Too Stupid for Words category archive
Fly the Fiendly Skies . . . 0
. . . and get treated worse than a dog.
Sunset Strip 0
South Carolina man hits a bad streak.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
We are reminded once more that politeness is child’s play.
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Officials said it appears the shooting was accidental but it’s unclear whether the child shot himself or was shot as children played with a gun.
The NRA will no doubt argue that, had the child been packing–oh, wait.
The New Know-Nothings 0
Leonard Pitts, Jr., finds the Republican disdain for knowledge and information to be somewhat disturbing. A nugget:
Pass lightly — again — over the fact that Obama never said any such thing. What’s more fascinating is that Santorum — holder of an MBA from the University of Pittsburgh and a Juris Doctor from Dickinson School of Law — would identify higher education as a mark of elitism.
Pest Control 0
In a stunning act of sanity, my city has taken action against Silicon Valley’s latest pestiferous scheme.
The council voted 6-5 on Tuesday to ban them in most of the Oceanfront resort area and along streets with speed limits above 25 mph — effective immediately.
We’ll see how long sanity holds sway.
Snakes (Almost) on a Plane 0
The TSA says he ain’t getting his snake back.
“The Information Superhighway” 0
Not so fast, Bucko.
Ewan Morrison argues persuasively that the world wide web has become an instrument for inculcating ignorance.
(Anti-)Social Media 0
Writing at the Hartford Courant, Barth Keck argues that Americans’ apparent willingness to believe anything they read on a computer screen is inimical to the polity. He uses the aftermath of Jeffrey Epstein’s suicide as a starting point.
Social media, simply, is poisoning American minds.
Follow the link for the rest.
Dishing the Dirt 0
Of course this happened in Florida.