Lionel Mandrake

Lionel Mandrake's Journal

December 28, 2016

The real reason the GOP is gung-ho on repealing Obamacare

Today's LA Times had this column by Michael Hiltzik:

http://www.latimes.com/business/hiltzik/la-fi-hiltzik-obamacare-tax-cut-20161216-story.html

October 9, 2016

Definition of "schadenfreude"

That's how we Democrats feel about current plight of the GOP.

In other words, HAHAHAHAHA!!!!

August 25, 2016

pronunciation of poly-

In words like polygon, polygonal, polyhedron, polygamy etc. ...
Is there any rule about which syllable is stressed?
Or is this part of the lexicon?

August 18, 2016

WTF - compass for ipad doesn't work.

I searched the Apple store for "compass" and found "free compass for ipad". I downloaded and installed it. It gives me a choice between "magnetic north" and "true north", but neither of these choices works properly. As I rotate the iPad, the arrow doesn't stay pointed even approximately north. Why?

June 5, 2016

"Trump University" ?

To me, a university is a place dedicated to the search for truth. A real university teaches "hard" sciences (like mathematics, physics, chemistry, and biology), "soft" sciences (like psychology and sociology), and humanities (like history, philosophy, classics, and English). A real university does not necessarily provide students with a marketable skill, although that is often a side effect of education.

Trump had a lot of gall to call his scam a university. He should be ashamed of himself, but of course he isn't. He feels no more shame than any other psychopath.

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Gender: Male
Hometown: The Left Coast
Home country: USA
Current location: electrical wires
Member since: Sun Jul 1, 2007, 06:47 PM
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About Lionel Mandrake

I study, play the piano, play chess and go, and enjoy the company of my wife, children, grandchildren, other relatives, and friends. I am a perennial student at a school where they let me attend classes and use the library for free (because I'm old). My serious reading includes math, science, history, and biography. I enjoy science fiction and mysteries, which my wife and I refer to as "mind rot". And now on to politics. I hated Nixon and Reagan. I think W is a war criminal and was easily the worst president in US history until Trump came along. Trump and Sessions should be tried for having separated small children from their parents, which was a crime against humanity. I will support any candidate who is a "dove". I support "plan B" without prescription for girls of all ages. I support free abortion on demand, without delay, and without the requirement to notify anyone, for all women and girls who want it. I think it's time to repeal the Bush/Trump tax cuts for corporations and the very rich.