Too Venal for Words category archive
Bear-Faced Cruelty 0
It’s no surprise, I guess, that some Trump supporter has resorted to animal cruelty and is putting Donald Trump bumper stickers on wild bears in North Carolina. Here’s a bit; more at the link.
State wildlife officials told McClatchy News they suspect the person responsible for the stickers is using food to get close to the animals, which is illegal in Buncombe County (home of Asheville). It’s also illegal to deface state property, which is another law violated by the stickers, state officials said.
“It appears someone has been feeding bears on purpose and was able to get close enough to slap the sticker on,” according to Colleen Olfenbuttel, the black bear and furbearer biologist for the Wildlife Management Division of the N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission.
Maskless Marauders 0
Man refuses to wear mask by wielding his politeness.
The story goes on to say that employees offered to provide curbside service if he didn’t want to wear a mask. He refused the offer, politely.
And, in more news of the maskless . . . .
Maskless Marauders 0
Aside:
I went to the eye doctor yesterday for a regular check-up (I’ve worn glasses since 7th grade; the first day I wore them to school, I remember my teacher’s looking right at me sitting there in my assigned seat and saying, “Where’s Frank Bell?”). In the course of the visit, I learned that my ophthalmologist is rather–er–peeved about folks who refuse wear masks in public.
I warned him not to get me started . . . .
Mask Defrauders 0
No, the U. S. Department of Justice is not issuing permits to allow potential vectors of infection to eschew wearing masks.
Testing Flailure 0
Donald Trump’s coronavirus testing strategy leads one to conclude that Trump is certain that the answer to this question is must assuredly in the negative:
If a tree falls in the forest and no one hears it, does it make a sound?
Fly the Fiendly Skies 0
You’ll journey to new Frontiers of customer service.
Another Mask Marauder 0
The stupid. It burns infects.
When Mueller attempted to walk into the business, an employee instructed her she “needs a mask to shop at the store per store policy.” Mueller then “quarreled briefly” with the worker before grabbing the man’s face and pulling his mask down.
Details at the link.
Facebook Frolics 0
Outside agitator frolics.
Last Thursday night, Rupert posted on his public Facebook page an invitation for “goons” to join him in traveling to Minneapolis, where he said he was renting hotel rooms and planned to wreak havoc and “take hella good videos.”
More at the link.
