October, 2023 archive
“The Buttoned-Up Quiet Types” 0
Seth takes a closer look at the co-conspirators who have flipped on Donald Trump.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
The hunt for politeness goes into overdrive.
Karen Karen-Like 0
What’s the proper term for a cosplaying male Karen?
Republican Thought Police 0
Florida Man plans to enforce Newspeak, Florida style.
QOTD 0
Josephine Tey:
The problem with you, dear, as that you think of an angel of the Lord as a creature with wings, when he is probably a scruffy little man in a bowler hat.
Tey, Josephine (Elizabeth MacKintosh), The Franchise Affair (New York: Scribner, 2020), p. 251
A Tune for the Times 0
Mangy comments at the Youtube page:
I find it pretty curious how Congressional Republicans, who market themselves as the party of manly virtues, bravery, integrity, honesty, and First Amendment freedom, will vote one way when doing a roll call vote, and completely differently when casting a secret ballot. What happened to independent thinking, saying what you believe, and doing as you say? To vote one way publicly, and another privately (as was the case in the Jim Jordan House Speaker votes) is not exactly a profile in courage. Kind of reminds me of the KKK members who wore a cloak of respectability during the day, then a white sheet and hood at night, when suddenly, under cover of anonymity, these chickens became (in their deluded minds) brave warriors of the lost cause. Real heroic, huh? Seems like those who vote for such Republicans, believing them to be honorable and honest, are equally deluded.
Fly the Fiendly Skies 0
Who knows, you might just be lucky enough to sit next to one of those oxymoronic “responsible gun owners.”
Plus ca Change 0
While on the subject, Victoria Hugo-Vidal reminds us that two wrongs don’t make a right.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
And, as we know, a polite society is a clean society.
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.
Too Much Sharing 0
You think they’re your “friends” on “social” media until you find out that they aren’t.
The good news is that you can turn that “feature” off.
Much more at the link.
Aside:
I keep “location services” turned off on my cell phone unless I have a positive need for them, which is almost never, because I know how to read a map. Remember maps?
Big Tech doesn’t need to know when I take the cats to the vet.
The Allure of the Amoral 0
Professor Michael Matthews is a member of the faculty at West Point, where teaching leadership skills is part of the curriculum. At Psychology Today Blogs, he consider why poor, even Machiavellian and disordered persons rise to positions of leadership. Here’s a brief bit from the portion of his article in which he discusses the possible influence of “social” media (emphasis added):
In the context of dis coarse discourse, I find his article timely and commend it to your attention.
Broken Bad 0
Cliff Schecter looks at the chaos surrounding Republicans’ inability to select a Squeaker of the House (Warning: Some language).
Via C&L, which has commentary.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Yet another child . . . .
The story goes on to say
. . . according to the coroner’s office, a preliminary investigation found the incident wasn’t under suspicious circumstances.
How the blankety-blank could the “circumstances” not be “suspicious”? Either someone shot the child, purposefully or not, or the child found a firearm left negligently about and shot himself.
One thing is certain. The gun did not fire itself.
Either way, a life ended needlessly, sacrificed on the altar of the portable phallus.
I find that suspicious.
Mittens Off 0
David discusses Mitt Romney’s recent remarks about the state of today’s Republican Party.
My two or three regular readers know that I did not support Mitt Romney in his run for president. Indeed, I supported and contributed to his opponent.
Though I disagree with many most of his positions and wanted not to see him in the presidency, I did not then and do not now question his sincerity or his honesty.
