October, 2016 archive
“Clowns to the Left of Me, Jokers Clowns to the Right of Me”
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American exports seem to be doing well. For example . . . .
“The person who called us was sitting behind the wheel with two children in the car when [what appeared to be] a man in a clown mask popped up in a ditch,” police officer Patrick Solberg told local newspaper Romerikes Blad.
When police arrived at the scene they found that the culprit was in fact a 14-year-old boy.
“He and four friends had done this together. The other four stood watching while they filmed the stunt,” Solberg told TV2.
Follow the story for more examples of United States exports.
Chris-Crossed 0
I guess Chris Christie will have to cross this bridge when he comes to it.
The story goes to say that Christie is appealing. To whom is unclear Sorry, couldn’t resist.
Sleazy Is as Sleazy Thinks 0
I have two daughters. I never ever thought–I cannot conceive of having ever thought–of dating either one of them.
Guess I’m not Republican Presidential candidate material.
Pardon me now while I take a few moments to stop my skin from crawling.
Afterthought:
Today’s Republican Party is a vile and loathsome thing.
The Bright Side 0
Dick Polman:
He goes on to point out that he’s writing in the morning, and no one knows what today might bring.
Meanwhile, in The Charlotte Observer, Keith Larson marvels at this coarse discourse (emphasis added–more at the link):
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” (Updated) 0
(Link fixed. I must have had a case of missing links yesterday.)
Practice makes perfect (emphasis added).
For some reason, the deputies did not call in a SWAT team, but waited for the shooting to stop before moving in.
Gee, I wonder what that reason might have been . . . .
Afterthought:
Will someone please make the bastard coinage “ongoing” disappear?
Addendum:
The updated story reports that the practicing pals have been charged with assault and reckless endangerment.
Nothing To Do, Nowhere To Go 0
Still not bad (and certainly not Donald Trump’s hellscape):
Jobless claims were 246,000 in the period ended Oct. 8, unchanged from the previous week’s level, which was revised lower, a Labor Department report showed Thursday in Washington.
(snip)
The four-week average of claims, a less-volatile measure than the weekly figure, declined to 249,250 from 252,750 in the prior week.
The number of people continuing to receive jobless benefits fell by 16,000 to 2.05 million in the week ended Oct. 1, the lowest since June 2000. The unemployment rate among people eligible for benefits held at 1.5 percent.
“Minced Trump” 0
(Link fixed.)
Solomon Jones writes of his recent interview of Tim Kaine. Not surprisingly, the Trump Tape came up as a topic. Mr. Kaine did not mince words; he minced Trump. Here’s an excerpt; follow the link for the rest.
“No, it’s not. It’s what sexual abusers do, but it’s not what men do.”
I wholeheartedly agree. Talking about grabbing strange women by the genitals without their permission is not locker-room talk. It’s sociopath talk.
“Fly the Friendly Skies” 0
The closest I ever got to this was flying Jefferson Airplane because it gets you there on time.
She would also have sex with pilots in the cockpit even during flight, the reports claimed.
The hostess apparently kept a digital diary detailing the ins and outs of all her “mile-high” extra-marital affairs. They should have remained a secret until her husband for found the diary and blew his top.
I once had a coworker who told me of accidentally walking into the wrong hotel room in a large U. S. city in a western state that begins with the letter “U” to find himself beholding a flight crew that was indulging in a little post-arrival recreation. I remember his saying, “The stewardesses (that’s how long ago this was–they were still called “stewardesses”) were down to their bras.”
No, he didn’t tell me what airline. The crew was out of uniform.
Coda 0
Donald Trump has done one positive thing.
He has verified that the Republican Party and the religious right are what those of us to the left of the late Senator Everett Dirksen have been saying they are for three decades or more.
Afterthought:
Oh, my. The wheels are coming off the Trump train.
Whatever will tomorrow bring? And whatever will “Republican Family Values” voters have to say?
(I can answer the latter question: Nothing. Because “Family Values” is nothing more than a marketing slogan for “Republican.” On that statement I shall take a strong and wide stance.)
Get Out the Vote, Don’t Throw Out the Vote 0
Dick Polman explains that history matters as he remembers the theft of the 2000 election through what he refers to as “the Florida Farce.” A snippet:
Follow the link.