August, 2016 archive
Dis Coarse Discourse 0
Via Job’s Anger.
QOTD 0
Samuel Taylor Coleridge:
Experience informs us that the first defence of weak minds is to recriminate.
And Now for Something Completely Different 0
In the mid-50s, Liberace had an afternoon television show. My mother tried to watch it every day.
He was one weird dude, but he could play.
Dis Coarse Discourse 0
Why do persons think Hillary Clinton isn’t trustworthy? Perhaps this compilation of claptrap will give you a clue or three.
Amazing.
Via Karoli at C&L, who notes (follow the link for the full article):
When you hear questions framed like the ones in the video above, or you hear media allowing the frame that she is a “horribly flawed candidate,” allow yourself the space to consider that it is their perception only. It’s something they’ve invested in for 40 years now, and they’re unlikely to let it go anytime soon.
Nothing To Do, Nowhere To Go 0
This marks the 74th straight week that claims have been under 300k.
The four-week moving average increased to 260,250 last week after falling to 256,500 in the previous period, which was the second-lowest level since 1973.
The number of people continuing to receive jobless benefits dropped by 6,000 to 2.14 million in the week ended July 23. The unemployment rate among people eligible for benefits held at 1.6 percent. These data are reported with a one-week lag.
(Almost forgot it was Thursday.)
North Carolina Bows before the Duke of Hazardous 0
This is, natch, in no way related to N. C. Governor Perry’s having been employed by the Duke of Hazardous for three decades. Such a connection would be highly improp–oh, never mind.
The Associated Press obtained a copy of the 220-page deposition given last month by toxicologist Ken Rudo as part of a lawsuit filed against Duke by a coalition of environmental groups. The nation’s largest electricity company has asked a federal judge to seal the record, claiming its public disclosure would potentially prejudice jurors.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
It is unwise to toy with politeness.
Authorities say a 12-year-old boy has died after being accidentally shot at a Florence County home.
Deputies told media outlets a second child was wounded, but is expected to survive.
Authorities said the shooting happened Wednesday afternoon in Coward as the three boys were playing with the weapon. Investigators did not release the type of gun or whether any adults were in the home when the shooting happened.
Just another day in NRA paradise.
Dis Coarse Discourse 0
Rob Korobkin, self proclaimed young person, is dismayed at the dismal destructiveness of the dispersal of the discourse. A snipppet:
These days, if you want folks to hear your voice, you have to be just as incendiary as the trolls.
You have to be share-worthy. . . .
Trump’s obnoxious, sure, but that’s an asset, not a liability.
Ryan’s Derp 0
Daniel Ruth lets his imagination shake free the bonds of earth.
Spill Here, Spill Now, Cleanup Never 0
Buccaneer Petroleum, the Legacy: Public health makes a corexit, stage right.