July, 2016 archive
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Be polite to your romantic partners.
Just another day in NRA lovers’ paradise.
Aside:
The story says the case is going to be referred to a grand jury to decide whether to press charge. Given that, according to the rules of English grammar, the gun clearly fired itself, why the referral is left hanging.
Conventional Wisdom 0
Warning: In questionable taste, but so is the Republican Convention.
Via Raw Story.
Footnote: No, Tim Tebow won’t be there.
Chris-Crossed: Christie the Cold-Hearted 0
At Northjersey dot com, Valerie Vainieri Huttle highlights Chris Christie’s utter disdain for those most in need. A snippet:
Many of the constituents that benefit from these programs the governor excised have come before the Assembly Human Services Committee with heartbreaking pleas for assistance, pleas that did not fall on deaf ears when we crafted the Democratic budget this year. That is, until it arrived at the governor’s desk.
‘Not worthy’
With the stroke of a pen, the governor told these constituents: You are not worthy.
It’s No (Longer a) Secret 0
Josh Marshall reveals his secret for understanding the Trumpery.
There’s more. Read it.
Aside:
Y’know, I might even watch some of the coverage of next week’s convention.
Droning On 2
Boys and their toys . . . .
The presence of the drone forced Cal Fire to ground firefighting aircraft due to the risk of a collision.
Information posted on social media helped lead Cal Fire law enforcement officers to 57-year-old Eric Wamser. He was arrested Friday afternoon and booked into the Placer County Jail.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
More polite play:
Thus passeth another day in NRA paradise, where the right to unending carnage shall not be infringed.
Geeking Out 0
Listening to The Circular Staircase by Mary Roberts Rinehart on QMMP while checking email in Mutt in the Terminator terminal emulator while monitoring computer usage with GkrellM on Slackware –Current with a GUI managed by the Fluxbox window manager, praise Bob!
Tell Me Again Why They Are Called “Smart” Phones? Once More All Over Again 0
The four teenagers had ventured into the network of caves at Box to play the augmented reality game, which launched in the UK this week and is already sweeping the nation.
The stupid. It burns.
Addendum:
And then there’s this.
“Barefoot and Pregnant” 0
At the Boston Review, Kate Manne starts with Donald Trump’s overt contempt for women (even as he lusts after them) and reasons backwards to the more subtle and common aspects of misogyny and what it means. She concludes it’s all about keeping women in their place, their place, that is, as defined by the misogynists. A snippet:
The answer, all too often, is that it is transformed into moralistic forms—which are not, as (right wing apologist and professional misdirection player David–ed.) Brooks seems to imply, historical artifacts. What unites these varieties of misogyny, past and present, and moralistic and non-moralistic alike, is that they enforce the patriarchal order by lifting men up and taking down women.
Voltaic Brexit 1
I haven’t mentioned Brexit much because I don’t know enough about it; I know only what I’ve read in the papers.
It’s not that I fear displaying my ignorance; it’s that I don’t even have enough ignorance to display. (I will say that my gut instinct is that, in a globalizing world, promoting parochialism is not a propitious proposition.)
I will commend to your attention to the latest episode of the Bad Voltage podcast, which opens with a fascinating discussion about Brexit amongst one Brit living in Britain, one expat Brit, and one American, all of them accomplished and none of them political professionals. The Brexit discussion takes up the first half-hour or so of the show.