June, 2012 archive
Driving while Brown 0
The St. Petersburg Times cuts to the quick: it was all about hatin’ on persons who are different (emphasis added).
The Republican fear and horror about immigrants is no more than the Southern Strategy v. 2.0.
Fries with That? 0
According to cops, James Hackett, 26, got into an argument about money with his wife after the couple–and the woman’s 11-year-old daughter–picked up food at the drive-thru window of a McDonald’s in Lowell.
Daughter was trying, as daughters can do, to get the parents to stop fighting.
Droning On, Coming Soon to a Neighborhood Near You 0
RT speculates on the drones in your life.
No Beach Buns 0
No wonder Bruce wanted to get out of town.
For decades, there has been a little-known ordinance in the Monmouth County city banning bathing suits on the boardwalk. “No person clad in bathing attire shall be on the boardwalk or the public walks adjacent thereto,” it reads.
Louise Murray, chairwoman of the local Republican party, said she no longer sees the law enforced and is worried skimpy attire at the boardwalk’s bars and restaurants is threatening to wipe away Asbury Park’s image as a “classy” Jersey Shore town.
At one time, there were changing rooms, probably like those cabanas you see in old movies.
No surprise that a Republican is behind this. It’s a party of the hung-up and their hang-ups and hangers-on.
QOTD 0
John Larroquette, as Dan Fielding:
If you can’t laugh at other people, who can you laugh at?
Night Court, Season 1, Episode 5.
Drinking Liberally Virginia Beach Tomorrow 0
Fun and fellowship for liberals. Join us.
When: Tuesday, June 26th, 6 p
Where:
Lubo Wine Tasting Room
1658 Pleasure House Road (Map)
More here.
Unfinished Business, Omerta Dept. 0
At the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Ruth Ann Dailey considers two significant trials that concluded with guilty verdicts last week: the case of Monsignor Lynn, charged with covering up and facilitating pedophiles, and the case of Jerry Sandusky, charged with serial pederasty. A nugget:
And all they did then was take away Mr. Sandusky’s keys.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
The Chicago Trib rounds up some random (and sometimes amusing) facts about firearms.
Among them is this nugget:
Plus ca change.
It’s the Real Thing 0
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I want to teach the world to sue,
in perfect harmony.
I want to hold truth at arm’s length,
So it never points to me.
This is not the smartest PR move:
(snip)
Earlier this month, in South Africa, the display brought out Coke’s lawyers. They sent SodaStream a “cease and desist” letter demanding that it remove Coke’s products from the exhibit and refrain from using them in the future.
SodaStream Chief Executive Officer Daniel Birnbaum said he is surprised that Coke believes it has ownership of a product after it has been purchased by a consumer. SodaStream, which has more than 30 of the exhibits traveling around the globe, gets the bottles and cans from landfills, not by purchasing them as part of a marketing campaign, he said.
Can Movies Get Stupider? 3
Don’t underestimate Hollywood.
(Warning: Innuendo at the endo.)
Crossing the RubioCon 0
At Tampabay dot com, Bill Maxwell examines Marco Rubio’s self-serving myth-making.
Maxwell does not mince words; he minces Rubio. A snippet (follow the link for the full deal):
The core of Rubio’s political identity is false. How, then, does he rationalize his allusion to the heroism and sacrifice of exile in his memoir’s title?
“Exile is not a time frame,” he told USA Today. “Exile is an experience. . . .”
Let us translate that last paragraph.
Hmmmmm. How about, “Because I said so, Bub”?
Also, pigs fly, because I say they do.
One Hit, Many Errors 0
So much for “Keep your eye on the ball.”
Elizabeth Lloyd of Manchester Township is seeking more than $150,000 in damages to cover medical costs stemming from the incident at a Manchester Little League game two years ago. She’s also seeking an undefined amount for pain and suffering.
Lloyd was sitting at a picnic table near a fenced-in bullpen when she was hit. Catcher Matthew Migliaccio was 11 at the time and was warming up a pitcher.
The lawsuit filed April 24 alleges Migliaccio’s errant throw was intentional and reckless, “assaulted and battered” Lloyd, and caused “severe, painful, and permanent” injuries.
Words fail me.
