2014 archive
Spill Here, Spill Now 0
Buccaneer Petroleum’s legacy grows.
Empty Suits 0
Daniel Ruth considers the House Republicans’ decision to sue President Obama for daring to do his job. A nugget:
Amid all the fife-and-drum weeping and wailing, Obama was accused of being a lawless tyrannical dictator stripping Americans of their freedoms in his pursuit of raw, imperial power. Ooooh, this sounds serious.
So pressing was the clear and present danger to the very core of American values that just as soon as the vote to sue Obama was finished, the House looked forward to vacation for the next five weeks. Now there’s a Minuteman moment for you.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Cleanliness is next to politeness.
Another person to stupid to own a gun, another gun that fires itself.
It’s Called “Evolution” 0
She’s a little over-wrought. Wrought would have been enough.
“Zombie Apocalypse Resistance Vehicle” 0
At least, that’s what the decals said.
All That Was Old Is New Again 0
Werner Herzog’s Bear muses on the similarities between American politics today and in the 1850s. A nugget:
Obviously, if a large number of elected officials refuse to acknowledge the legitimacy of the president, the country either falls apart or becomes ungovernable. Although we aren’t in any real danger of civil war today, we are back in a place where the legitimacy of the president has been rejected, leading to strife and a dysfunctional government. As I’ve said before, the Republican Party has ceased to be a party in the traditional sense. It is merely the vehicle for an extremist conservative movement that values its ideology above all else.
The state of “becoming ungovernable” seems to have been attained.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
As the twig is bent . . . .
Casablanca on the James 0
Dick Polman looks at the Regent and remembers Rick’s American Cafe.
In related news, a letter writer to my local rag reveals who won the bet on the defense strategy.
Artful Dodgers 0
Excerpt:
There is one thing corporations have in common with the rest of us. They don’t like to pay taxes. Fortunately, they rarely have to.
Video below the fold in case it autoplays.
Sugar Babies 0
In Florida, Daniel Ruth offers a new domino theory, a honeyed tail of sweetening the pols pot.
Tampa Bay Times reporters Michael Van Sickler and Craig Pittman reported Sunday that for years some of our august public servants took time out from crusading for responsible government to sneak away to Texas for swanky hunting vacations at the King Ranch with expenses paid by U.S. Sugar.
The Unraveling of the Regency, What’s My Line Dept. 0
Vivian Paige, preeminent local politics blogger and columnist for my local rag, asks, “Will the real Regent please stand up?”
Either McDonnell didn’t take his own advice, or the defense is just an effort to win an acquittal. In either case, the Bob McDonnell of 1989 wouldn’t recognize the Bob McDonnell of 2014.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Be polite in the halls of commerce.
Jaudon then slapped the employee across the face.
The employee grabbed Jaudon and threw her to the ground.
Once separated, Jaudon threatened to kill the employee and admitted that she had a gun.
She then went outside, got a gun out of her vehicle and waved it around, threatening to kill the employee once again.
Via Southern Beale.