March, 2015 archive
The Wrong Horse 0
Dick Polman questions Republican tactics on “net neutrality”–that’s the idea that ISP’s should not be able to charge websites for a “fast lane” to their users or otherwise censor or regulate content that they do not like.
Here’s a bit of his reasoning:
I suspect that most of you would cite the companies – the “service providers” who give you the Internet, but who fail to show up at your house when they’re supposed to. Indeed, these companies are widely loathed, as evidenced by their nadir ratings in the annual American Customer Satisfaction Index. Heck, even conservatives who hate “big government” really hate it when their Internet is down and the service guy is AWOL.
Yet these are the companies that Republicans have aligned themselves with. A bad political move.
Republicans claim they are somehow standing up for freedom. In a way, they are; they are standing up for Comcast and Time-Warner and their ilk to have the freedom gouge those who would use the inner webs.
They just can’t help themselves. Siding with big business is what they do.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Facilitate familial politeness.
(snip)
Relatives say the youngster, named Hayden, loved to play cops and robbers with his little brother and told local news station KHOUthat they fear the boys may have thought the weapon was a toy.
The Genesis of Gunnuttery 0
The Kraken tries to understand the right-wing fascination with firepower. A snippet:
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So it may be said that an American blackshirt is armed to the teeth with guns but aside from some military surplus largely lacks a uniform dictated by some ultimate authority. Their modus operandi is the lone wolf terror attack with a gun.
Follow the link. Read the rest.
Twits on Twitter 0
New Age twit meets science. Science wins.
Breaking an Impasse 0
Jon Stewart discusses Republicans scaredy cats scare tactics.
Video below the fold in case it autoplays.
Wo-Wo-Wo Those Wildwood Days 0
Heaven forbid that the town of Wildwood, which owns and maintains its beach, should host events and raise money for the town on its own damn beach.
Full Disclosure:
Back in my Philly days, I vacationed at Wildwood several times. Nobody does tacky like Wildwook.
Fantastic Voyage 0
The Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel’s Christian Schneider follows a thought as it journeys through Scott Walker’s mind.
A Bush of His Own 0
Also, pigs, wings.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Politeness is its own punishment.
The state has refused to prosecute because the incident was deemed accidental.
And though the victim’s family has launched an appeal to see him tried for manslaughter, DeHayes insists he has already been punished enough.