2013 archive
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Be polite to your fellow commuters.
A man standing on a crowded Muni train pulls out a .45-caliber pistol.
He raises the gun, pointing it across the aisle, before tucking it back against his side. He draws it out several more times, once using the hand holding the gun to wipe his nose. Dozens of passengers stand and sit just feet away – but none reacts.
Their eyes, focused on smartphones and tablets, don’t lift until the gunman fires a bullet into the back of a San Francisco State student getting off the train.
We need a Glockphone to spread the politeness.
Video of dumbphoners with smartphones below the fold courtesy of sfgate.com.
Break Time 0
Off to drink liberally.
Local Republican Hangs Up His Teabags 7
Cory Dillard is vice chair of the Norfolk* Republican Party and was one of the organizers of the teabaggery in these parts. He’s had enough.
He details enough of what in my local rag. A nugget:
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*Norfolk is as solidly Democratic as Virginia Beach is Republican.
Drinking Liberally Norfolk Today 0
Now on Tuesdays for Norfolk (still Thursdays for Virginia Beach) to make it easier for persons with commitments on either day to catch at least one per month.
Drinking Liberally is a gathering place for liberals. Socialize and laugh in a friendly atmosphere.
When: 6 p., Tuesday, September 8.
Where:
Uno Chicago Grill
5900 Virginia Beach Blvd
(Janaf Shopping Center) (map)
Details here. Meetup page here.
Goldman’s Sacks 0
The Philadelphia Daily News asks
GM got a bailout. So did banks. Who best used your tax dollars?
Follow the link for their answer.
The Voter Fraud Fraud 0
Gutting out the vote, because Republicans know they can’t win a fair election . . . .
Yet on Sept. 27, Suffolk Registrar Susan Saunders sent Wright a letter saying her name had been stricken from the voting rolls because she’d moved to another state.
Wright’s was one of 57,293 names on a list sent by the state Board of Elections to voter registrars across Virginia 10 weeks before the Nov. 5 election for governor, House of Delegates and city offices.
State officials told registrars that simply being on the list was sufficient grounds for removal from the voting rolls.
Gory details at the link.
Soap Operas in a Nutshell 0
H/T Susan for this:
He: I just found out you’re my daughter and we’re married and having a baby.
She: It’s not your baby.
Victor is still my hero.
Down at the Farm 0
Yesterday morning, my attempts to connect to From Pine View Farm repeatedly errorred out with this message.
Service Temporarily Unavailable
The server is temporarily unable to service your request due to maintenance downtime or capacity problems. Please try again later.
Apache Server at www.pineviewfarm.net Port 80
I started a support ticket with my hosting provider and called to follow up on it this afternoon.
Over the course of ninety minutes, we tried a number of diagnostics and support finally concluded that I had outgrown my hosting plan and will migrate the site to a different server with a different setup to allow more concurrent connections. (I have noticed that my stats plugin has been showing an increase from an average of 300-350 unique visitors to 500-550 unique visitors per day.)
With luck, normal inanity will resume shortly, but I’m going to allow a while for the migration to be completed smoothly.
Too many readers is not a problem I ever expected to have, but one which I find most gratifying.
Thank you, you troublemakers you, every one!
Afterthought:
If you notice any glitches, particularly with linking to or inside the site, please use the “Contact” link at the top right to report them.
They Know Not Why They Do 0
The Republican Party, the party of aimless vandalism:
Visit NBCNews.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy
Via Raw Story.
Base Assumptions 0
Excerpt, about the Republican “base”:
There’s the corporate shills, there’s the religious fanatics and then there are the ‘freedom’ fiends, the one that want to make sure that you have the right to sleep under a bridge.
Via Raw Story.
“We” vs. “Me” 0
Thom describes the clash of visions between the “we society” and the “me society.”