2014 archive
Nothing To Do, Nowhere To Go 0
Not good, not terrible.
(snip)
The number of people continuing to receive jobless benefits rose by 9,000 to 2.49 million in the week ended Aug. 30.
In that same period, the unemployment rate among people eligible for benefits held at 1.9 percent, the report showed.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Politeness requires that you drive defensively:
This has been your daily does of politeness.
iJunk 0
Stephen Colbert takes on Apple’s new strap-on Apple watch.
Below the fold because it may autoplay, plus it has a trailer for what looks to be an instance of particularly obnoxious cinematic war-wanking* at the beginning.
War Profiteers 1
I take anything associated with Glenn Greenwald with a grain of salt. Though I sympathize with many of his leanings, I find that his tendency to promote himself often renders his “reportage” less than objective.
Nevertheless, even though this came from his website (no link–it’s mentioned in the video and you can find it yourself), I thought it worth a look.
Shoot Thy Neighbor as You Would Shoot Thyself . . . 2
Pat Robertson coins a new beatitude (much more at the link):
This is no Christianity that I know.
Words fail me.
See Hoop. Jump. 1
Watch the Republican defend starvation wages.
Billy Mays would have been proud.
Behind That Curtain 0
Every once in a while, the mask slips off.
Details at the link.
Under Water 0
The resident curmudgeon at my local rag wonders why drivers rush in where angels dare to tread–tread water, that is.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Such politeness leaves me without words.
The man was parked at the gas station at about 9:30 p.m. when he attempted to holster his .45.
I guess the artificial penis tired of the competition and chose the direct approach.
Via Juanita Jean.
Break Time 0
Off to drink liberally.
If One Standard Is Good, Two Must Be Better 0
Aside:
Thom seems to have forgotten what century this is.
Who Would Notice? 0
Persons who follow sports are starting to predict that Roger Goodell’s remaining days as the Commissioner of the NFL are short.
The Booman turns thumbs done to a suggestion Condoleezza Rice should replace Roger Goodell as Commissioner of the NFL. I don’t think he has a case.
After all, what difference could it make?
Big-time football is already irredeemably corrupt.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Politeness is requisite around the family table.
If One Standard Is Good, Two Must Be Better 0
Keith Boykin considers gunnuttery, as second-amended. A nugget:
But when a 22-year-old black kid named John Crawford picked up a mere BB gun in a Walmart store in Dayton, Ohio last week, customers called the police, who then shot and killed him.
Here lies a racial disparity that’s difficult for honest people to ignore. How can black people openly carry a real gun when we can’t even pick up a BB gun in a store without arousing suspicion? The answer in America is that the Second Amendment doesn’t really apply to black people.
Via the Progressive Populist.