2014 archive
Break Time 0
Off to drink liberally.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Practice politeness with your pals.
“I don’t think his intention was to kill himself,” Zavala said. “He had the gun in his hand, spinning the chamber, and pulling the trigger.”
Spill Here, Spill Now 0
Buccaneer Petroleum tries the “We’re Too Stupid for Words” defense:
“Suffer the Children” 0
It’s the new Republican rage.
I am confident that racism and the implicit assumption that mostly little black kids benefit from free school lunches underlie this. Once again, Republicans play to their racist base.
“Science Is True Whether or Not You Believe in It” 0
Excerpt:
We live in a country that guarantees free speech, . . . but it’s not a country that guarantees that anything you say is correct.
The rest is moved below the fold because it autoplays on some systems.
I’ll Huff and I’ll Puff and I’ll Blow Your House Down 0
Especially when it is a house made of straw.
Don’t Drink the Water . . . 0
. . . in North Carolina.
Aside:
I’m so old that I can remember when North Carolina was considered the leading light of the South.
It was, maybe, three or four years ago.
“Recalculating” 0
Drinking Liberally Norfolk Tomorrow 0
Drinking Liberally is a gathering place for liberals. Socialize and laugh in a friendly atmosphere.
When: 6 p., Tuesday, March 11.
Where:
Uno Chicago Grill
5900 Virginia Beach Blvd
(Janaf Shopping Center) (map)
Tuesdays for Norfolk, Thursdays for Virginia Beach to make it easier for persons with commitments on either day to catch at least one per month.
“It’s Not Whether You Win or Lose . . .” 0
. . . or is it?
“Shoot First” 0
It’s not just a Florida thing.
Performance Art 0
What the Booman said.
Afterthought:
I have long thought that the concept of “performance art” is dumb.
If it is art, it can stand on its own. It does not need to be “performed.” If it needs to be “performed,” it’s not art, it’s chutzpah.
Also, “art installations” are crap. If it needs to be “installed,” it’s not art. It’s a washing machine.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Politeness, the language of love.
Join De Fund 0
The Roanoke County school board is planning to cut health care coverage for school bus drivers–you know, those folks who work a split shift for not much money–because Republicans in the Commonwealth of Virginia’s General Assembly have chosen to remove the “common” from “Commonwealth.”
The Roanoke Times’s Dan Casey has some suggestions for the drivers. Here’s my favorite; follow the link for the rest:
The first is part-time delegates and senators in the Virginia General Assembly. Those are the people who’ve cut state support to public education and forced school boards into the position of cutting bus drivers’ benefits.
The second is positions on the Roanoke County Board of Supervisors. Those part-timers are eligible for full-time health benefits, too. They’re the ones who’ve been avoiding tax increases that would help fund continued benefits for other part-timers.