August, 2016 archive
The Jesus Crumpet 0
Frederick L. Coolidge and Melissa L. Coolidge explore why persons see faces in slices of toast and other places where there are none. A snippet:
What Ailes Fox? 0
Pap goes off on an astounding rant. Excerpt:
All he did was tap into the hate in America.
No! Really? Reality?
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At The Bangor Daily News, Alex Steed marvels at how “reality television,” which was always unreal, has become political reality. Here’s just a bit:
Back in 2009, on the radio show “This American Life,” writer Rich Juzwiak said of the now-classic reality TV trope: “What makes, ‘I’m not here to make friends’ quintessential reality TV is that it’s impossible to imagine ever saying it in real life.”
And so, seven years later, it would fit right in this election season, would it not?
Break Time 0
Off to drink liberally.
Travel Warning 0
When you visit North Carolina, don’t drink the well water.
Prepaid Business Reply 0
Thom goes postal:
(When I do this, I always slip in a subscription form for The Nation, especially if it’s a mail from Wingnut Central.)
Nothing To Do, Nowhere To Go 0
For all practical purposes, status quo ante.
(snip)
The number of people continuing to receive jobless benefits rose by 14,000 to 2.16 million in the week ended July 30. The unemployment rate among people eligible for benefits held at 1.6 percent.
Reminder: Not an Aberration, a Culmination 0
Excerpt:
So, yeah, Donald Trump is an atrocity, but he’s a Republican atrocity.
And Now for Something Completely Different 0
I do love Henry Mancini’s music.
Facebook Frolics 0
Shorter Mark Zuckerberg: You will look at my stupid, annoying, obnoxious ad and like it.
Full Disclosure:
I don’t use ad-blocking software. I use a HOSTS file.
Chris-Crossed, a Bridge Too Far Dept. 0
Of course he knew. It was not credible that his aides would pull a stunt like that on their own.
Christina Renna, who worked under deputy chief of staff Bridget Anne Kelly, texted: “Are you listening? He just flat out lied about senior staff and (former deputy chief of staff Bill) Stepien not being involved.” Renna, who was listed in the papers as Christina Genoveses. She added that if emails were uncovered in court discovery, “it could be bad.”
Parochial Political Purity Police, Resort Town Dept. 4
My Congressperson has been booted from his local party.
Rigell, who opposes party nominee Donald Trump, announced in a New York Times story Friday that he would vote for Libertarian candidate Gary Johnson, a former governor of New Mexico.
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The Republican Party of Virginia Beach’s bylaws say any member who endorses or gives a donation to a candidate who isn’t the Republican nominee is considered to have resigned from the local chapter.
I have voted against Mr. Rigell every chance I’ve had since moving to these parts; had I had more opportunities, I’d have voted against him more times. Nevertheless, despite disagreeing with him on almost every issue, I will concede freely that he has conducted himself like a grown-up in office.
He is still a member of the national Republican Party, who experience shows us will let almost any loon into the door so long as he or she repeats the loyalty oath to St. Ronnie of Reagan.