February, 2013 archive
Have Cake, Eat It Too 0
Hypocrites all.
People who believe in nothing are people who can convincingly say anything.
Football uber Alles 0
Oh, please, make it stop.
The man short-circuited in the face of bad behavior by his buddy.
It is a very human and very understandable reaction.
The NCAA reacted like the autocratic self-serving monopoly that it is.
But that don’t make willful inaction right.
Shed a Tear 0
I did. Several.
Susan can attest to that.
I know this lady. She is a good and caring person and a good Democrat.
Really, nothing more needs to be said.
My mother died of Alzheimer’s.
My ex noticed it years before anyone else (whatever complaints I may have, my ex is a damned good nurse). It was progressing slowly until my father had a heart attack and died a week later.
My father was so wrapped up in caring for my mother that, I am certain, he delayed calling for help so as not to worry or distress her. When he passed, she started to fail more quickly.
This seems be a parallel.
Alzheimer’s is not a nice way to go.
I have watched it.
I know.
Please say a prayer for Mayor Meyera and for her family who supports her.
They must walk into a tunnel that has but one end.
Nutshell 0
In a much longer article about a failed effort to implement a voluntary gun buyback in Hillsborugh County, Florida, Sue Carlton sums up the essence of rightwingnuttery (emphasis added).
But activist Terry Kemple from his God Told Me To Tell You What To Do Society was there . . . .
Light Bloggery 0
Taking the day off.
Brand X (or Y?) 2
Dick Polman contemplates Republican “rebranding.” A nugget.
You can revise the labels and logos all you want.
It’s what’s in the can that counts.
And what’s in the can is pernicious.
Dulcet Tones 0
In which I interview Mark A. Davis of the Tidewater Unix Users Group.
Sights on the Middle Class in the Sights 0
Thom finds a connection between Reagan and gunnuttery.
The trail is convoluted, but his presentation is worth a listen.
Super Bawl 0
Reg Henry watches the lights go out at the electrifying Super Bowl and foresees the end of an empire. A nugget:
Somebody did resurrect the broadcaster Paul Harvey to do a commercial about farmers, whom he said God makes. It was so moving that some of us were tempted to go out and buy some farmers, only to discover that corporations have lately driven up their price.
It wasn’t just the darned commercials. The worst must be kept to last, so shocking is this revelation.
Follow the link to learn the worst.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Promote politeness.
Forty-four-year-old Kimberly Dinkins pleaded guilty Thursday in federal court in Alexandria to dealing firearms without a license. She faces up to five years in prison.
Court records show that Dinkins resold all of the guns for a profit.
The Eyes Have It 0
You can’t make this stuff up.
Light Bloggery 0
Family matters.