November, 2019 archive
A Notion of Immigrants 0
The Las Vegas Sun laments the Trump administration’s prosecution persecution of a humanitarian for the crime of being a decent human being.
A Simple Answer 0
Dan Simpson wonders why more Americans don’t question our endless, often pointless and stupid, wars.
The answer is simple.
There’s no draft.
America’s endless wars are remote things that happen somewhere else to someone else, while most Americans occupy themselves with Pokemon-Go–er, Fortnite–and “social” media.
We are a society of stupid.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Be polite in your big box store.
(snip)
(Police Capt. Kyle–ed.) Gibbs said the report indicates that an older man accidentally fired a round near the store’s jewelry department. The gun appears to have still been in his holster when the shot was fired.
“He said he’d dropped it earlier,” Gibbs said. “There is speculation that his jacket snagged the trigger.”
No one was injured and the man was asked to leave the store.
Lessons Learned 0
In the Greensboro, North Carolina, News and Record, a writer tells the tale of the lessons he has learned from his grandfather.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Do not let politeness go to waist.
Jesus, Mary, and Joseph.
Guns 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.
Foreclosing on America’s Future 0
Thom reads from Homewreckers: How a Gang of Wall Street Kingpins, Hedge Fund Magnates, Crooked Banks, and Vulture Capitalists Suckered Millions Out of Their Homes and Demolished the American Dream.
Base Desires 0
Steven M., watching Bret Stephens enthuse about him in the New York Times, suggests that Mike Bloomberg has found his base. A snippet:
Follow the link for his reasoning.
QOTD 0
Robert B. Parker, in the voice of Susan Silverman:
Being tough means looking straight at something ugly and saying, “That’s ugly; I’ll have to find a way to deal with it.” And doing so.
Parker, Robert B., Sixkill (New York: Putnam’s, 2011), p. 89
A Tune for the Times 0
Rocky Mountain Mike offers a tribute to the Oklahomans who wanted to change the name of U. S. Route 66, (which, by the way, no longer officially exists), to “Donald Trump Highway.”
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Practice brotherly politeness.
Officers learned that the woman was home when her brother was allegedly cleaning his handgun and accidentally shot her.