May, 2014 archive
School for Scamdal 0
Eugene Kane tries to figure out the Republican fascination for Benghazi and hits on something (much more at the link):
The people who have called for the new hearings on Benghazi are often woefully short on facts or even concrete ideas about what the hearings are supposed to be looking for, but they do know Hillary Clinton was secretary of state and President Barack Obama was somehow involved in the loop of information.
For this crowd, that’s all that’s necessary.
In other words, when you got nothing, make something up. Benghazi is the something of the moment.
A Text Case 0
Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, has instituted a SMS (that’s “texting”) 9-1-1 service. Natch, no one could have predicted . . . .
The language of the message “seemed to indicate that they themselves were driving,” she said.
Pennsylvania has banned texting while driving since 2012.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Families enable politeness.
The child suffered a single gunshot wound to the head, Rice said.
No Mercy 0
“Compassionate conservatism” is an oxymoron.
“Conservatism” has devolved into nasty for the sake of nasty, hate-full-ness for the sake of hate.
Ask me nicely, I’ll tell you what I really think.
Where Did They Go? 1
Steven M. investigates the Mysterious Case of the Missing Teabags.
Follow the link; find out why they went missing.
Droning On, Men Are Pigs Dept. 0
From the accompanying article:
Video below the fold because it autoplays.
The Climates They Is a-Changing, Reprise 0
The big headline in today’s local rag (pictures at the link) was about the violent rain and severe flooding yesterday. I measured three inches, most of which fell in a three hours, in my rain gauge.
This Is Your Brain on Rove 0
PoliticalProf explains how this works:
1. political figure makes absurd claim about an opponent/policy;
2. partisans respond, defending or the denying the claim according to their ideologies;
3. the focus rapidly turns onto the person or policy against whom the original charge was made: the person or policy has to “prove” it does not do/say what the accuser claims;
4. the firestorm cools down until new charge X is made and the cycle repeats.
Video moved below the fold because it autoplays on some systems.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Show courtesy on the highways, especially after a near miss.
Every city, Dodge City; every hill, Boot Hill.
You Want Fries with That? 0
It is not news that fast food (and other eating place) workers are underpaid, but few persons realize just how underpaid they are.
Facing South runs the numbers. A nugget:
- Average hourly wage currently earned by U.S. fast-food workers: $9
- Yearly salary that amounts to: about $19,000
- Official poverty line for a family of three: $19,790
What If You Gave a Protest and No One Showed? 0
Today, teabaggers can answer that question.
Afterthought:
These folks live in a Fox News world. They really believe that the country wants to return to 1850, when white men ruled and everyone else knew their place.
They may be buffoons, but they are dangerous buffoons.
