August, 2013 archive
Facebook Frolics, None So Blind Dept. 3
At the end, she asks for twits.
Remember, the “user” is not the customer; he or she is the product.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 3
Be polite to yourself.
But Docteur finally admitted that the gun in his waistband had gone off and he had shot himself after he was not able to explain why there was only a hole where the bullet exited from his pants. He was also not able to tell police what happened to his handgun after the incident.
But keep it a secret.
Afterthought:
Packing heat is not as easy as gun nuts tell themselves it is.
How Many Angles Can Dance on the Head of a Pin 0
In the Roanoke Times, John Winfrey tries to explicate the different strains of “Libertarianism.”
Here’s but two of the angles:
By contrast, the libertarian movement that controls Republicans in the House and Senate and most Republican states is heavily influenced by the Christian right. The cumbersome title “tea party libertarian Christian right” has become part of our public discourse on television, radio, newspapers and, of course, the Internet.
Nowhere does he get to the fundamental underlying truth of what passes for “Libertarianism” in the contemporary political landscape:
A “Libertarian” is a Republican who is ashamed to admit it.
Syrious Considerations 0
If you consider the arguments for raining death from the Syrian sky, they pretty much boil down to
Not, I submit, a particularly sound exercise in policy formation.
Via the BooMan.
Going Viral 0
Excerpt:
It is much easier to scare a population than to un-scare them.
The Silence of the Elephants 0
Republicans skip the celebration of the 1963 March on Washington.
Table of Equivalents 0
Oliver Willis offers a flowchart to assist right-wingers in their desparate search for a white Trayvon Martin.
Hoist Them on Their Own Petards 0
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
More accidental projectile politeness.
Droning On 0
Expect more like this:
It drove right into Patrick Lewis and two of his friends sitting in the stands.
(snip)
Virginia Beach film maker, Scott Hansen, owns the drone involved in the crash. He says he loaned it out to a pilot covering the event that day. And he says pilot error led to one of the batteries dying, causing it to crash.
Wonder how long it will take for “DUI” to stand for “droning under the influence”?
And don’t get me started on the stupid, dangerous, and cruel faux running of the bulls.
