2019 archive
A Question of Identity 0
David discusses the fallacy of designating Judaism a “nationality” and how it may feed certain tropes of anti-Semitism.
(Warning: Commercial starts at the six-minute mark. I have no knowledge of the product being advertised. Despite the commercial, I think David’s points on the topic are worth including the video.)
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
The hunt for politeness continues, with yet another gun that fired itself.
To recap, this responsible gun owner was climbing down from a tree stand and tried to hand his loaded weapon to another responsible gun owner on the ground.
Then responsibility ceased and the gun was on its own.
The Fault of the Romaine Empire 0
Thom and Jesse Hirsch discuss why romaine lettuce seems to be the subject of perpetual warnings and recalls.
Break Time 0
Off to drink liberally.
Misdirection Play, High Crimes and Misdemeanors Dept. 0
In the Des Moines Register, Rekha Basu argues that misdirection plays are all that Republicans have left.
Brand Gestures 0
The notion that “branding” is ipso facto the answer to everything (or, for that matter, anything) is unutterably stupid.
QOTD 0
Kerry Greenwood, in the voice of Corinna Chapman:
I hesitate to judge Generation Millennial, but there is something immortally wrong with selfie culture.
Greenwood, Kerry, The Spotted Dog (Napierville: Poisoned Pen Press, 2019), p. 369.
Geeking Out 0
A Christmas wallpaper.
