November, 2018 archive
Insecurity 0
Virginia Tech Professor Rebecca Hester suggests that, despite the (used-to-be) soaring Dow Jones average, we are not “better off” (emphasis added):
“But the Emails” 0
Timothy O’Brien comments on the news that Ivanka Trump used a private email server. A snippet:
Then again, it’s also possible that Ivanka, like her father, assumes that rules are for other people and not the Trumps.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Be polite to your friends.
A 14-year-old male was at the residence and called 911, the report said.
One less friend.
Aside:
I think I’ve remarked on this before, but I find it signifies something, perhaps an unconscious dehumanization, when “boys” or “men” become “males” once they come to the notice of police. I’ve kept count, but I don’t think girls and women are so frequently yclept, but I’ll keep my eye out.
The Voter Fraud Fraud 0
Mike reacts to Lou Dobbs’s claims of illegal immigrants’ voting (warning: language):
A Caravan of Lies 0
The SPLC reports that the “militias” (most emphatically not the well-regulated kind) that have gathered at the border seem willing to believe anything. A snippet:
At the same time, however, the militia movement has been afflicted by infighting and backstabbing over the caravan and their response to it. In their frenzy, they’ve told reporters that they are prepared to bring hundreds, even thousands, of armed men and women to the border to form a united front. But behind the scenes, these irregular armies are made up of unreliable individuals. Leaders have insulted other leaders. Groups have broken alliances with other groups. And self-described commanders have resigned their positions in the militias they run.
Facebook Frolics 0
Nina Jankowicz is fed up. A nugget:
Sadly, I suspect that, as long as Facebook targets users gullibly succumb to Facebook’s alogrithm-driven stroking of their egos, the situation is unlikely to improve.
Still Rising Again after All These Years 0
Will Bunch is dismayed at how some white Southerners keep hanging on to the past.
Dis Enchantment 0
Werner Herzog’s Bear muses on the ease with which right-wing evangelical “Christians” can suspend disbelief. A snippet:
Facebook Frolics 0
Christalmighty, people will fall for anything if they see it on a computer screen.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Maintain politeness.
“Performing maintenance.” Furrfu.
He is now a widower by his own hand.
