2014 archive
Moral Bankruptcy on the Playing Field 0
Nothing illustrates the corruption of big-time college sports and the NCAA better than this sentence, from sportswriter extraordinaire Bob Molinaro, in a column about the proposed NCAA “Division IV” (emphasis added):
That that sentence makes sense is ipso facto evidence that there is no “amateurism” in big-time college athletics.
If it has a business model, it is a business.
It has employees, not “student athletes.”
It’s for money, not “love of the game.”
I am done with the NCAA.
The Entitlement Society, DudeBro Dept. 0
One stark example (warning: language):
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Even more polite little children.
Sheriff Ken Copeland said . . . the death is currently being investigated as an accident.
(snip)
A 6-year-old boy who lived at the home was taken into state protective custody.
There seem to be two or three of these every week.
Here’s yet another dead child from yesterday.
Gun Nut Paradise approacheth apace.
Food for Naught 0
(Methinks he misplet “honey bees.”)
“Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing” 0
It’s the ultimate metaphor for GOP outreach, and it’s not even a metaphor!
You can’t make this stuff up.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Reince Cycle 0
The Republican Party is ducked.
Stray Question 0
Why is it that, when Facebook et al. spy on you and sell your data to third parties to make money, it’s okay, but when the NSA spies on you and keeps your data secret, it’s a scandal?
Car Float 0
“Car Float” is railroad for a barge used to convey railroad cars across water. It’s not something that automobiles do.
It looks like Rosie won’t be getting her driver’s license any time soon.
The 5-month-old German shepherd puppy stepped on the gas and sent her owner’s car careening into a pond in Canton Sunday morning, Canton police said.
After a walk with her owner, the puppy climbed back into the car and got her leash tangled in the gear shift. While trying to break free, Rosie fell on the accelerator, sending the vehicle flying forward, police said.
Addendum:
My friend thinks that the insurance company will refuse to pay because this was an “Act of Dog.”
Men Who Hate Women 0
This is tough to get through because of a big steaming pile of Glenn Beck in the middle, but the message is worth it.
Excerpt:
Just because you don’t know something bad has happened to you doesn’t mean it hasn’t happened.
Warning: Language
Do Unto Others 0
The non-profit where my friend works has a library. One of the librarians there once told my friend that the library must replace more Bibles than any other book, because it was the most stolen book.
Misdirection Play, GOP Support the Troops Dept. 0
Listen to the “conservative” miss the point.
Dick Polman remembers Shinseki’s political bravery. Had his advice been followed, not only would thousands of lives been saved and tens of thousands of injuries prevented, but also the situation at the Veterans’ Administration would be nowhere nearly so messed up as it is.
I bring this up not to traipse down memory lane, but to highlight a cruel contemporary irony. Bush’s reckless invasion of Iraq – and the needless resultant casualties – seriously swelled the VA caseload and exacerbated the problems that landed in Gen. Shinseki’s lap. Given his foresight in 2003, that was the last thing he deserved.