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Great Moments in Spell Check 0
From today’s local rag:
It’s also in the online version as I write this:
What kind of machinations, one wonders, will be required to correct this error.
(By the by, the local rag has been rolling out some excellent editorials lately. The Editorial Board clearly finds the antics of the current federal administration to be concerning.)
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Play politely.
At one point, the 10-year-old boy pointed a rifle at his 14-year-old brother and pulled the trigger, the sheriff’s office said. The firearm had the magazine removed, but the boy didn’t know a round was in the chamber. The firearm discharged and struck the 14-year-old in the chest.
War and Mongers of War 0
Given Donald Trump’s disdain for diplomacy, Tracey Rubin sees more blood in the sand (and the forests, and the cities, and the seas).
President Donald Trump not only wants to slash the State Department’s budget by a third but clearly considers the department unnecessary. His vision of foreign policy revolves around military strikes and arranging mythical “big deals.”
Meantime, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson conducts diplomacy as if he were still the god-head of Exxon Mobil, consulting only a few aides while gutting the department. Most key posts and many crucial ambassadorships remain vacant.
Image via The Bob Cesca Show Blog.
Afterthought:
Big deals.
Right.
Setting an Example 0
Warning: Heated language.
Stay Thought 0
Not all nuts come in bags.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Politeness can get you out of a jam.
The driver told officers that he had been trying to clear a jam in his loaded revolver when he shot himself in the leg. The bullet went clear through him, continuing on its path to strike the man in the passenger seat – also in the leg.
Key Facts 0
Dan Casey marvels at his new $400.00 car key.
That Sinking Feeling 0
Honest to Betsy, you can’t make this stuff up.
Drinking Liberally Virginia Beach Thursday 0
When fellowship is needed, join us . . . .
When: Thursday, August 10, 6 p.
Where:
Croc’s 19 Street Bistro
620 19th Street (Map)
More here.
QOTD 0
Frank Harris:
Aside:
Bennett Cerf once said of one of Frank Harris’s anecdotes that “he recounted it with the assurance of one who could not possibly have been present.”
Trumpling the Golden Door 0
Bruce Lowry finds himself disgusted by Donald Trump’s choice to play to the basest. A snippet:
(snip)
In my mind, of all the Trump nonsense we have been forced to swallow in the last year or so, this may be the most distasteful yet.
It is rotten red meat served up to appease a particular crowd. Unsurprisingly, the two senators carrying the president’s water on this issue are white, conservative Southerners – Tom Cotton of Arkansas, and David Perdue of Georgia.
(Redundancy removed.)