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| ## Reason for Starting a Blog. | ||
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| I started my blog because I realized that maintaining my opinion that [Donald Trump Is a Fucking Idiot](https://ralphhightower.github.io/RalphHightower/Opinions/DonaldTrumpIsAFuckingIdiot.html) was going to be unwieldy to update and maintain. You may have a different opinion from mine. But the only person that can convince me that Trump is not a fucking idiot is Donald Trump himself. I probably won't change your opinion or vote. Likewise, you won't be able to change my assignment of Trump. | ||
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| Both political parties fucked up in 2016. | ||
| - The Democrats chose Hillary because it was *"her turn."* | ||
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| - The Republicans chose the candidate, Donald Trump, that was, and still is, unfit and unqualified to be president.[^21] | ||
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| Both candidates are polarizing! | ||
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| [^21]: Trump meets the constitutional age requirement, but that's saying little. | ||
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| ## Third Rate Game Show Host | ||
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| I thought that it was a publicity when Trump announced that he was running for president. Trump has neither the qualifications nor the temperament to be president. My assessment has not wavered from 2016. America must not renew "The Apprentice: White House" for a second season. | ||
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| "The Apprentice: White House" ended a tumultuous four year season ingloriously in January 2020, in an extraordinary low point in American history when thousands of far-right undesirables lay siege on the US Capitol in a vain attempt to overthrow a fair election. | ||
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| ### Donald Trump Needs to Change His Behavior and Demeanor | ||
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| ***How?*** | ||
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| - Tame your temper! Quit throwing **Trumper Tantrums!** | ||
| - Quit your pathological lying and tell the **God-damned truth!** | ||
| - Start treating people with **respect!** I.e., quit that childish behavior of calling people names and acting like a school-yard bully. | ||
| - Be a true leader! A true leader recognizes team members, and subordinates for their accomplishment, and accepts the blame when things fail. A true leader does not use intimidation and fear. | ||
| - Quit your whining, *"It's not fair"* Grow up and be an adult! | ||
| - Accept the fact that the president lives under a **microscope.** You will be praised by some and condemned others for your actions or inactions. | ||
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| Trump keeps boasting that he is a highly intelligent person. As Brad Pitt said in the movie, Moneyball, "Show me the money!". In Trump’s case, I say "Show me your Mensa test score!". If you're short on cash, I'll even pay the $99 for you to [take the Mensa Admission Test](https://www.us.mensa.org/join/testing/). | ||
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| But you more than likely won't own up to my challenge to you. It'll probably be for the same reason that you won't reveal your [Internal Revenue Service](https://www.irs.gov/) tax returns as presidents have done as past precedent. You're afraid that revealing that information will prove that you are a fraud. | ||
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| ### Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas | ||
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| I also think that [Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas should be impeached](https://ralphhightower.github.io/RalphHightower/Opinions/ImpeachSCOTUSJusticeClarenceThomas.html) because he is ethically financial challenged. | ||
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| ## Briefly About Me | ||
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| I freeze time; I photograph. I have 50++ years of computer programming and software development; most recently using C# and .Net. Athough I am retired from software development as a vocation, I am still active for personal projects. I have witnessed two final space flights: the US half of the Apollo/Soyuz Test Project, and Space Shuttle STS-135 Atlantis with the Final Four \[CDR Chris Ferguson, PLT Doug Hurley, MS1 Sandra Magnus, MS2 Rex Walheim\], as well as the final landing next to the control tower of the Shuttle Landing Facility (200 yards from the runway). | ||
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| Photography is another creative endeavor that I have enjoyed since 1980. My first camera was the Canon A-1 which was an innovative camera for the 80's, which I still use. I added one of my bucket list cameras in July 2013, a Canon New F-1 with the AE Finder FN and the AE Motor Drive FN. December 2013, I added a DSLR, the Canon 5D Mark III with the EF 24-105mm f4L. I enjoy photography period. It doesn't matter if I am shooting film or digital. | ||
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| I have more information on my website: [\[ Ralph Hightower — Website \]](https://ralphhightower.github.io/RalphHightower/), as well as information that I want to use and that I am interested in. | ||
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| [^14]: Primary Character: Mance Rayder <br />Nickname: King Beyond the Wall<br />Traits: Inspiring, Formidable, Pioneer<br />Your primary character is Mance Rayder. You are a charismatic, calm, and determined man with strong leadership qualities. You tend to rise quickly through the ranks of any organization you enter. You have good social and diplomatic skills, allowing you to collaborate with many different types of people. You have an honest yet stern persona which earns you respect and admiration of those around you. You are very trusting which can be your greatest weakness. You value freedom above all else. | ||
