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Fly the Fiendly Skies 0
Boy, am I glad that my days of stepping airplanes once or twice a month are behind me.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Honest to Betsy, you couldn’t make this stuff up.
Just go read it for yourself.
Afterthought:
I haven’t owned a gun in years, but as a country boy who grew up practicing marksmanship taking pot shots at tin cans in the back yard, I find myself amazed and appalled that so many persons do not treat these instruments of death with the caution and respect that they deserve.
Cosplayers 0
In the course of a larger article about how the Trump maladministration relied on AI fabrications in a legal brief (which was subsequently rejected by the court), Techdirt pretty much sums up the rule of lawless:
The Rule of Lawless 0
It appears that the Trump maladministration has decided that, if they can’t get judges to agree with their actions, they needn’t try to change the law. Instead, they can just change the judges.
Gutting Out the Vote 0
Ring of Fire’s Josh Gay discusses Texas Republicans’ efforts to gut out the vote in Tarrant County, home of Fort Worth, Texas, by cutting the number of polling places almost by a third.
It occurs to me that one might ask: why are Republicans so afraid of voters might actually vote?
“History Does Not Repeat Itself, but It Often Rhymes”* 0
Marc Champion looks at the Trump maladministration’s attempts to bully Canada and hears a rhyme in Russian.
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*Mark Twain.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Yet another “responsible gun owner” feels compelled to expose his portable phallus to a fellow driver.
So many guns. So much stupid.
Geeking Out 0
Mageia v. 9 with the IceWM window manager. The wallpaper is from my collection. (And, no, I don’t know what city that is. I wish I did.)
American Stasi 0
Via The Charlotte Observer, Amelia Robinson tells the story of a legal Haitian immigrant driven to suicide. A snippet:
Follow the link for context.
Extra-Special Bonus QOTD 0
Gale Storm, in the voice of Margie Albright:
Pretty much sums up dis coarse discourse, does it not?
Hoist on His Own Petard 0
David notes the irony. From the Youtube page:
Milo Yiannopoulos called for mass deportations until immigration authorities arrested him in New Orleans and deported him to Great Britain.
Stray Thought 0
I think it says something about how messed up our health care system has become that “health care advocates” are now advertising their services.
I’m so old that I can remember when, if you felt sick, you went to your family doctor, got treated, and went home. You didn’t even need an appointment, as doctors set aside time for walk-ins.
You didn’t need a “healtch care advocate” to obtain health care.
You just needed a family doctor.
Afterthought:
We made a serious mistake when we put insurance companies in charge of health care.
They don’t care about people; they care about profits.
Suffer the Children 0
We are again reminded that that’s not scripture. That’s a Republican family value.
Artificial? Yes. Intelligent? Not So Much. 0
A mountain guide? Pack plenty of extra food and water, because you may find yourself spending the night om the open.