September, 2014 archive
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Politeness is a family thing . . .
. . . and another gun that fires itself.
TSA Security Theatre 0
What you don’t know won’t hurt them.
Director of Aviation Kim Aguirre told council members on the city’s public safety committee that two highly publicized stowaway incidents at Mineta San Jose International Airport this year were the only “major” breaches in her 19 years at the airport. But she said the federal Transportation Security Administration prohibited her from releasing more information about those or any other incidents.
More “What you don’t know can’t hurt us” at the link.
Jingo Jangle 0
Jon Stewart skewers the phony patriotism of Fox News and wingnuts.
Below the fold in case it autoplays.
I Can See Clearly Now . . . . 0
PoliticalProf posts as clear an explanation of what’s happening in the Middle East as you are likely to find.
Break Time 0
Off to drink liberally.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Politeness is requisite to family togetherness.
Just another day in the gun nut Garden of Eden. . . .
Drinking Liberally Virginia Beach Today 0
Fun and fellowship for liberals. Join us and talk about anything in a relaxed atmosphere.
When: Thursday, September 25th, 6 p.
Where:
Croc’s 19 Street Bistro
620 19th Street (Map)
More here.
The Duke of Hazardous 0
Daniel Ruth dukes it out.
When I Was Young, It Would Have Been the “Department of Domestic Security” 0
The word “homeland” has a poisoned history. I’ve never liked it, as I have documented elsewhere in these electrons.
Thom discusses its creepy history.
Nothing To Do, Nowhere To Go 0
Still under 300k.
(snip)
The four-week average of applications, a less-volatile measure than the weekly figure, fell to 298,500 from 299,750 in the prior period.
The number of people continuing to receive benefits rose by 7,000 to 2.44 million in the week ended Sept. 13. The unemployment rate among people eligible for benefits held at 1.8 percent during that period, today’s report showed.
Small Victories 0
In Cali, a rich sphincter loses in county court.
Being a rich sphincter, he vows to continue fighting.
Droning On 0
Stephen Colbert discusses robotic death raining from the sky.
Below the fold in case it autoplays.
iJunk 0
Gina Barreca seems somewhat less than thrilled by the latest addition to Apple’s walled garden.
Can you believe it’s taken this long? I mean, the extraordinary exertion involved in reaching for a piece of plastic, not to mention the sheer drudgery of the act of swiping, takes an unconscionable amount of time and is one of the leading causes of muscular cramping of both thumb and index finger in many first-world nations.
Think of the value to humanity: Consider the legions of otherwise-healthy women carried out of Nordstrom’s all over our great nation daily because of their retail-related injuries; imagine suffering that will be alleviated when we no longer have men on gurneys being airlifted from parking lots next to L.L. Bean’s who were tragically brought low by the swift and repeated use of their cards while buying kayaks and Thules.