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Government

The best outcome for this shutdown tug of war: the end of the filibuster

Have you ever played tug of war? If so, you recognize what’s happening in Congress right now. Republicans pulling, Democrats pulling, and here we are: stuck in the middle, again. Shutdowns for the government are never a good thing. Our country should have eliminated the possibility a long time ago. However, this particular shutdown is […]

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Burningbird Technology Weblogging

TypePad will be no more…what you can do to save your site

The writing is what’s important. Everything else is just candy sprinkles. 

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Healthcare Legal, Laws, and Regs

RFK Jr COVID vaccination mess is only the beginning…your food is next

Will we survive RFK Jr’s interventions on vaccinations and food?

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Browsers Burningbird Technology Web

Rebooting Weblogging?

I haven’t been out to scripting.com for a long time, and was surprised to find Dave is not using https. Of course, the page I tried to access (on rebooting weblogging) triggered a warning in my browser. It triggers a warning in any browser, but some are more severe than others. There were issues with […]

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Environment People Savannah

International Paper is closing in Savannah. Good.

No community likes to lose jobs, and the 1100 jobs lost with International Paper closing two mills in the Savannah area is going to be painful. But let’s stop pretending that International Paper has been a good neighbor, because this just isn’t true. International Paper has been one of the largest industrial users of water […]