May, 2024 archive
The Republican Veepstakes 0
Robin Abcarian has a wonder:
Slaughtering wolves from helicopters?
Castrating hogs?
Shooting up Priuses with assault weapons?
Murdering misbehaving puppies?
Is this what it takes for a Republican woman to be a credible candidate for higher office?
Follow the link, where she explores the Republican politics of mean for the sake of mean.
The Cryto Con 0
The grifter gifter.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Yet another indication that “responsible gun owner” is a oxymoron:
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“Upon further inspection of the scene, deputies noticed a bullet sized hole in the wall that directly lined up where the victim was standing in her kitchen. … Deputies began administering first aid as Fire and Rescue arrived on scene.” A suspect was discovered when deputies asked one of the neighbors if he heard any gunshots in the night. A 56-year-old man advised he had fired such a shot, while checking to see if a handgun was loaded, Decatur said.
Fail Columbia? 0
At the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, a Jewish student from Georgia currently enrolled at Columbia University expresses his disappointment at how his college has reacted to the demonstrations there and his dismay at how some students, professors, and pundits are portraying both the demonstrations and the conflict in Gaza. It is a thoughtful piece well-worth a read.
Here’s a tiny bit:
“But It’s the Only Possible Explanation” 0
We probably all know someone who has fallen down some conspiracy theory rabbit hole, whether it’s from watching crackpot videos on Youtube or following fruitcakes on “social” media or through more traditional ways of believing stuff up because it fits what they want to be. I certainly do.
At Psychology Today Blogs, Loren Soeiro looks at why persons fall for adopt conspiracy theories and offers some suggestions as to how to break through to talk with them. A snippet:
The Woes of Jerry Whinefeld 0
Sam Seder dissects Jerry Seinfeld’s whining about “woke.”
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society’ 0
Yet another “responsible gun owner” feels empowered to flash his portable phallus at the occupants of a passing vehicle on the pavement.
Courting Disaster 0
Michael in Norfolk is not sanguine about today’s Supreme Supremacist Court. A snippet:
Stray Thought 0
Plastic toothpaste tubes are a plot by Big Toothpaste to prevent you from completely emptying a tube of toothpaste, thereby necessitating that you buy another tube of toothpaste before you otherwise must needs do so.
If One Standard Is Good, Two Must Be Better 0
The Arizona Republic’s Laurie Roberts stands aghast at remarks on Arizona Republicans’ unmitigated self-serving chutzpah double standard.
