2014 archive
Flatlined 0
Will Bunch explains, “T-t-t-that’s all, folks.”
Standoffish Principles 3
Roy Edroso explains how Cliven Bundy is standing on a principle:
Men Are Pigskins 0
Learning from recent experiences, Penn State selects a president with cover-up experience.
Flight Risk 0
My local rag tells the story of a fighter pilot who dared to reveal a safety hazard in the F-22. Now he’s in the Catch-22, the best catch there is.
Here’s the intro:
Since then, Wilson’s career as an F-22 Raptor pilot has stalled. A member of the Virginia Air National Guard’s 149th Fighter Squadron, Wilson hasn’t been permitted to fly the jet since early 2012. He’s fighting disciplinary actions that he sees as retribution for going public.
Whatever else happens, the military can always be counted on the protect its own brass.
Read the rest and tell your friends.
How Stuff Works 0
The Booman explains the wingnut wurlitzer.
Contributing (to PBS) Members of Society 1
George Smith exposes the glibertarian con of the “entrepreneurial society” and those who insidiously spread it using your “member” contributions.
To answer the question at the end of his post, in glibertarian world, a “parasite” is anyone who can’t afford to buy his own politician.
The New Secesh 0
Laurie Roberts, in a larger article about Welfare Cowboy Cliven Bundy, espies the Secesh in the Southwest:
There’s the always-popular biennial effort to declare Arizona a sovereign state, which is code for we want control of federal land so we can eliminate all those vexing environmental regulations aimed at assuring clean water and clear air and such.
Read the rest.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Politeness is essential to family relationships.
Police and medical crews responded at 6:40 p.m. and found the boy had a single gunshot wound in the abdomen from a .22 caliber rifle. Initial evidence suggests the boy was shot by his three-year-old sister, according to Cache County Sheriff Deputy Brad Slater.
Afterthought:
This, my friends, is the Gun Nut Garden of Eden.
Chris-Crossed 0
Shaun Mullen explains the con:
This is because it turns out that Christie planned all along to use New Jersey’s share of tunnel construction dough to bail out the state’s highway and bridge system, which under his “leadership” had been driven deeply into debt.
Follow the link for more about this and other issues. You will be glad you did.
Chelsea Lately 0
Every time I think I have seen the biggest nothing, a bigger nothing comes along.
Words fail me.
Cyberhype 0
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution has brought forth an article by Sean Sposito extolling Bitcoins.
Here’s a bit from the bitbait:
To prep for the changes to come, read the full story . . . .
That transparency depends on your having super-brawny computers (“bitcoin mining rigs“), database administration and encryption skills, and the ability to pay electric bills out the ying-yang to pay for the power for your mining rigs. How much more transparent can something be?
That “full story” is behind a paywall, and, as George Smith noticed, you can’t pay with bitcoins.
No, I didn’t byte.