2018 archive
“Winning Is the Only Thing” 0
Joe Patrice is amazed the Urban Meyer keeps getting away with it.
Geeking Out 0
The Fluxbox window manager on Debian Stretch. That’s the GKrellM system monitor with the “Glass” theme over there in the lower right corner, and xclock in the upper right.
I don’t have much of a reason for posting this other than I think that the background image is very pretty. I like my pretty pictures.
Bewitched 0
In the context of considering the statements of the Manafort juror who spoke to Fox News, Kathryn Rubino calls out the weird “logic” of those who have convinced themselves that Donald Trump and his Trumpettes are somehow the victims of a “witch hunt”
(Missing link fixed.)
“It’s Everywhere” 0
Thom explains to a caller that, in the United States at least, race can’t be isolated from other issues.
Clouds of Witless 0
Shorter Shuan Mullen: Know them by the company they keep.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Politeness is a family value.
Police say the boy was playing with a handgun when it discharged, shooting his sister in the back.
Stray Thought, Potboiler Dept. 0
After being in a room where someone was watching Gray’s Anatomy:
If there were that much drama amongst the staff of a real hospital, no patient would leave alive.
“They Don’t Know What They Don’t Know” 0
At Psychology Today Blogs, Bobby Azarian explores how the Dunning-Kruger Effect may help Bolster Donald Trump’s support. A snippet (emphasis added; follow the link for the rest):
These findings are fascinating but equally troubling. How do you combat ignorance when the ignorant believe themselves to be knowledgeable? Even worse, how do you fight it when America is becoming increasingly polarized, which certainly increases the salience of partisan identities?
(snip)
This effect may help explain why certain Trump supporters seem to be so easily tricked into believing proven falsehoods when the president delivers what have become known as “alternative facts,” often using language designed to activate partisan identities. Because they lack knowledge but are confident that they do not, they are less likely than others to actually fact-check the claims that the President makes.
Add the white-wing proganda machine, and voila!, Donald Trump.
“All the President’s Men” 0
Shaun Mullen discusses the implications of Michael Cohen’s copping a plea.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Surprise politeness is the politest kind.
A man in a nearby room called 911 after a gun was fired.
“The room next to us, somebody’s shooting and it’s coming into our room. We need, uh, we need help here now,” the man said.
Sharonville police said Booker was drinking and fighting with his girlfriend at the Quality Inn and Suites on Sharon Road, when his 9mm gun “went off by accident.”