March, 2021 archive
Gutting Out the Vote 0
The Arizona Republic’s Laurie Roberts points out that Republicans’ efforts to restrict the franchise are all about being sore losers. A snippet:
Until Republicans suddenly lost, that is.
Ammosexual Asininity Incongruously Assembled. 0
(Warning: Short ad at about the seven-and-a-half minute mark.)
We are a society of stupid.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Show politeness to your family.
When his uncle handed the victim a handgun to look at, it went off, striking the victim, police said.
. . . and another gun apparently goes off on its ownsome.
It’s All about the Algorithm 0
Be careful what you look for . . . .
Vaccine Nation 0
From the description:
Jonathan Berman, professor, National Co-Chair of the 2017 March for Science, and author of “Anti-Vaxxers: How to Challenge a Misinformed Movement,” joins David to discuss the origins of vaccine skepticism, how to deprogram anti-vaxxers, and much more.
Geeking Out 0
Listening to The Daffodil Mystery by Edgar Wallace (for whom the Edgar Awards are named) with VLC on Ubuntu MATE under the Fluxbox window manager. The wallpaper is from my collection.
“Facts Are What People Think” 0
Leonard Pitts, Jr., muses on lethal quality of hogwash in our seemingly fact-free society. Here’s how he opens his column; follow the link for the rest.
“Hogwash,” you may recall, was the word a grocery-store owner in Naples used last month in dismissing the seriousness of the COVID-19 pandemic.
We are a society of stupid.