2021 archive
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
We are again reminded that politeness is child’s play.
And thus passeth another life in the NRA’s Garden of Eden.
The Abdication 0
PoliticalProf explains how Congress has, for all practical purposes, rendered itself irrelevant. Here’s a bit of what he has to say about the House of Representations; follow the link for the bits about the Senate.
Q Knew? 0
Sam and his crew discuss the possibility that some of the persons susceptible to QAnon quackery may not be who you would expect.
The Fee Hand of the Market, Cruz to Mexico Dept. 0
And, in related news (more at the link),
Having conserved power after briefly losing it twice during rolling blackouts, Astrein, 36, said he was shocked when he logged on to view his electric bill from his provider, Griddy: $2,796.85 since Feb. 1.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Self-politeness is the politest kind.
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.
It’s the Racism 0
(Noz asked a question.)
All the News that Fits 0
E. J. Montini calls out the con.
“Pluck Me, I’m a Chicken” 0
I sometimes watch streaming video on Tubitv.com, which is free. (It’s free because it has commercials; in fairness, it has far fewer ads than commercial television and the volume of the commercials is lower than that of the shows. All-in-all, I find it a fair trade-off.)
Last night, as I watched an episode of the 1960s ITV series, The Saint, new commercials appeared for a cell phone app called “Stash” for stock trading (no link–look it up yourself). In the ad, clueless 20-somethings confess that they don’t know anything about the stock market, but then decide that they’ll give the app a whirl and make their fortunes. My guess is that the recent Game Stop kerfuffle inspired this.
I’m old enough to remember day trading and the dot-com bubble.
So I have one question for novice investors who think an app can turn them into financial wizards.
Wanna buy a bridge?
The Cultist 0
Robert Bruce Adolph is a former U. S. Army special forces member and ex-U. N. Security Chief. In the Tampa Bay Times, he tells of meeting an unreconstructed Hitler fan while serving in Germany almost four decades ago.
The tale is a disturbing one which I fear may be relevant today to our politics today.
To attempt to excerpt or summarize would be to do it an injustice. Just read it.
Cancel Culture, Republican Style 0
Clarence Page exposes the con. A nugget:
Great Moments in Gunnuttery 0
One more time, Boebert is the new Gohmert.