January, 2014 archive
An Officer and a Gentleman 0
The Navy resorts to “roving patrols” to reduce sexual assaults.
Your tax dollars at work.
Words fail me.
Fine for Me, Not for Thee 0
Colbert skewers David Brooks and Ruth Marcus for their self-righteous hypocrisy on marijuana. Listen carefully as he quotes their words, which embody the hypocrisy of privilege.
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It’s the Best Catch There Is 0
What Chauncey Devega said.
Right-wingers say mean, nasty, (and, unlike in this case) false and perfidious things all day, every day. Rather than apologize, they do it again, harder, harder. It’s how they roll.
Why settle for one standard, when you can have two?
Old Tea, New Bags 0
Mr. Feastingonroadkill explicates the blend.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
She was two months old.
Now, about those intelligence tests . . . .
Speaking of Vacuum Cleaners . . . 0
. . . the Zuckerborg has developed a new tactic for sucking–your personal information, that is. The “Donate” button:
“Towing the Line” 0
This sort of stuff is far more common than the media would lead one to believe.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Sociiety” 0
Practice highway courtesy.
No arrests have been made, and the FBI has joined the investigation.
Police believe the pickup driver rammed Davison’s car into a grassy median, before the driver or perhaps a passenger shot him at about 2:10 a.m. The shooting occurred about 10 miles north of Hagerstown, Md.
Once Again, You Can Owe Your Soul to the Company Store (Updated) 0
Dave Johnson explains “workplace loans.” A nugget:
Workplace loans have very high interest rates, as much as 165% per year, and are repaid directly out of wages. So far only about 100,000 workers are being offered these scams by their companies, but at least half a dozen companies are marketing this “service” to employers.
Addendum, Later That Same Day:
Juanita Jean reports on a new twist to the scam in Texas. Not surprisingly, Rick Perry’s mitts are all over it.
Demonizing the Destitute 0
Llewellyn King, successful television producer and ex-unemployed person, explores how the “Haves” use myths of the “undeserving poor” to justify cruelty to the “Have-Nots.”
Unemployment means cold economic fear . . . .
Do read the rest.
Click Joints (Updated) 3
Don’t believe those “Likes.”
They are more of what George Smith calls the “Culture of Lickspittle.”
For as little as a half cent each click, websites hawk everything from LinkedIn connections to make members appear more employable to Soundcloud plays to influence record label interest.
Follow the link for more on how “social” media sites are fighting back, as well as the click-fakers’ justifications for fake clicks.
Addendum, Later That Evening:
Words fail me. (Not that I’m all that surprised, but, really, now.)