May, 2019 archive
Extra-Special Bonus QOTD 0
S. S. Van Dine (Willard Huntington Wright), who could say much in few words when the muse struck:
Nature had endowed Miss La Fosse with many of its arts, and those that Nature had omitted, Miss La Fosse had herself supplied.
Van Dine, S. S., The Canary Murder Case, in a double volume with
The Benson Murder Case (London: Leonaur.com, 2010), p. 344
Damned If You, Damned If You Don’t 0
Sportswriter extraordinaire Bob Molinaro catches the irony:
Malignant Narcissist or Just the Garden Variety Kind? 0
At Psychology Today Blogs, Dan Neuharth notes that the number of persons who have referred to Donald Trump as having “malignant narcissism” has been increasing; it’s not just a few outliers any more. He proceeds to provide the background and definition of “malignant narcissism.”
Follow the link and decide for yourself.
No End in Sight 0
Jane Harman, former Congressperson and current president of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, ponders the pressure for yet another Great and Glorious War for a Lie with a Country whose Name Starts with “I.” She recalls Colin Powell’s speech mongering the Great and Glorious War for a Lie in Iraq.
A snippet:
Much later, Powell would call his U.N. speech a “great intelligence failure” and a “blot” on his record.
Plus ca Change 0
Farron remarks on the Party of No Ideas.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
The hunt for politeness continues . . .
(snip)
“He got out of the car, chambered a round — when the round was chambered, the gun accidentally went off,” Griffeth.
. . . and yet another gun is reported to have fired itself.
In the Zone 0
Update: Grammatical erorrs correxted.
At The Charlotte Observer, Mary Newsom reminds that “single family residence” zoning (as opposed to residential vs. industrial vs. commercial zoning”) has its origins in racism. A nugget:
Meanwhile, federal rules and redlining kept black families from getting mortgages, and housing developers couldn’t get financing without whites-only covenants in the deeds.
The Initiation 0
I’ve cited this quotation from Lyndon Johnson before, but it bears repeating, because we are watching it play out during every day of the Trumpling:
Image via Juanita Jean.