| [^15]: Secondary Character: Ser Jaime Lannister<br />Nickname: The Kingslayer<br />Traits: Arrogant, Sarcastic, Apathetic<br />Your secondary character is Ser Jaime Lannister. You are charming and capable of impeccable politeness in the right circumstances. In the wrong circumstances, others perceive you to be disdainful, sarcastic and arrogant. However your arrogance may just be confidence, as you excel in a number of areas, including intelligence. You don't mock others over minor failings but you are usually very blunt. You typically just say what you are thinking without regard to the feelings of those that you perceive as incompetent. You regard ruthlessness as a virtue and behave in an unapologetically amoral way. You're not politically ambitious and sly maneuvering is not your way. | ||
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| ### Where I Can Be Found | ||
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| | Content | Website | ||
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| | CodeProject | [RalphHightower](https://www.codeproject.com/Members/RalphHightower) | | ||
| | Facebook | [RalphHightower](https://www.facebook.com/ralph.hightower/) (I spend more time on LinkedIn than I do on Facebook.) | | ||
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| | LinkedIn Profile | **[RalphHightower](https://www.linkedin.com/in/ralphhightower/)** (LinkedIn is where I spend the majority of my time.) | | ||
| | Photography Portfolio \(Flickr\) | **[RalphHightower](https://www.flickr.com/photos/ralphhightower/)** | | ||
| | Stack Overflow | [ralph-hightower](https://stackoverflow.com/users/19978043/ralph-hightower) | | ||
| | Twitter | ~~[RalphHightower](https://twitter.com/RalphHightower)~~[^21] | ||
| | YouTube | [RalphHightower](https://www.youtube.com/@RalphHightower&show_icons) | | ||
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| [^21]: As of April 27, 2023, I deactivated my Twitter account based on this Elon Musk tweet:<br />[@ElonMusk](https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1651602599345373186): *Anyone making materially false statements on this platform will get Community Noted, including you, me, Tucker, advertisers, head of state, etc. No exceptions. <br />Convince the people and let the chips fall where they may.* <br />@RalphHightower: Seriously? Yet you welcomed back a pathological liar, Donald Trump, who incited and welcomed violence in an attempted coup d'état on January 6 in the storming of the U.S. Capitol. Twitter has gone to ***HELL!*** | ||
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| ### Authored Websites | ||
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| |[RalphHightower](https://ralphhightower.github.io/RalphHightower/) | Description | | ||
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| | [SpaceShuttleMissionSchedule](https://ralphhightower.github.io/SpaceShuttleMissionSchedule/ )[^31]|NASA Space Shuttle Mission Schedule Transfer to Outlook Calendar| | ||
| | [RalphHightower/minimaUSCGamecockSandstorm](https://ralphhightower.github.io/minimaUSCGamecockSandstorm/USCGamecocksSandstorm.html) | USC Gamecock Sandstorm theme derived from [jekyll](https://github.com/jekyll/jekyll ) / [minimaa](https://github.com/jekyll/minima), a one-size-fits-all Jekyll theme for USC Gamecock writers. **[Production Ready]** | | ||
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| [^31]: Support ended with wheelstop of Space Shuttle Atlantis on July 21, 2011 with the end of the Space Shuttle fleet. | ||
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| ### [USC Gamecocks](https://www.sc.edu/) | ||
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| | [University Band](https://sc.edu/study/colleges_schools/music/ensembles/usc_bands/concert_bands/university_band.php) | | ||
| | [Jazz Bands](https://sc.edu/study/colleges_schools/music/ensembles/jazz_ensembles/index.php) | | ||
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| [^61]: WUSC-FM was an AM Radio 📻 broadcast station when I was a student. | ||
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| ## [NOAA / NWS Space Weather Prediction Center](https://www.spaceweather.gov/homepage ) | ||
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| ## [South Carolina Electric Cooperatives Outages Map](https://outages.ecsc.org/outages/maps) | ||
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| [^51]: Handy website to convert plain text for display in *Italics*, **Bold**, and ***Bold Italics*** | ||
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| ## [What's that site running? / Netcraft](https://sitereport.netcraft.com/ )[^52] | ||
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| [^52]: Very useful tool to get information on websites. I use this for gathering information on websites that SPAM me. <br />• **GoDaddy has a strict policy that prohibits domain names registered with them from sending SPAM.** **[Report domains registered with GoDaddy](https://supportcenter.godaddy.com/AbuseReport/Index?ci=22420)**. <br />• **Shopify also has a strict policy prohibiting by websites that they host.** **[Report an Issue with a Merchant hosted by Shopify.](https://www.shopify.com/legal/report-aup-violation)** | ||
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| ## [Phone Number Parser Demo for LibPhoneNumber](https://libphonenumber.appspot.com/ )[^53] | ||
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| [^53]: [google/libphonenumber: Google's common Java, C++ and JavaScript library for parsing, formatting, and validating international phone numbers.](https://github.com/google/libphonenumber ) | ||
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| ## [The trusted source for IP address data, leading IP data provider - IPinfo.io](https://ipinfo.io/ )[^54] | ||
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| [^54]: Geolocate IP Addresses and ownership. | ||
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| ## [URL Expander — Unshorten Any Short URL To A Long URL](https://urlex.org/ )[^56] | ||
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| [^55]: Get the expanded URL of any shortened URL without clicking on the link. | ||
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| ## [GitHub Status](https://www.githubstatus.com/ )[^55] | ||
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| [^56]: Status Check of [GitHub](hps://www.github.com/) | ||
