From Pine View Farm

October, 2019 archive

That Was the Week That Was 0

And what a week it was.

Shaun Mullen summarizes the sequence of stupid.

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“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0

Politeness takes practice (emphasis added).

The manager told WAAY 31 an older customer was using one of the ranges Friday morning when he accidentally shot himself in the hand. She said Bullet and Barrel has Range Safety Officers in the bays at all times in case of an emergency, and everyone must obey and sign the rules and regulations list.

On the list, it says to treat all guns as if they are loaded, always point guns in a safe direction and keep your finger off the trigger until you’re ready to shoot.

The cite from the aforementioned list is pretty basic gun safety stuff that I learned at my Daddy’s knee. It’s also hardly rocket science. Hell, it’s hardly Gilbert chemistry set science.

I reckon he failed to read and comprehend the list before he signed it. . . .

Musical NotesGuns 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.

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A Hair-Razing Experience 0

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Tales of the Trumpling: Snapshots of Trickle-Down Trumpery 0

Trumplers on parade.

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The Rule of Lawless 0

At Above the Law, Stacy Zaretsky reports on a letter of the law.

And in other news of the lawless . . . .

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QOTD 0

Kevin Kline:

I never went to class. That the university graduated me at all is an indictment of our educational system.

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Site Maintenance (Sticky)–I’m Back 0

Update, 2019-10-29:

Data migration is complete. If you experience any problems, please email me.

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And Now for a Musical Interlude 0

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Both Sides Not 0

Paul Krugman is an optimist.

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The Entitlement Society 0

Curtis:  When you say your father gives you everything, you sorta come off as

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“Perfect” 0

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The Blot 0

Frame One:  Man says to woman,

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A Tune for the Times 0

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Russian Impulses 0

At Delaware Liberal, Alby follows the money.

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QOTD 0

Stanley Milgram:

It is easy to ignore responsibility when one is only an intermediate link in a chain of action.

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Break Time 0

Off to drink liberally.

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Tales of the Trumpling: Snapshots of Trickle-Down Trumpery 0

A Trumpled car.

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The Lies of the Land 0

At Psychology Today Blogs, Christian Hart investigates the personality traits of those who lie. Here’s a bit:

Who are these prolific liars? Personality is one variable that accounts for who lies the most. In one study I conducted with Haylie Jones, we found that people who are high in Machiavellianism (people who are manipulative, unemotional, and indifferent to morality) tend to tell significantly more lies that a typical person. In another study, I found that the prolific liars tend to be people who have low self-esteem (Hart, Lemon, Curtis, & Griffith, in press). Additionally, they tend to be low in conscientiousness and openness to new experiences.

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Aside:

Sound like anyone you know?

(Broken link fixed.)

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Fellow Travelers 0

Woman says,

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“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0

The hunt for politeness continues . . . .

MDIFW spokesperson Matt Latti said in a statement released Wednesday that the Franklin County Regional Communications Center took a call from Mark Henderson, 57 of Eustis, at 5:56 p.m. Tuesday evening. Henderson told dispatchers that he had unintentionally shot himself in the lower left leg while bird hunting on a remote logging road near the northwest shore of Flagstaff Lake in Flagstaff Township.

By the time rescuers got to him, he was too far gone to survive.

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