June, 2015 archive
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Be polite when you go potty.
The bullet hit the man in the calf and, according to Yates, the injury did not appear to be life threatening.
Playing the Triangle 4
Werner Herzog’s Bear wonders whether the sun may be setting on “triangulation.”
Lost in a Lost World 0
Steven M. tries to figure out the Republican base. A snippet:
We know that ordinary Republican schmucks think they’re heroes of the political movies that play in their heads. We know that a lot of billionaires think they’re Hitler’s victims. Why wouldn’t this message be received the same way by Carson and Huckabee and Cruz and the rest (of the candidates in the clown car–ed.)? Where do we think these folks get their news anyway? I bet it’s not from NPR.
Here in Virginia, you can get vanity plates for your car with the “Don’t Tread on Me” snake from the Gadsden flag where the hyphen would normally be. I reckon the folks who get them figure they are making a statement, but I doubt that they realize what the statement means to those outside their bubble.
When I see one of those plates, my silent response is, “Thanks for announcing that you are a bigot. Now I know who I am dealing with.”
Nothing To Do, Nowhere To Go 0
Better, with hints of a trend.
(snip)
The four-week average of applications, a less-volatile measure than the weekly figure, increased to 274,750 from 272,000 in the prior week.
The number of people continuing to receive jobless benefits declined by 30,000 to 2.2 million in the week ended May 23, the fewest since November 2000.
The most unexpected news is that Bloomberg’s experts got it right.
For once.
Suffer the Children 0
It’s not just a quotation. It’s a policy.
Celebration Time Not
0
Mississippi doesn’t take kindly to their uppity kind.
Police have issued warrants (that is right, warrants) for four people who shouted or cheered during Senatobia High School’s graduation ceremony.
History. It’s a Thing That Happens. 0
The Tampa Bay Times carries Nick Danforth’s article, in which he tries to add some real actual history to Western mythology about Sunnis and Shiites. Here’s a snippet:
Perhaps the biggest problem with this historical narrative is that it ignores everything that happened between 680 and, say, 1980.
The causes of “sectarian” violence are almost always located in the present, not the long-ago past. If you did deep enough, economics–haves vs. have-nots–is often a prime driver.
Soccer To Me 0
Reg Henry takes on the FIFA scandal. Here’s a bit:
Read the rest.
And Verily, the Lord Spake, and He Spake These Words: “Stand and Deliver” 0
. . . but words fail me.
Authorities say about a third of those recruited for the program attended the same church as Erickson, who claimed the Holy Spirit had given him a proprietary day-trading system for a volatile type of futures contract. Authorities say he guaranteed returns of 96 percent over two years.
God and Wall Street are in no way related.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Politeness builds strong families.
The sheriff’s office said Dawson Vanportfliet was shot while his father, Dennis Vanportfliet, 37, was handling* his .40 caliber Sig Sauer pistol.
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*Methinks that “fondling” was misplet.
Selfie-Incrimination 0
Speaking of obnoxious, intrusive instruments of self-gratification wielded by narcissistic nobodies , , , ,
This was at least the third suspected instance in an 11-week-span of people dying in collisions in that part of North Dakota while drivers were using their phones.
(Emphasis added.)
Forensic data analysis can be a wonderful thing.
We are a society of stupid (and there is yet more stupid at the link).
Jesus.
The Galt and the Lamers 0
Juanita Jean explains what happens when you vote Libertarian.
One more time: A Libertarian is a Republican who’s ashamed to admit it.