2011 archive
Missing the Point 0
It is most distressing that those who most loudly wave the Bible in public are those who least understand what “God of Love” means.
QOTD 0
Elbert Hubbard:
Christianity supplies a Hell for the people who disagree with you and a Heaven for your friends.
The Candidates Debate 0
Chancey DeVega has an penetrating, acerbic review of the Teabagger circus Republican debate in New Hamphire the other evening. I commend it to your attention.
A nugget:
“The Truth Shall Set You Free” 0
But Republicans think you can’t handle the truth.
Conflicts of Interest 0
Noz asks the question:
(snip)
if they really believe that’s the case, then a heterosexual judge also has an interest in the outcome of the case. the same argument they are using to disqualify judge walker because he is homosexual could be used to disqualify any heterosexual judge. so who does that leave to hear the case?
The answer is clear.
Virginia Beach Democratic Committee Third Thursday Dinner 0
- What: Virginia Beach Democratic Committee Third Thursday Dinner
- When: June 16th, 6:00 PM
- Where: Kelly’s Hilltop Tavern, 1936 Laskin Road, Virginia Beach, VA 23454 (map), in the nonsmoking section.
This week, there is a guest speaker:
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Adrianne Bennett, candidate for the House of Delegates 21st District, running against Republican Ron Villanueva
Show up, order off the menu (separate checks), socialize, and talk politics–or whatever else interests you.
See the website for more information.
Brendan Makes a Phone Call . . . 0
. . . and it’s a doozy.
Facebook Frolics, Creepy Guy Next Door Dept. 0
At the Chicago Trib, Mary Schmich considers Facebook and concludes that it’s getting more and more like that guy who sits too close to you one subway. A nugget:
I go to my neighborhood coffeehouse and on the chalkboard out front someone has sketched the F box with the plea: Find us on Facebook!
When I look up a word, the online dictionary instantly prompts me to “share” it on my Facebook wall.
I buy shoes online, and the seller wants me to “share” my size and style with my Facebook entourage.
Driving while White 0
Donvite explains what that means. A nugget:
2 times in the past year I got out of a ticket. I no longer worry about what I’m doing wrong when I drive. I’m white.
QOTD 0
Dorothy L. Sayers, from the Quotemaster (subscribe here):
The great advantage about telling the truth is that nobody ever believes it.
Twits on Twitter 0
Memory Lane 0
Running spyware and malware scans on my Windows 7 box.
Something that is not part of day-to-day life in my Linux world.
Zombinomics 1
Writing as “Spengler” at Asia Times, David P. Goldman is gloomy. A nugget:
Read the whole thing, then go have a drink. Or four.
A Tacking Cyclists 0
This is just bizarre:
The cyclists suffered flat after flat caused by the tacks along Muddy Creek and Charity Neck roads on their Saturday morning route, participants said. Two riders skinned their knees and elbows, said Jack Kenley, another cyclist.
The natives appear to be restless.
I have my beefs with some bicyclists, particularly the ones who run full stops, ride on the wrong side of the road, and go the wrong way on one-way streets. But I have a bigger beef with random vandalism.
Facebook Frolics, Perry Mason Dept. 0
It’s probably best not to violate one’s duty as a juror at a place that is basically a humongous database that is designed to remember everything for as long as advertisers want it remembered.
London’s High Court heard that Joanne Fraill, 40, contacted Jamie Sewart, 34, who had already been acquitted in a drugs trial costing £6m in Manchester.
Dis Coarse Discourse 0
August J. Pollack is puzzled:
Click through to see his comic for the week.