2013 archive
A Newt Is a Small Lizard 0
The Rude One thinks someone has daddy issues (warning: extremely rude).
The Regent and the Magic Pills 0
They have certainly worked magic for The Regent.
The Galt and the Lamers, Lord of the Flies Dept. 0
A true believer tries to bring Ayn Rand’s objectivism to life in managing Sears and Kmart, with results easily predicted by anyone who is not in the spell of Ayn Rand.
It seems to have been, indeed, a searing failure.
A nugget, from MarketWatch:
Instead, the divisions turned against each other—and Sears and Kmart, the overarching brands, suffered. Interviews with more than 40 former executives, many of whom sat at the highest levels of the company, paint a picture of a business that’s ravaged by infighting as its divisions battle over fewer resources.
Do read the rest.
Lies and Lying Liars 0
If Republicans did not have lies and hate, they would have no platform at all.
Here’s the latest.
(snip)
The TV spot, which Americans for Prosperity began airing in Ohio and Virginia July 9, directs viewers to the website ObamacareRiskFactors.com, which is more misleading than the ad itself. The site warns of reduced wages and hours for those who work for small employers that aren’t even subject to the law, for instance.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Be polite on the highways.
The victim said he saw the car behind him speed up and then heard a loud crack, McShea said. One bullet smashed the back windshield and cracked the front windshield and appears to have just missed striking the victim.
Locally, some call it the “Surekill Depressway,” but, even for the Surekill, this is unusual.
Of course, if the victim had had a Glock in the glove compartment, this would have never happened, as it would have restored the balance of politeness.
Family Feud 0
Dick Polman tries to explain the internecine wars within the Republican Party. As First Son used to say when he was a teenager, “It’s complicated.”
Enemies’ List 0
At Asia Times, Matthew Harwood wonders why law enforcement focuses on the American Muslim community when evidence shows that the danger of domestic terrorism lies elsewhere. A nugget.
This is simply not true.
According to the National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism (START), right-wing terrorists perpetrated 145 “ideologically motivated homicide incidents” between 1990 and 2010. In that same period, notes START, “al Qaeda affiliates, al Qaeda-inspired extremists, and secular Arab Nationalists committed 27 homicide incidents in the United States involving 16 perpetrators or groups of perpetrators.”
Last November, West Point’s Combating Terrorism Center published a report on America’s violent far-right extremists. Its numbers were even more startling than START’s. “The consolidated dataset,” writes report author Arie Perliger, “includes information on 4,420 violent incidents that occurred between 1990 and 2012 within US borders, and which caused 670 fatalities and injured 3,053 people.” Perliger also found that the number of far-right attacks had jumped 400% in the first 11 years of the 21st century.
Don’t think it could have anything with how easy it is to single out persons who are different, now, do you?
The Galt and the Lamers 0
Know them by the company they keep.
Does Size Matter? 0
Apparently, it does to Republicans.
A Pome–Not by Henry Gibson 0
By Katie Heim. Follow the link for the backstory:
Nothing To Do, Nowhere To Go 0
Not good.
(snip)
The four-week moving average, a less volatile measure than the weekly figures, climbed to 351,750 last week from 345,750.
The number of people continuing to receive jobless benefits rose by 24,000 to 2.98 million in the week ended June 29. The continuing claims figure does not include the number of Americans receiving extended benefits under federal programs.
One constant: Bloomberg’s “experts” maintain their track record of being the people to bet against at the track.
The Marx of the Beast (Updated) 0
PoliticalProf analyzes the power of economics in Republicanism:
Follow the link to find out who left his Marx on the Republican Party.
Addendum, Later That Same Morning:
Discussion and clarification. Worth the two minutes it takes to read. A nugget:
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Celebrate birthdays politely.
Scroggins and Abernathy argued while at the Circle K, said Sgt. Trent Crump of the Phoenix Police Department. Scroggins is suspected of pulling out a handgun, shooting Abernathy and threatening to shoot his brother.
Twits on Twitter 0
Apprehended twits.
San Diego County District Attorney Bonnie Dumanis said Wanda Podgurski sent that taunting tweet after skipping trial in January while facing charges of insurance of fraud.
But then authorities did catch her.
Just Following the Rules 0
Never let it be said that the Regent doesn’t follow the rules.
“The rules that I’m following have been rules that have been in place for decades,” McDonnell told a radio interviewer on Tuesday. “These have been the disclosure rules of Virginia. I’m following those. To, after the fact, impose some new requirements on an official when you haven’t kept record of other gifts given to family members or things like that obviously wouldn’t be fair.”
Really.