2021 archive
Fly the Fiendly Skies 0
It’s a fine way to travel.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Once again, politeness proceeds down a public thoroughfare.
Break Time 0
Off to drink liberally, while hoping Elsa adheres to predictions and saves the worst for late night.
The Staying Power of Stupid 0
At Science 2.0, Johannes Koelman wonders why stupidity, which might be assumed to be its own worst enemy, manages to survive and flourish. A snippet:
I commend the rest to your attention.
Aside:
Remind you of anything or anyone in the news?
The Lies (and Liars) of the Land 0
David parses the Kayleigh McEnany’s lie about the Founders and slavery. (Warning: Short commercial at the end, but you don’t have to watch it.)
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
A man was driving his son home from a baseball came and politeness happened.
“We believe the shooting occurred on the highway,” the chief said, “and then after the driver was shot … the vehicle traveled off the west side of the highway, through the ditch, through some trees, through the fence and into the parking lot of the apartment complex.”
And, in more news of the polite . . . .
Just another day in the NRA’s Garden of Bleedin’.
Twits on Twitter 0
From the Department of Redundant Department:
More stupid at the link.
QOTD 0
Mary Roberts Rinehart:
There should be one spot in America free from the advertising man and his schemes . . . .
Our Homegrown Bloodbath 0
Gene Collier suggests that our proliferation of projectile pushers does not propagate protection. Here’s how he opens his article:
Someone picked that spot to shoot Gene Siller in the head Saturday. Siller was the club pro at Pinetree. He left a wife and two small children. Two additional bodies were found in the bed of a pickup truck parked nearby, slaughtered in a similar manner.
Follow the link for more tales of life in NRA Paradise.
An Annotated Guide to Gutless Groveling 0
Michelle Cottle reads between the lines.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
We are again reminded that a polite society is a clean society.