A few blog glitches today
You may have had some trouble getting to the blog earlier today. I think an Instalanche overwhelmed the server for a while, although that problem hasn’t happened in many years so I don’t know why the server would suddenly be unable to handle it. During the whole episode, some people could still get through to the blog, so it was only a partial blockage for a while. I’ll probably have to wrestle with my hosting company over it, but I pay for a level of hosting where it’s not supposed to happen.
Boring inside baseball, but I thought you might like to know.
Took two tries but I made it. I think it’s time to donate a bit to keep the server running.
Those things happen.
I tried a few different options and then assumed it would subside eventually.
And here we are.
I was able to load the main page a couple of times, and could see that people had commented, but could not see their comments or enter any of my own. I was beginning to feel discriminated against. 🙂 Or maybe it was my browser (Mac Safari).
After 3 tries, with long comment on the clipboard, I went to Kling’s blog and started commenting there, overwriting my support for your Jan 6 phrase:
retrospective validation.
“(a) to spark more January 6th type demonstrations or violence that will retrospectively validate Biden’s words and justify more crackdowns and more denunciations of the right.”
I keep thinking of it as to retrospectively justify the Trump hate, but retrospectively validate their prior, unjustified Trump hate might be more accurate.
It’s great to read a blog with an interesting phrase “retrospectively validate”, which seems taken more from Big Pharma a drug testing.
https://www.pharmacologicalsciences.us/biopharmaceuticals-2/prospective-and-retrospective-validation.html
As compared to “retrospective justification”.
https://www.thenationalnews.com/world/uk-news/2022/03/08/putin-likely-using-ukrainian-nuclear-threat-as-retrospective-justification-for-invasion/
Trump haters think Jan 6 protest both validates and justifies their prior Trump hate, but especially retrospectively justifies it.
Mike K @ 3:28: what you said. Time for me to hit the donation button for this invaluable blog resource.