July, 2024 archive
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
When dining in a restaurant. show politeness to the wait staff.
Officials said staff tried to get the man to stay and pay but were unsuccessful. Witnesses told police that when the woman came out of the restroom, she also tried to leave without paying. Staff confronted her, and she allegedly pulled the gun on employees, according to officials.
A struggle ensued, but a staff member was able to pull the gun away from the woman before she fled the scene in a vehicle, according to police.
The stupid. It burns.
More stupid at the link.
QOTD 0
Ian Rooney, in the voice of Cec Drury:
Well, sir, my father used to say that golf was a waste of good farmland.
Aside:
To be clear, I got nothing against golf. I don’t play, but I understand the fascination. It’s like pool (indeed, I once had a pool table): it’s not you against the other players, it’s you against the ball. But I still think it’s great line.
See Point. Miss Point. 0
Historian Allan Lichtman argues forcefully that the media coverage of the recent presidential debate is missing the point.
Via C&L, which has commentary.
The Jingo Jangle 0
At Psychology Today Blogs, Cindy Watson looks at how interconnected the world has become and suggests it’s time to rethink nationalism.
Methinks one doesn’t need to look beyond page one headlines to realize that she makes some good points.
Republican Thought Police 0
Thom dissects the duplicity.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Celebrate holidays with random acts of politeness.
But then she looked down and saw blood coming from her abdomen and realized she’d been shot. The round went right through her. She had to be life-flighted to Vanderbilt University Medical Center but is in stable condition.
One more time, “responsible gun owner” is an oxymoron.
Sometimes, Life Imitates Art 0
Jim Wright fears we are in such a time and warns against it.
QOTD 0
William D. Andrews, through the voice of Julie Williamson:
Ignorance, she had come to understand, was no bar to his pronouncement of truths . . . .
Andrews, Willam D., Mapping Murder (Yarmouth, ME: Islandport Press, 2017) p. 44>
Aside:
No, Donald Trump is not a figure in the story.
Establishmentarians 0
The Arizona Republic’s Laurie Roberts has a question:
In related news, Leonard Hitchcock, writing in the Idaho State Journal, notes that:
Follow the links for context.
“License To Loot” 0
Mike and Farron run the numbers and conclude that greedflation is indeed a thing.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
. . . and another oxymoronic “responsbile gun owner” performs a random act of politeness.
Probre says he was shot after the bullet came through his bedroom window around 4:45 a.m.
“We were asleep, knocked out. When I finally realized what was happening, I looked around and saw a hole in the window, a bullet on the ground and blood everywhere. I told my girl to get down because I didn’t know if they were still shooting,” Probre said.
They Would Be Gods 0
At The Japan Times, Nina L. Khrushcheva takes penetrating look at political leaders who attempt to imbue their earthly policies with godly sanction. I find it a particularly timely read in this period surging establishmentarianism. Here’s a nugget:
Go read the rest.
