April, 2017 archive
Facebook Frolics 0
SeattlePI reports that the Zuckerborg is hazardous to your health.
The Producers, Live Action Version 0
Tony Norman marvels at life’s imitating art.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Practice makes polite.
Witnesses said residents in the area were target shooting when one of the rounds missed a backstop, striking the girl.
Clearly these clowns need all the practice they can get.
Hope in the Trumpled Times 0
In my local rag, political science professor Matthew Hall lists four reasons to be cautiously optimistic, despite the triumph of Trumpery at the polls in the Electoral College. Here’s one (emphasis in the print version, though not in the web version):
Follow the link for the other three.
The Pusher Men 0
Pap and his guest discuss how Big Pharma designs diseases in order to deal drugs.
If you watch American television in the early evening, you can see scores of commercials that illustrate this, as aging actors perform numerous outdoor activities in front of the green screen.
The Fire Next TIme 0
News of the vapid:
The malfunctioning devices have forced at least one aircraft to land, started fires on ships and left sailors with second-degree burns . The injuries have occurred when the devices were being used, charged or replaced, or when they came into inadvertent contact with metal objects, according to the Navy.
The story goes on to point out that the “Vaping” business association, which is not called “Nicotine Addiction Pays Big Bucks,” is protesting.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Be polite to your neighbors (emphasis added).
Rescuers took the wounded teen to a hospital, where she was listed in critical condition after undergoing emergency surgery, Jackson said.
Afterthought:
“Manipulating a firearm” would appear to be police-speek for “playing with his portable penis.”
Down in the Dumbs 0
Josh Marshall finds himself concerned about what he dubs the “militant ignorance” of Donald Trump. A snippet:
(snip)
Remaining ignorant is probably a good adaptive strategy for him because it allows him to pretend that everything is obvious, that he can solve any problem and generally act like he can do anything – in a way, this allowed him to become President.
Fly the Fiendly Skies 0
Thom discusses the larger issues highlighted by United Airlines decision to beat the bejesus out of one of its customers and persuasively links them to Reaganomics.
Excerpt:
This is . . . police violence as a dimension of a business plan.
War and Mongers of War 0
Speaking of five-year old boys playing “Bang! Bang! You’re Dead!” . . . .
