June, 2012 archive
The Rule of Law 0
In Wingnut World, the the only law that matters is the law of “my way or the highway.”
They are interested in rule, not law.
Sauce for the Goose . . . 0
McClatchy:
Writing in The Atlantic magazine, Anne-Marie Slaughter cited her own downshift from powerful State Department official to mere Princeton University professor as evidence that they cannot, at least not as US society now stands.
Notice how no one ever wonders why men can’t have it all?
It’s because men expect to have it all by birthright. And by and large get away with it.
I’ll give you an example:
I had stayed home with my sick son. The next day, the boss, who had raised two sons after a nasty divorce from a nasty man, called me into her cubby and asked, “Why have you been missing so much time to stay home with your kid?”
“My wife said to me, ‘Why should I always be the one to miss work?'”
Boss looked at me for about 15 seconds, then said, “You know, you’re right. Get out of here.”
Best boss I ever had.
Speaking of Political Thuggery . . . 2
. . . as I was in the previous post, score one for the forces of truth, justice, and the American way over thuggery.
Afterthought:
This is why I have generally ignored all the agonizing over how the decision would turn out.
Congress Issa Contemptible 3
At the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Duquesne University law professor Ken Gormley considers contemptible Congress. He focuses on the Republican Party’s willingness to sacrifice everything–history, the law, ethics, the Constitution–to political thuggery.
A nugget:
If Rep. Issa believes he has the power to hold the nation’s chief law enforcement officer in contempt, what would stop Attorney General Holder from returning the favor by arresting Rep. Issa on the streets of Washington for “seditious behavior?” The only thing stopping him would be the Constitution’s command that powers be separated to preclude such monkey business.
Nothing To Do, Nowhere To Go 0
No significant change:
(snip)
The four-week moving average decreased to 386,750 from 387,500, which was the highest since the week ended Dec. 3.
QOTD 0
Oscar Wilde, from the Quotemaster (subscribe here):
The public is wonderfully tolerant. It forgives everything except genius.
Twits on Twitter, Cosplay Dept. 0
At Psychology Today, Stephanie Newman argues that twit cosplay–twitting as someone who isn’t–on Twitter is somehow a good thing.
As near as I can interpret her argument, it seems to boil down to “if it feels good, do it.”
But I’m must a cranky old man.
Facebook Frolics, Man in the Middle Dept. 0
Facebook attempts to bamboozle users into using at-facebook-dot-com email addresses.
Typical.
The link describes how to stop displaying the at-facebook-dot-com email address, but, consistent with its practice, Facebook moved the settings around again and it took me about five minutes to find it. There is no way to make that at-facebook-dot-com email address go away, though.
Anyone who tries to email me at that address, forget it. I’ll never check it and, if I stumble over it in a drunken stupor, I’ll just delete the mails.
Thanks to Todd for reporting this.
Truth in Advertising 0
H/T Chris.
Freedom for Religion 0
At the Guardian, Katherine Stewart considers the attempts of religionists to construe “of” into “for”: to change “freedom of religion”–the right of persons to believe as they will–into “freedom for religions“–the ability of theocratists to bend others to their will under cover of law, that is, to define their freedom of religion to include controlling your beliefs and resulting actions.
Also, RICO.
The Voter Fraud Fraud 0
Speaking the truth about gut out the vote: Pennsylvania House Republican Leader Mike Turzai.
Via everybody Bob Cesca.
TSA Security Theatre 0
Ashes to ashes.
When he arrived at the TSA checkpoint, “They opened up my bag, and I told them, ‘Please, be careful. These are my grandpa’s ashes.’ She picked up the jar. She opened it up.”
The agent not only opened the sealed jar, but stirred the contents with her finger, allowing an estimated quarter to a third of the ashes to spill out on to the floor.
Gross frantically tried to scoop up as much of his grandfather’s remains as he could, “She didn’t apologize. She started laughing,” he said . . . .
The TSA says that the agent violated policy.
Via Raw Story.
QOTD 0
Wilma Rudolph, from the Quotemaster (subscribe here):
No matter what accomplishments you make, somebody helps you.
Break Time 0
Off to drink liberally.
