November, 2015 archive
Droning On 0
Boys and their toys (and you just know it was an overgrown boy):
“At this point, we don’t know who was operating it,” Jamieson said. “No one came forward while we were investigating; security didn’t have any information when we were there.”
Damn right no one’s come forward. You can bet your bippy ain’t no one coming forward either.
Break Time 0
Off to Drink Liberally.
No Place To Hide 0
Warning: Language.
And, in other news of running naked through the internet,
The feature is being tested on Australian users first, with iOS to arrive by the end of the week, and if they don’t grab pitchforks and torches, The Social NetworkTM threatens promises to take it to the US soon.
The pic-scanning isn’t restricted to photos you’ve already uploaded to Facebook – the app scans your phone’s photo collection for new images, and will raise a dialogue asking if you want to post it to your friends.
A Matter of Time 0
Portland, Maine, has come out with a new logo which states that Portland was founded in 1633, despite it’s having been founded a year earlier. When someone complained, stupid followed.
Chris Busby picks up the story:
The “logic” behind Portland Downtown’s decision is that the logo is a marketing tool, and as such, like most corporate advertising these days, it need bear no relation to facts, history or reality. “While historians may not agree with our logic,” Gilbert wrote to Schechter, “we were really looking at the new brand/logo as a marketing piece and something that people would want to have on tote bags, t-shirts, postcards…”
Suggested debate topic:
- Resolved: That the United States began to go to directly to Hell, without passing “GO” and without collecting $200, the moment that everything became all about the “Brand.”
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Dog of the Hair 0
Horrible people.
(snip)
Most of the girls on the ages 8 to 16 team are white, with naturally straight hair, and Makayla is Hispanic and biracial. In the conversations about styling, Kevin Tonner, the program’s all-star cheer director, told Fallaw, “I know other mixed kids and you can put relaxer in her hair,” Fallaw recalled.
Relaxer isn’t the right tool for Makayla’s hair, and Fallaw didn’t want to damage it with heavy heat or chemicals.
Read up on what’s in hair relaxers. Maybe Mr. Tonner should try drinking some to straighten himself out some himself before recommending them so casually.
Furrfu.
Drinking Liberally Virginia Beach Tonight 0
Fun and fellowship for liberals. Join us and talk about anything in a relaxed atmosphere.
When: Thursday, November 12, 6 p.
Where:
Croc’s 19 Street Bistro
620 19th Street (Map)
More here.
Nothing To Do, Nowhere To Go 0
Status quo ante.
Jobless claims held at 276,000 in the week ended Nov. 7, a Labor Department report showed Thursday.
(snip)
The four-week average of claims, a less-volatile measure than the weekly figure, climbed to 267,750, the highest since the end of September, from 262,750 in the prior week.
The number of people continuing to receive jobless benefits rose by 5,000 to 2.174 million in the week ended Oct. 31.
Take a Carson Ride 0
Ben Carson,
the Volkswagen candidate.
Both images via Job’s Anger. Click either image to see it at that site.
Late Night Thought 0
I have seen posts on various blogs wishing folks a “Happy Veterans’ Day.”
I don’t get it. What can possibly be “happy” about Veterans’ Day?
Where is the happiness in honoring folks who willingly or unwillingly (remember the draft? I can still remember my lottery number) put themselves in danger on behalf of their country, whether for good cause or ill? I put out my flag today, but it was not about happiness; it was about respect.
My Daddy was a veteran of World War II. Mostly he didn’t want to talk about it.
Sad, somber, serious, reflective, thankful, grateful, respectful, all those I could get. But “happy”?
Give me a break.
She’s Had Enough 0
Ronnie Polaneczky is fed up.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Spontaneous politeness:
Kinzie was struck in the right collarbone, and it caused critical injuries. Kinzie is being treated at The Children’s Hospital in Oklahoma City.
Where do all these self-firing guns come from?