2015 archive
“Two Different Wars, We Fight in Two Different Wars” 0
Southern Beale suggests that, as regards Kim Davis, many-time married opponent of gay marriage, the discussion is taking place on two different and unrelated levels:
Do please read the rest.
Selfie Indulgence 0
A selfie of stupid: If you’re in a tie with a train, you lose.
When I worked for the railroad, I noted a fact: A train never strikes a “person.” A train always strikes a “trespasser.”
Stray Question 0
Will there come a time when persons who have carnal thoughts be willing to admit that their thoughts are their thoughts, and not some phenomenon foisted upon them by outside agency?
Really, now, if you have a dirty mind, own up to it, take pride in it, revel in it, and, for Pete’s sake, stop blaming others for your carnal thoughts.
They are your thoughts and no one else’s.
Full disclosure:
I have nothing against dirty minds. Mine’s as dirty as they come.
I do have lots of things against hypocrites and Miss (and Mr.) Grundys.
QOTD 0
Unknown:
The man who says he has never known fear has never put out a candle with is fingers.
Gold Bugged 0
Scammified on a cross of gold.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
On the road, make sure you have the polite-of-way.
Police say Thompkins’ girlfriend and his one-year-old son were in the car when he was shot and killed but were unharmed.
“Truth in Labeling” 0
Truth is a concept that the right eschews. Leonard Pitts, Jr., sums it up (emphasis added):
More Pitts at the link.
In related news, Badtux explains “reasonable accommodation.”
Image via Job’s Anger.
Just a Cottage by the Sea . . . 0
. . . with an edifice complex.
“They’re Being Uppity, That’s Why” 0
Chauncey Devega discusses why the right fears and smears “Black Lives Matter.” (The relevant part starts at about the 18-minute mark.)
Via Indomitable.
Rising Above 0
Steve Watson thinks that Donald Trump may be petering out (full argument at the link).
I fear he is mistaken. “Competence” and “Republican governance” are distinct and unrelated concepts.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
The polite build families at the confluence of guns and stupid.
He was removing the magazine from the 9 mm handgun when a round was discharged and struck his wife (in the ankle–ed.), according to police.
Note how the phrasing implies that the weapon somehow mysteriously fired itself all on its ownsome.
If it was an accident, why was he pointing the damn gun in the general direction of another person?