2015 archive
Republican Family Values 0
It’s just their schtick, folks. It’s all an act for the rubes.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Be polite to younger family members.
Bishop says the 28-year-old cousin told police he had been talking with Jesse about hunting and had a few beers. He was showing the boy a new shotgun when he pointed it at Jesse and pulled the trigger. He told police he didn’t think it was loaded.
Guns, beer, and stupid: always a good combination in NRA Paradise.
Afterthought:
If this is not negligent homicide, then there can be no such thing.
Twits on Twitter 0
You can’t make this stuff up twits.
As the Emperor Augustine is reputed to have said when presented with something too stupid for words, “Words fail me. Nothing I can say can express the depths of my feelings on this matter.”
Nothing To Do, Nowhere To Go 0
Still somewhat positive.
(snip)
The number of people continuing to receive jobless benefits held at 2.23 in the week ended May 2.In that same period, the unemployment rate among people eligible for benefits held at 1.7 percent, where it’s been since mid-March, the report showed.
Aside:
It is almost certain that the Republican Party is looking for a way to reverse this trend.
What It Was, Was Football 0
Reg Henry is not impressed by the sanctions levied by the NFL over “deflategate.”
Do follow the link.
Afterthought:
I am so done with big-time football. It makes the WWE look like the Grecian Olympic Games. At least the WWE has stopped pretending . . . .
Needles and Haystacks 0
I haven’t paid much attention to Seymour Hersch’s story about the killing of Bin Laden because anyone who expects honesty and transparency about anything involving the CIA or the NSA, however tangentially, is delusional. Duplicity, nay! triplicity is their stock in trade.
Also, frankly, my dear, I don’t give a damn how the CIA got their information.
If you give a damn, Shaun Mullen has a masterful analysis of the story so far.
Facebook Frolics 0
One more time: the internet is a public place. Govern yourselves accordingly.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
You’ve heard of an “omnibus”? The polite take the “ammobus.”
Just another day in NRA Paradise.
Hoist on His Own Petard 0
Essential to teabaggery is denial for any responsibility for the public good or for contributing thereunto, because those contributions take the form of taxes (at least until teabaggers discover they are part of the public).
This case is sad, but it’s not at all sympathetic.
Via Balloon Juice.
Off the Rails 0
I must have ridden across this bit of track hundreds of times when I worked for the railroad.
I was in a derailment once.
My buddy and I decided to take the old Night Owl to Boston for the weekend. We planned to leave Friday night, catch a night’s sleep in the sleeping car, and head back Saturday night.
Seems that, as the train left Providence, the coach behind the sleeping car derailed (all that means is that a wheel slipped of the tracks). Given that no one was hurt and no noticeable damage was done, the coaches were cut off the train and the engine, the bag car, and the sleeping car proceeded to Boston.
We arrived on time. As the Owl was an overnight train, there was a lot of padding in the schedule . . . .
I slept through the derailment.
Football uber Alles 0
Der Spiegel interviews Patrick Venzke, a German who played in the NFL before returning to Europe to play in the European league. Here’s a bit, in which he responds to questions about Chris Borland, who retired from the NFL after two seasons because of concerns over long-term damage to his health from playing.
(snip)
You play for the glory, the fame, the status. But if you win the Super Bowl and get inaugurated into the Hall of Fame only to forget you were a footballer by the time you’re 60 because you have Alzheimer’s, it’s just not worth it. Players still put up with broken bones, but not with a destroyed brain.