From Pine View Farm

May, 2015 archive

Republican Family Values 0

Honest to Pete, Republicans seem determined to give hypocrisy a bad name.

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The Creative Process 0

The inventiveness of those who would dress bigotry in Sunday go-to-meeting clothes is most impressive.

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Stray Question 0

When was Chris Christie last seen in Trenton?

(Sorry, couldn’t resist.)

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“One If by Land . . . .” 0

Texan riding hobby horse in front of closed Walmart:

Via The Bob and Chez Show Blog.

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QOTD 0

James Boswell:

All censure of a man’s self is oblique praise.

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“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0

Politeness is child’s play.

One of the twins was playing with his mother’s gun and pointed it down the hallway just before 2 p.m. He pulled the trigger as his brother was walking by, according to the police report. When the gun went off, his brother was hit in the right arm with the bullet exiting out of his back, according to the police report.

According to the story, he didn’t see his brother until it was too late.

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The Reckoning 0

Circular gunfight in the streets of Dodge.  Bystander says,


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Oh, Balls! 0

In reference to “Deflategate,” the father of Boston Patriots quarterback Tom Brady says he has no doubts about his son’s integrity.

Neither do I.

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All the News that Fits 0

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Oil Boom 0

It’s happened again.

A train that derailed and caught fire early Wednesday in rural North Dakota was hauling crude from the state’s oil patch, raising questions about whether new state standards intended to reduce the volatility of such shipments are sufficient.

The six tank cars that exploded into flames were a model slated to be phased out or retrofitted by 2020 under a federal rule announced last week.

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Lies, Damned Lies, and Statisticians 0

David Kyle Johnson takes a statistician’s eye to anti-abortion lawyer Gene Schaerr’s assertion before the Supreme Court that gay marriage causes abortions.

Would you be shocked to know it doesn’t stand up?

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Nothing To Do, Nowhere To Go 0

Still trending positively.

Jobless claims increased by 3,000 to 265,000 in the week ended May 2, a Labor Department report showed Thursday in Washington. The median forecast of 47 economists surveyed by Bloomberg projected 278,000. The four-week average, a less-volatile measure, fell to 279,500, the least since May 2000.

(snip)

The number of people continuing to receive jobless benefits dropped by 28,000 to 2.23 million in the week ended April 25, the fewest since November 2000.

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Facebook Frolics 0

Lost in a lost world.

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QOTD 0

Paloma Picasso:

The more famous you become, the less people will tell you your faults.

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Man Creates Gods in His Own Image 0

Cartoon Contest:  Draw the founder of a major religion based on the unhinged beliefs of a few screwball followers.  Image, labeled

Via Job’s Anger.

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Empty Suit 0

Honest to Pete, you can’t make this stuff up.

Hate does have a way of devolving into stupid.

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What’s in a Name? 0

Woman reading news on computer:  Carly Fiorina is running for president.  As president of HP, she laid off 30,000 people and was later fired.  Imagine the heat she would be taking if her last name were


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Merchant of Hate 0

Via TPM.

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Secret Lives 0

As Frank Zappa said, “Plastic People, you’re such a drag.”

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The Unbearable Whiteness of Being 0

Chauncey Devega dissects the lie.

Read it.

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