May, 2023 archive
Rolling Back the Clock One More Time 0
Words fail me.
Vaccine Nation, Planting Rumors Dept. 0
Snopes reports on anti-vaxxers who are fomenting fabrications about vegetation.
we are again reminded that “social” media isn’t.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
The hunt for politeness continues.
The victim, a 54-year-old man from Arden Hills, was hurt but expected to survive.
One wonders, was it the tail feathers or the gobble-gobble?
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.
Still Rising Again after All These Years 0
At NJ.com, Lisa Davis takes a deep look at the efforts of Republicans, particularly in the South, to pretend that history isn’t. A snippet.
Read the whole piece for her reasoning.
Twits Own Twitter 0
The crazy just keeps getting crazier.
Unscripted 0
Sam and his crew explore what’s going on with the Hollywood writers’ strike. It’s more complex that one might think.
The reasons for the strike are wrapped with how “streaming” has changed the structure of broadcast entertainment and eroded both job security and residual payments. This in turn has led to a loss of income for the writers (and, I suspect, others) who historically have relied on residuals to help protect against future income insecurity.
For more detail, visit the Youtube page for this video; there is an extensive explanation below the video.
The Crash the Economy Dummies 0
The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette’s Gene Collier has some questions about today’s Republican Party:
Follow the link for his answer. (Hint: He is less than sanguine.)
Aside:
Today’s Republican Party is a vile and loathsome thing willing to sacrifice the honor and integrity of the nation on the altar of faction.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Be polite when you are required to avail yourself of the pavilion of necessity go potty.
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.
Self-Implication 0
Florida Man, in his own words . . . .
Just Another Day
In the U. S. A.
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At Above the Law, Tahmina Watson describes what it is like to suddenly find yourself in all innocence caught up in an active shooter lockdown.
