January, 2020 archive
Stray Thought 0
In the great majority of cases, a so-called “moderate Republican” is one who must wrestle with his or her conscience before doing the wrong thing.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Play politely.
When officers arrived, they found a man shot in the head inside the home. Witnesses said the man was playing with a pistol when it accidentally went off.
Braindead 0
At Psychology Today Blogs, neuroscientist R. W. Fields takes issue with Donald Trump’s casual dismissal of traumatic brain injuries potentially affecting soldiers in the field.
Aside:
Trump spoke as only one whose closest brush with battle was an episode of Combat that he watched as a kid.
Tales of the Trumpling: Snapshots of Trickle-Down Trumpery 0
The schoolyard Trumplings just keep trundling along.
Lone Wolves at the Door 0
Werner Herzog’s Bear has a theory about the recent “gun rights” demonstration in Richmond, Virginia. He suggests that there is much more to it than the demonstrators’ affection for the mobile masculinity machines. Here’s a bit:
Stray Question, Facebook Frolics Dept. 0
What is it about putting a lie on a picture that somehow makes the lie more believable?
Afterthought:
This is part of why I source the QOTD.
The Rule of Lawless 0
Judge throws in the towel on the rule of law.
What Where Is Truth?
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At Psychology Today Blogs, Joe Pierre explores the deluge of dissimulation that dominates the discourse. A snippet:
The entire article is worth your while.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite-Society” 0
Politeness, in your dreams . . . .
. . . and yet another gun that is described as firing itself.
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.
