2018 archive
R. I. P. Marty Balin 0
I am an Airplane freak. I was fortunate to see then in concert several times.
They rocked.
“A Token of Their Esteem” 0
Thom’s caller suggests that prosecutor Rachel Mitchell, who the Republicans on the Judiciary Committed used to question Christine Blasey Ford, was a “token hire.”
Methinks the thought is worth a ponder.
Kavanaugh’s Cavalcade of Cozenage 0
The Boston Globe corrals Brett Kavanaugh’s flock of duplicity. Here’s some samples; follow the link for the list and the papers conclusion.
- Kavanaugh was asked if he was involved with a scheme to steal Democratic staff e-mails related to judicial confirmations. He lied about it. E-mails showed that he was involved.
- In 2006, Kavanaugh was asked if he was involved in the controversial nomination of federal Judge Charles Pickering. He lied about that too and said he was not.
- In 2006, Kavanaugh was asked about his role in the nomination of William Haynes, the Pentagon general counsel involved in creating the Bush administration’s interrogation policies. He lied about that.
Facebook Frolics, “No Irish Need Apply” Dept. 0
Pap and Thom discuss the growing number of suits against Facebook for allowing employment ads that violate anti-discrimination laws.
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“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
We are again reminded that politeness is child’s play.
According to Campbell, the family reported hearing a loud pop. After finding the child, the family immediately called 911 and headed to Rusk. Unfortunately, by the time they reached paramedics the child was deceased.
Thus passes another day in the NRA’s Garden of Eden.
Is It a “Hearing” If Nobody Listens? (Updated) 0
Mike Littwin comments on the Senate Judiciary Committee’s Kavanaugh (non-)hearing. A snippet:
Follow the link for the rest.
Addendum:
Dick Polman is en point in labeling the Republican Party as “the party of misogyny.”
The Entitlement Society 0
Law Professor Deirdre M. Bowen remembers.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Where like minds gather . . . .
“It was determined the shooting was accidental,” Somoano said. “One person sustained non-life threatening injuries.”
(snip)
This is the third shooting at Oak Tree Gun Club in 2018. On Sept. 2, a person was transported to a local trauma center after suffering a self-inflicted gunshot wound at the facility.
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QOTD 0
Rex Stout, in the voice of Nero Wolfe:
One of the prime ambitions of a jackass is to bray louder than any other jackass . . . .
Stout, Rex, “The Cop Killer” in Triple Jeopardy (New York: Bantam, 1957), p. 76
Hoist on His Own Petard 0
One of my history professors used to delight in pointing out what he called “the ironies of history.”
Image via Juanita Jean.
Afterthought:
Those ironies are oft bittersweet.
I think the professor was Dr. Bill Shade, under whom I studied the Early Federal Period during my year in graduate school, out of which I dropped, for I realized that I was not cut out to be an academician.* (Hell, when I drove away in my U-Haul heading east back to the Eastern Shore, I did indeed feel a weight lift from my shoulders. It was a metaphor come to life.)
He was a bright spot in that experience
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*”Academic” is an adjective. “Academician” is a noun. It’s called “proper usage.” Live with it.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
A polite society is a clean society.
The boy didn’t know gun was loaded when it discharged into his abdomen and the bullet continued through his back, according to Soldan.