November, 2016 archive
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
This is your Second Amendment Solution to rearing the young.
Neighbors said that Ware told them that the child somehow got a hold of the gun and shot himself in the stomach.
(snip)
Neighbors said the boy’s father has a reputation for firing his gun in the area.
“There’s been several times where I’ve seen him out here shooting at people’s feet and acting crazy,” Amanda Cunningham said.
Ryan’s Derp, Hands Off My Medicare Dept. 0
Nothing says “America” like making health care more expensive or, ideally, unobtainable.
I wonder what all the old white men who voted for Trump will think of this.
Aside:
There was a pickup truck festooned with flags and Trump signs on a major local street for several weeks. I passed it on election day. Seated beside it were two old white men. All I have to say to them is “Get a brain, morans.”
By the by, I’m an old white man, but I already have a brain, thank you.
Break Time 0
Off to drink liberally.
Today, I truly look forward to the fellowship.
Later:
It was a refreshing gathering. Join us (or look for a chapter in your area) next time.
Gird yourself against the dark times ahead.
Look in the Mirror 0
Shorter Roger Chesley: No, we are not better than that.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Set an example of politeness for your children.
Police have arrested 31-year-old Zach Cory for accidentally shooting his 8-year-old daughter.
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Detectives tell us the girl’s father, 31-year-old Cory, was inside a house near Pecos and Las Vegas Boulevard Tuesday night when his gun discharged. Cory is now facing felony child abuse charges.
Friends and family say he’s an excellent father.
Gaming the System 3
In a column written shortly before the election, Paul Krugman ascends into rigging of the ship of state.
Read it.
Nothing To Do, Nowhere To Go 0
Still not bad.
(snip)
The four-week average of claims, a less-volatile measure than the weekly figure, ticked up to 259,750 from 258,000 in the prior week.
The number of people continuing to receive jobless benefits rose by 18,000 to 2.04 million in the week ended Oct. 29, while the four-week average dropped by 2,250. The unemployment rate among people eligible for benefits held at 1.5 percent.
Do not expect this trend to continue once voodoo economics again casts its spell.
Image via Job’s Anger.
Still Rising Again after All These Years 0
A century and a half later, the Confederate States of America wins another battle in the Civil War.
One More Time, Not Voting Is Voting 0
If you are unwilling to vote for the lesser of two evils, you will most surely end up with the evil of two lessers.
Q. E. D.
Via PoliticalProf.
The View from Afar 0
Der Spiegel looks at the U. S. election. A snippet:
Welcome to pariah patriotism.
Stray Thought 0
Experiments sometimes fail, even noble ones.
Drinking Liberally Virginia Beach Tomorrow 0
Now, more than ever . . .
Join us.
When: Thursday, November 10, 6 p.
Where:
Croc’s 19 Street Bistro
620 19th Street (Map)
More here.
Reflection on the Election (Updated) 0
Hate sells.
Also, too, Chauncey Devega called it weeks ago.
Addendum:
What is likely to be ignored in the general discourse is that, in the United States of America, a nation founded on chattel slavery and stained by its original sin of racism, everything is ultimately about race. A snippet from Danielle Belton:
It took two generations, but now we shall know what a George Wallace presidency might have been like.
Twits on Twitter 0
Noah Smith thinks he knows what Twitter’s problem may be.
Follow the link for his reasoning.