Tom Rake

@tomrake
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Born a few months before the launch of Sputnik 1.
Worked in housing development planning after a BS in Computer Engineering from Lehigh, 1979.

I googled the "Nunes Memo" and found a good explanation on the lawfareblog. Under COVID I watched inliewoffunshow on YouTube and then on crowdcast.

My wife, Joanne, and I have the most amazing in house discussions based on all the expert opinions we read.

I am interested in cyber-security, computers and national security.

Websitehttps://tomrake.github.io/
As a voter in Stroudsburg, PA, I was contacted by at least four Democratic door-to-door campaign teams, including one checking that I actually voted today. I give credit to the one Republican State House candidate who knocked on my door. The Republican organizations were heavy on direct mail with largely negative pieces. Both sides had internet media ads.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/nov/02/what-polls-mean-so-far-trump-harris-election-voters

"Of the last 321 polls in the battlegrounds, 124 - nearly 40% - showed margins of a single point or less, the pair wrote. Pennsylvania was the most “troubling” case, with 20 out of 59 polls showing an exact tie, while another 26 showed margins of less than 1%."

I would expect a larger variance. It seems the pollsters are seeking a predetermined average. #Polls #PAPolls

Dead-heat poll results are astonishing – and improbable, these experts say

It’s possible the tied race reflects not the sentiments of the voters, but rather risk-averse decision-making by pollsters

The Guardian

A J.D. Vance dossier has been banned on X (formerly known as twitter.)

A document part of the Iranian hack of the Trump campaign is a 271 research paper on J. D. Vance. https:/www.kenklippenstein.com/ posted this on his substack. https://www.kenklippenstein.com/p/read-the-jd-vance-dossier is the link to the post that contains a link to the Vance dossier.
#VanceDossier

Read the JD Vance Dossier

We’re publishing the supposed Iran-hacked document. Here’s why.

Ken Klippenstein

https://www.kfvs12.com/2024/07/03/missouri-republican-party-has-until-friday-replace-rejected-state-delegates/

Eight years of Trump campaign mode has taken a toll on the Republican State Party of Missouri.

The Republican Convention has no significant decisions to make, the nominee has been chosen. The platform will be ignored because the votes will be gathered by the campaign.

Why should we expect a state party to send a list of delegates to a national convention?

Missouri Republican party has until Friday to replace rejected state delegates

Dozens of Missouri Republican presidential delegates were rejected by the national conference, forcing the state party to replace them by the end of the week.

KFVS
I am seriously considering changing my desktop to Linux. I have found the new Windows 11 start menu annoying. I am also glad to see agreement on the annoying aspect
https://www.pcworld.com/article/2385169/windows-is-now-annoying-with-a-new-start-menu-these-important-functions-are-hidden.html
New Windows 11 Start menu annoyingly hides oft-used actions

The Windows Start menu is undergoing a redesign that makes an unnecessary change.

PCWorld
Took me over a full minute to “get” this.
What do think is the most serious threat to America?
Trump
0%
PIckelball
0%
Poll ended at .

@pluralistic

Yes! A particularly insidious and perverse example of the third type is the copyright industry effort to replace that term with "intellectual property".

Why? Because the word "copyright" implies that it is a privilege that was supposed to be limited in time and revocable, while "property" is forever and sacred. 😡

I have not broken this raw footage into component video. But the Russians engaged in some quite dangerous behavior last night and I need all of your help drawing attention to it. The dramatic part starts at 1 hour, 23 minutes, when we posted calls for defections and the embassy sent a security goon to try to stop us.
Subsequently, we had a protracted negotiation with the embassy through—I am not making this off—Secret Service intermediaries. https://www.youtube.com/live/AR0x_IeJM-s?feature=share
Special Military Operation: Just Being Annoying

YouTube
RT @patriottakes
Lauren Boebert, whose 17 year old son got an over 14 year old child pregnant, called comprehensive sex ed an “extreme” policy.