From Pine View Farm

2015 archive

Hook to the Right 0

Country Club Republican wearing Old GOP tee shirt prepares to tee off looks at his caddy, a redneck wearing NRA hat and


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A Flagging Interest in the Secesh 0

The Roanoke Times, in a long and thoughtful piece, considers the efforts this year to remove Confederate monuments and memoribilia from public display. Remember, most of these took place after Dylan Roof tried to rally the Secesh to a new race war by killing persons in a church. Here’s a bit; the whole thing is worth a read:

We thought eastern Europeans were right when they started hauling down statues of Lenin and Marx and Stalin after the end of the Cold War — and when Iraqis pulled down statues of Saddam Hussein. We also think the Taliban and the Islamic State are being grotesquely wrong when they go about blowing up ancient statues on the grounds that they’re heathen symbols. So where on that continuum of history do some of our symbols fall?

Here is one question to ask as Confederate symbols or even non-Confederate ones come up for review: Does their display constitute an endorsement of the politics behind them?

At some level, the answer may always be “yes.” Otherwise, why else would the historical figure have been honored in the first place? There’s a national movement among conservative activists to name more things after Ronald Reagan. They’re not doing that simply because they thought Reagan was a congenial fellow — they’re doing it to validate his philosophy for history.

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“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0

A polite society is a clean society.

A 2-year-old girl was hospitalized after her uncle accidentally shot her while cleaning a gun on Christmas morning.

Just another day in Gun Nut Paradise, where the carnage of innocents is a routine and acceptable byproduct of boys stroking their ammosex toys.

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Have Cake, Eat It Too 0

Ted Cruz, pulling daughters into spotlight:  Leave my daughters out of this.

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QOTD 0

Jon Evans:

Governments are scared of software.

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3D Printing Goes to Sea 0

3D printing has been mainstreamed.

. . . the Navy is turning to technology to enable sailors to produce custom parts aboard their ships using 3-D printers.

The miniature fabrication labs have been placed on two ships: the aircraft carrier Truman and the amphibious assault ship Kearsarge. Both Norfolk-based ships are deployed to the Middle East in the fight against the Islamic State.

Much more at the link.

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Pure Idiocy 0

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Live the Future at Tomorrow Land 0

Disney Land installs metal detectors at entrances. Here’s a snippet from Mary Sanchez’s article:

Some see this as preparedness in the face of our new normal, but it’s really an abdication. Disneyland is locking itself up against the possibility of mass shootings because Americans are starting to accept that nothing else can be done.

This is the normalizing of fear. And it happens because politicians are unwilling to do anything to actually make us safer in the form of expanded background checks or limits on gun ownership.

Gun Nut Paradise progresses apace.

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Lab Test 0

Southern Beale points out that the proof is in the packing.

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“Off We Go a-Caroling . . . .” 0

John Romano composes new carols for this holiday season.

Likely they will still be timely a year from now.

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“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0

Politeness takes practice.

While target shooting with a .22 caliber rifle at the indoor range, a 12-year-old boy dropped the weapon after a hot bullet casing burned him. When the rifle hit the ground, it fired. The bullet struck a man in the leg.

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Christmas, the Hangover 0

Donald Trump on Santa's knee going on and on about how great he is.  Santa thinking,

Via Job’s Anger.

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QOTD 0

Marcel Proust:

All our final decisions are made in a state of mind that is not going to last.

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Excess 0

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Happiness 0

Our next number is dedicated to Bill-O and all the boys and girls at Fox News.

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