June, 2014 archive
The Rich Are Different from You and Me 0
Find out how:
Assault of the Ammosexuals 0
Moved below the fold because they autoplay on some systems (they did not autoplay when I tested them earlier today on a different system.)
Watch them anyway–they are worth it–or follow this link and watch them where I found them.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Because knocking on the wrong door is impolite, the polite take action.
The victim had been at a birthday party at a nearby house in the 9200 block of Wittig Avenue, near Fort Apache and Elkhorn roads, Metro Lt. Ted Glaude said. He and a friend left briefly, and when they tried returning about 2 a.m., they confused the two houses and knocked on the wrong door, police said.
Supreme Irony 0
Shaun Mullen explains how the Supreme Court, instead of resolving issues, has turned to creating and perpetuating them.
Just read it.
Remember, Cassandra Was Always Correct 3
James Howard Kuntsler seems to be auditioning as Cassandra; he thinks we need to start paying attention to what’s really going on. A nugget:
Now there’s great fanfare over a “manufacturing renaissance” in the United States, based on the idea that the work will be done by robots. What kind of foolish Popular Mechanics porn fantasy is this? If human beings have only a minor administrative role in this set-up, what do two hundred million American adults do for a livelihood?
All I need to do to know he’s on to something is look at the rise in sea level in the past 50 years just over there near where I live.
Afterthought:
“Popular Mechanics porn fantasy.” Heh.
Facebook Frolics 0
You can’t make this stuff up.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Exercise courtesy on the highways.
He was driving north on Highway 58 around 3:30 p.m. when somehow the gun went off shooting him in the upper leg.
He “bled out,” as coroners like to say on the telly vision, before help arrived.
“I Can See Clearly Now . . . .” 0
Support the Troops 0
Via just about everybody, but, if you haven’t seen it, you need to.
Steven M. has more to say.
Wingnuttery is a vile and loathsome thing.
A Day’s Work for a Day’s Pay Not Much of Anything
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Welcome to the new Gilded Age.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Another example that cleanliness is next to politeness.
A man cleaning his gun accidentally shot a woman Wednesday evening, police said.
(snip)
The woman, who was shot in the arm, was expected to survive, Robinson said, adding no one was arrested.
In other news, gun nuts don’t seem to understand why folks don’t like to see them walking around with their substitute penises hanging out. (Really, watch it, watch it all the way through. It gets really strange towards the end.)
Nothing To Do, Nowhere To Go 0
Mildly encouraging.
(snip)
The number of people continuing to receive jobless benefits dropped by 20,000 to 2.6 million in the week ended May 24, the fewest since October 2007.