February, 2018 archive
The Firehose 0
You must admit, nevertheless, that even though they are high in volume, they make up for it by being low in quality.
Via PoliticalProf.
“He Couldn’t Afford To Live” 0
Thom tells of the story of a friend who died because he couldn’t afford health insurance and draws its lessons.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Politeness must be practiced, not just preached.
“It was an accidental discharge,” said C.I. Shooting Sports owner Stephen Stewart. “He was participating in a conceal-carry course and by state law, you are required to draw the weapon out of a holster. He just got on the range, loaded it and it was an accident.”
As far as I am concerned, there is no such thing as an “accidental discharge” or a fireman. The two choices are “deliberate” or “negligent.”
QOTD 0
David Hope, Baron Hope of Thornes:
There is a time to speak and a time to listen, and sometimes people need to shut up.
Break Time 0
Off to drink liberally.
Pigeons in the Holes 0
In a long and thoughtful post, Professor Rupert Nacoste considers the interplay between law and culture and, in particular, the poisonous side-effects of pigeon-holing people by race and heritage. Here’s an anecdote from his piece; follow the link for the rest.
“Hi my name is J-M and I want to be a psychologist like my mom and that means I need to be in middle school and high school here…”
After a long pause, Ms. L replied, “Where did you move from Miss M?” (She mispronounced my name). So I replied, “Its M and Tampa, but before that I lived in 29 Palms, California and before that was Virginia, and I was actually born in North Carolina but I don’t remember it.”
“Well you’ve certainly moved around a lot”, she said, “You have such beautiful olive skin, where is your family from?”
“Up-state New York!” I replied without hesitation.
“I mean what are you? Mexican? Indian?… your ethnicity? Your last name is different from normal…” She trailed off.
I could feel my face turning red and I stuttered that I was…”
Remember, this is an interaction between a teacher and a seventh-grade student; an adult and a thirteen-year-old. Indeed, when it comes to the possibility of being taken over by neo-diversity anxiety “who are the ‘we’ and who are the ‘they’”, there are no innocent.
The Return of Snake Oil 0
At the San Francisco Chronicle, Lisa Fullam exposes the duplicity behind Donald Trump’s advocacy for “the right to try” unproven “medical” treatments.
Tales of the Trumpling: Snapshots of Trickle-Down Trumpery 0
Trumpling the basketball game.
Elder High School students chanted the name of a Chinese restaurant chain at an Asian-American player, along with homophobic slurs, and singled out a black player for racist abuse, reported WLWT-TV.
The chants reached a peak in the third quarter, when Friday’s game between Elder and St. Xavier High School was finally called off.
More Trumpling at the link.