June, 2020 archive
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Protect yourself from those bedridden hospital patients.
During the investigation, the man suspected of the shooting returned to the hospital and was interviewed by detectives.
Following the above-referenced interview, this responsible gun owner was–er–detained.
Still Rising Again after All These Years 0
Monumental mayhem in the Tar Heel state. Here’s a bit from the report:
Competing demonstrations over a Confederate monument in Alamance County ended after two supporters of the statue were arrested for assault and disorderly conduct, according to police and media reports.
Police said one of the men, 39-year-old Christopher Overman, hit Elon University professor Megan Squire, who was protesting a statue in Graham, about 55 miles northwest of Raleigh. Squire researches online right-wing extremism at the university, according to the school.
And, in more news of still rising again . . . .
It’s Always All about Him 0
Warning: Farron gets a little heated in this commentary.
Tales of the Trumpling: Snapshots of Trickle-Down Trumpery (Updated) 0
Addendum:
Apparently, the noose had been there for some time without having been remarked on.
That doesn’t make it any less disgusting. A hangman’s noose is a complex knot; it doesn’t get tied by accident.
The Art of the Con 0
At Psychology Today Blogs, David Kyle Johnson explores “the Galileo gambit,” which enables charlatans to con themselves and others into thinking they are onto something. A snippet:
“In questions of science, the authority of a thousand is not worth the humble reasoning of a single individual.”
(snip)
The Galileo Gambit engages in many mistakes, but the main one is this: it’s a faulty analogy. The fact that two persons have one thing in common does not mean that they have everything in common—or even, another thing in common. Yes, the authorities thought Galileo was wrong, and they also think that you are wrong—but the fact that he turned out to be right doesn’t mean that you are.
Things Were Dullsa in Tulsa 0
Ed at Gin and Tacos suggests that bizarre, convoluted theories that K-Pop and TikTok fans somehow affected Donald Trump’s Dullsa in Tulsa miss the more pedestrian and more likely explanation. A snippet:
Follow the link for the rest.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Self-politeness is the politest kind.
The man, whose identity has not been released, was adjusting his pants inside the apartment building at 635 E. 12th Street when the gun fired, striking him in his upper left thigh around 7:21, p.m. police sources said.
Testing Flailure 0
Donald Trump’s coronavirus testing strategy leads one to conclude that Trump is certain that the answer to this question is must assuredly in the negative:
If a tree falls in the forest and no one hears it, does it make a sound?
All the News that Fits 0
Sam and his team discuss Tucker Carlson’s hypocritical fragile white guy pity party.
Still Rising Again after All These Years 0
In Maine, you might expect to see a moose, but a noose?
