played a bit with in GIMP is from the Boy Scouts camp out.

Wednesday March 19, 2008 — Exploring the Apartment

How to overcome opposition to Solar Farms

There is a very simple solution to overcome opposition to solar farms. Just mandate that people who oppose solar farms next door, should be required to live next to a liberal that can’t’ stop complaining and has the cops on speed dial.

Bookmarklet for Logging Into Newsbank

This actually can be adopted for any login site, just by adjusting the login fields. It does require two clicks of the login script, but whatever.

javascript:(function(){
  const targetUrl = 'https://infoweb.newsbank.com/apps/news/user/librarycard?destination=easy-search%3Fp%3DNewsBank';
  
  if (window.location.href.indexOf('infoweb.newsbank.com') === -1) {
    window.location.href = targetUrl;
    return;
  }

  const form = document.querySelector('form#nbauth-library-card-form');
  if (form) {
    const fields = {
      'nbauth_library_key': 'xxxx',
      'nbauth_library_card': 'xxxxxxxx',
    };

    for (let name in fields) {
      let input = form.querySelector(`[name="${name}"]`);
      if (input) input.value = fields[name];
    }

    form.submit();
  } else {
    alert('Login form not found. Please ensure you are on the NewsBank login page.');
  }
})();

Republicans want Trump to move on from 2020 – POLITICO

‘We’re going to have a problem’: Republicans want Trump to move on from 2020 – POLITICO

While Trump’s “stolen election” claims may still be a driving force for some primary voters, the general electorate is focused elsewhere. And if Republicans make those grievances central to their midterm message, they risk falling into a similar trap Democrats confronted during the 2024 presidential election — when former Vice President Kamala Harris’ warnings about democracy won over already loyal Democrats but failed to sway enough of the swing voters she needed to clinch the presidency.