2018 archive
Everybody Must Get Fracked 0
From the website:
A new report, again, concludes that fracking is causing earthquakes, more and more earthquakes around the globe. And now lawsuits are helping hold the frackers liable for their action. Ring of Fire’s Mike Papantonio and Farron Cousins discuss the issue.
Wind Bags vs. Wind 0
Shorter Will Bunch: Outlawing discussions of climate change won’t keep the seas from rising.
QOTD 0
John Moffat, as Hercule Poirot:
If le bon Dieu had intended man to fly, he would have provided him with a stronger stomach.
Death in the Clouds, at MysteryShows.com (membership required to listen
to the show, a “lifetime” membership is only 10 bucks and it’s well worth it).
“Still in Slave Patrol Mode” 0
From the web page:
Dr. Crystal Fleming has some ideas on how we can be less stupid on race, namely to stop thinking about them as simply individual acts but as part of larger systems of power. Dr. Fleming and Thom Hartmann bring up the recent Serena Williams scandal to document how discussing issues as acts of individual prejudice instead of as acts of power limit our understanding and ability to fight racism.
“Lessons Learned . . .” 0
. . . and, as Shaun Mullen points out, they were the wrong damned lessons.
(Sticky) (Unstuck) Virginia Beach Drinking Liberally Hurricane Delay (Updated) (Updated Again) 0
The Virginia Beach Drinking Liberally gathering will be delayed one week until Thursday, September 20, because of Hurricane Florence.
A Trumpled Party 0
Dana Milbank looks at Republicans’ early campaign tactics for this fall’s election and concludes that they intend to use ad hominem character assassination, lies, innuendo, falsified photos, and the like as their first choice of tactics (follow the link for his list of numerous examples).
He suggests that the Trumpling of the Republican Party is complete. A snippet (emphasis added):
Gutless Wonders (Updated) 0
Dick Polman reminds us that Ben Sasse (like many other Republicans who claim to be skeptical of Donald Trump) are as a sounding brass or a tinkling cymbal, signifying nothing.
Addendum:
Werner Herzog’s Bear has more.
Stray Thought 0
An “affectionate cat” is a cat that willingly accepts affection.
