2015 archive
Drinking Liberally Virginia Beach Thursday 0
Fun and fellowship for liberals. Join us and talk about anything in a relaxed atmosphere.
When: Thursday, May 14, 6 p.
Where:
Croc’s 19 Street Bistro
620 19th Street (Map)
More here.
All the World’s a Plot, and All the Men and Women Merely Plotters 0
Tony Norman explores the magnetic powers of conspiracy theories. A snippet:
Ironically, those most concerned about Jade Helm 15 aren’t remotely bothered by the militarization of the police or by what’s happening in large swaths of urban America. They aren’t suspicious of the takeover of the political process by corporate interests and plutocrats. Their anxieties are much more exotic and unlikely. They’re not particularly open to a counter narrative that involves anything less than a supernatural villain whose plans can be leaked in advance on the Internet.
Republican Family Values 0
Jason330 figures it out.
Everybody Must Get Fracked 0
Via Job’s Anger.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Another day in NRA Paradise.
Ann Arbor police Detective Sgt. Pat Hughes says . . . three other children — two boys and a girl all under the age of 10 — were at the home at the time.
Other than that, police still haven’t figured out exactly who did what to whom.
The Great Unwatched 0
I’m okay with cable bundling, for this reason: If cable companies move to a la carte pricing, there is one certainty: We will pay more for less.
I don’t know how they will manage it, but they will manage it.
The video is still a hoot.
Driving while Black 0
Honest to Pete, you can’t make this stuff up.
Chris-Crossed 0
Alfred Dobbin reminds you,
Follow the link to find out why.
Good Neighbors 0
A Canadian who would like to legally come to the United States to work because most of the jobs in his field are in the States recounts his experience. A nugget:
After a few clicks I discovered that, for Americans sponsoring siblings from Canada, the wait time is about nine more years.
Yes, that’s right: 13 years total processing time. They are now processing priority dates of March 2002, and with my priority date of January 2011, they should get to me by March 2024.
The March (and April and May) of the Zombie Lies 1
In related news, Leonard Pitts, Jr, peers from the ramparts of Helm’s Deep and sees the attacking forces of Sauron stupid, the army of the zomebies zombie lies of wingnuttery.
”That’s the argument conservatives found “hateful” “sickening” and “dishonest.”
So it is, depending upon your religious outlook, a fortuitous coincidence or superfluous evidence of God’s puckish sense of humor that a few days later comes news of conservatives accusing the federal government of trying to take over the state of Texas.
The Stetson, Updated 0
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“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Be polite to your friends.
The stupid. It burns.
The Internet Is a Public Place 0
Buried deep in a longer story about Twitter’s trading travails (the stock is down a bit) is this nugget (emphasis added):
Facebook has so much data on its users, “you could actually target a premium credit card to a businessman you know is traveling all the time,” said Bryan Wiener, chairman of 360i, a digital marketing agency that works with brands like Capital One, NBCUniversal, Spotify, Oreo and Oscar Mayer.
In other words, Twitter needs to up its spying game to up its stock price.
Story via my local rag, print edition.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
“A 16 year old male was duck hunting, and while hunting a firearm was discharged. As a result of that he is now unfortunately deceased.”
“Was discharged” by whom, precisely?
The intellectual dishonesty of reportage on “accidental” gun deaths is stunning.