May, 2015 archive
There Are None So Blind As Those Who Will Not See 0
Farnsworth is not quite so charitable as Peter St. Onge.
Loyalty Oaths 0
Out Roanoke way, a long-time Republican is fed up after trying to vote in a “firehouse primary” (whatever that is–sounds sort of like a caucus).
I’ll quote a bit of his article, but, really, you should read it.
One asked if I was in support of the “principles of the Republican Party” and the second required that I affirm that I would support/vote for whomever the Republicans had nominated to run in the November election.
Believing for a split second that Vladimir Putin would suddenly appear and congratulate me for showing up to ensure that he would receive the usual 96.7 percent of the vote, I was incredulous.
When I responded that I had no idea what the “principles of the Republican Party” were . . . (read the rest–ed).
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
In a corollary to the Ten Commandments, it is directed that you be polite to your father and your mother.
(snip)
Dober’s son’s gun accidentally fired about 2:15 p.m. at 10205 P St., police said.
Police did not release the name or age of Dober’s son and said they had not arrested him. He is an adult, police said.
. . . and yet another gun that fires its own damned self, yet another gun nut who will not be held responsible for his nuttery.
And then there’s this.
A. There’s Nothing Left To Photograph 0
Q. Why don’t pictures of plane crashes occupy the front pages of newspapers for days after the crash?
Furrfu.
Break Time 0
Off to drink liberally.
Republican Family Values 0
It’s just their schtick, folks. It’s all an act for the rubes.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Be polite to younger family members.
Bishop says the 28-year-old cousin told police he had been talking with Jesse about hunting and had a few beers. He was showing the boy a new shotgun when he pointed it at Jesse and pulled the trigger. He told police he didn’t think it was loaded.
Guns, beer, and stupid: always a good combination in NRA Paradise.
Afterthought:
If this is not negligent homicide, then there can be no such thing.
Twits on Twitter 0
You can’t make this stuff up twits.
As the Emperor Augustine is reputed to have said when presented with something too stupid for words, “Words fail me. Nothing I can say can express the depths of my feelings on this matter.”
Nothing To Do, Nowhere To Go 0
Still somewhat positive.
(snip)
The number of people continuing to receive jobless benefits held at 2.23 in the week ended May 2.In that same period, the unemployment rate among people eligible for benefits held at 1.7 percent, where it’s been since mid-March, the report showed.
Aside:
It is almost certain that the Republican Party is looking for a way to reverse this trend.
What It Was, Was Football 0
Reg Henry is not impressed by the sanctions levied by the NFL over “deflategate.”
Do follow the link.
Afterthought:
I am so done with big-time football. It makes the WWE look like the Grecian Olympic Games. At least the WWE has stopped pretending . . . .
Needles and Haystacks 0
I haven’t paid much attention to Seymour Hersch’s story about the killing of Bin Laden because anyone who expects honesty and transparency about anything involving the CIA or the NSA, however tangentially, is delusional. Duplicity, nay! triplicity is their stock in trade.
Also, frankly, my dear, I don’t give a damn how the CIA got their information.
If you give a damn, Shaun Mullen has a masterful analysis of the story so far.