November, 2022 archive
Twits Own Twitter 0
Above the Law’s Chris Williams discerns a madness in the method.
The Pity Party 0
The Crypto Con 0
Bloomberg columnist Allison Schrager muses on the implications of the crypto crash. A snippet (emphasis added):
Barnum was wrong. There’s not one born every minute.
There’s one born every second.
All the News that Fits, It’s Bubblicious Dept. 0
Sam and a caller discuss the right-wing news bubble and confirmation bias.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Once again, politeness becomes child’s play.
Think for a moment: what is the common denominator in gun deaths?
No, it’s not “death”; that’s the quotient.
The Disinformation Superhighway 0
Noz sums up his sojourn on Trump’s Truth (sic) Social.
Recommended Reading 0
In the olden days, when I was a young ‘un and prowling the local library, I got much pleasure reading the works of P. G. Wodehouse. I know that the author himself was a living anachronism stuck in the Edwardian past, but the man knew how to write.
I look forward to reliving that enjoyment, as I have learned that many of his works are available at Project Gutenberg.
Project Gutenberg and Librivox are two of the most worthwhile projects on the inner tubes.
Headline of the Day 0
Car struck by train in Surprise.
No surprises here.
I worked for the railroad for many years. We used to say, “Don’t race a train to the crossing. If it’s a tie, you lose.”
Exceeded Expectations 0
Farron expects more of the same.
A Notion of Immigrants 0
At Psychology Today Blogs, University of Miami Professor Seth Schwartz explores why many white Americans, particularly Baby Boomers, seem so hostile to immigrants, despite having been raised in a country which once proudly billed itself as “a nation of immigrants.”
It is a perceptive, thoughtful, and timely piece worth the three or four minutes it will take you to read it.
Empty Suits . . . 0
. . . have long been an essential element of Donald Trump’s wardrobe.
