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“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Play politely.
A witness at the scene told officers and investigators that the man had been playing with the gun when it accidentally went off.
One more time, “accidentally” and “negligently” are not synonymous.
A Diet of Worms, One More Time 0
Rebecca Watson takes another deep dive, this time into truths and falsehoods about ivermectin, the livestock anti-worm medication.
She suggests that, even as falsehoods about ivermectin’s being a treatment COVID must be debunked, so too must falsehoods about its legitimate usage and possible side effects.
Methinks she has a point.
Break Time 0
Off to drink liberally.
School Daze 0
Sam and his crew discuss a report from a parent about Texas schools and COVID.
“Whatever You Say May Be Used against You . . . .” 0
One more time, “social” media isn’t and the internet is a public place.
And no one’s watching the watchers, not even the persons paid to watch the watchers.
Mission Creeps 0
The writer of a letter to the editor of the Las Vegas Sun, one who has experience with military strategy, makes an important point. I do not necessarily agree with every word and sentence, but his main point is quite relevant to dis coarse discourse. A snippet:
To make valid command decisions, there must be a definite mission presented.
(snip)
What was our defined mission in Vietnam? Other than getting Obama bin Laden and his group, what was our defined mission for entering and remaining in Afghanistan?
Vaccine Nation 0
And it’s not just one state, folks.
And this would have been made much less likely, perhaps even prevented, if more people got their health information from authoritative sources, rather than from Republican governors and Fox News and “social” media, but, noooooooo, because we are a society of stupid.
Misty Water-Colored Memories 0
I’m watching an episode of Midsomer Murders in which a 3 1/2 inch floppy disk plays a crucial role. (The housing was not floppy, but the disk inside it was.)
Remember 3 1/2 inch floppy disks?
I threw all of mine out about five years ago, including a 16 disk installation set for OS/2 Warp, which I used to run a PCBoard BBS for my employer of the time.
Those were the days . . . .
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society’ 0
Be polite to your significant other.
Detectives at the scene overnight said the man had been unloading the gun when it discharged.
(snip)
Paramedics said the woman was dead by the time they arrived at the scene.
