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.
