October, 2019 archive
All the News that Fits 0
Droning On 0
It was only a matter of time . . . .
The two food carts, which are part of the Piedmont Station Food Carts pod, were broken into early Tuesday morning, with the burglar getting away with computer tablets, money, speakers, utensils, business checks, and other items.
More at the link.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society’ 0
Celebrate your birthday, politely.
Richard Dennis opened fire on Christopher Bergan, 37, outside his house in Pensacola on Tuesday night in what police described as a ‘horrible accident’.
Afterthought:
One more time, “accident” and “negligence” are not synonyms.
This man took a life because he is a fearful little twerp whose NRA appendage makes him feel like a Real Big Man.
Geeking Out 0
Slackware 14.2 with the Fluxbox window manager using the Operation style.
Afterthought:
I may have posted a screenshot with this wallpaper before, but, frankly, I never get tired of this background.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
And yet another gun that fired itself . . . .
Fellow Travelers 0
At the Las Vegas Sun, Peter Wehner tries to understand why Republicans, who once styled themselves as the party of rectitude, so willingly defend and support Donald Trump, for whom rectitude is a unknown concept. Here’s a bit; follow the link th read the rest.
When the accommodation involves compromising one’s sense of integrity, the tensions are reduced when others join in the effort. This creates a powerful sense of cohesion, harmony and groupthink. The greater the compromise, the more fierce the justification for it — and the greater the need to denounce those who call them out for their compromise.
Unpresidented 0
Susan Estrich argues that one President is not like the other President. A snippet:
(snip)
For Trump, it’s not insecurity. Just the opposite. It is the monumental arrogance of a monarch who is above the law. It is precisely what the Founding Fathers rebelled against.
Do please read the rest.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Be polite to the neighborhood children.
The boy said he and his friends play in the street and on the sidewalk all the time, but this time, he said, Spahn wouldn’t give them the ball back and threatened them with a revolver.
