April, 2018 archive
QOTD 0
Robert van Gulik:
Most tricks look easy when they are done well.
van Gulik, Robert, The Haunted Monastery (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1997), p. 167
Twits on Twitter 0
Wall-eyed twits:
Tales of the Trumpling: Snapshots of Trickle-Down Trumpery 0
A Trumpled nurse:
Houston’s KTRK reported Friday that the Muslim nurse, who was wearing hijab, believes the attack was religiously-motivated based on slurs the attacker yelled at her, calling her a “raghead” and a “sand n**ger.”
Face it: Bigots see Donald Trump’s electoral success as permission to be themselves.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Politeness is a family value.
Marsh’s boyfriend, 25-year-old Travis Hypes, claimed to police they had been in an argument that evolved into a shoving match. He said he pulled out a pistol at one point in the altercation and it fired by accident when Marsh shoved him again.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Politeness takes a fall.
Guns and stupid, guns and stupid,
They go together like love and Cupid.
Let me tell you, brother,
You can’t have one without the other.
No Place To Hide 0
One more time: The internet is a public place. Comport yourself accordingly.
QOTD 0
Robert B. Parker:
Home’s where you can go and they have to take you in.
Parker, Robert B., Promised Land (New York: Dell, 1986), p. 77
Nose. Spite. Face. 0
Paul Krugman discusses the economic divide that powers Trumpery and Republicanism. He points out how voting for Donald Trump and his enablers and sycophants is likely to have precisely the opposite effect that his supporters desire. A snippet:
This, of course, is why the Republican Party focuses so much on cultural issues and the politics of hate. They know their economic goals cannot pass muster.
Follow the link for the complete article.
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*That is, between poorer and richer states after the Depression and up till Reaganomics.