July, 2015 archive
All the News that Fits 0
Sauce for the goose, but not for the gander. Joe Conason explains:
Which, under present circumstances, might be justified—she happens to be running for president—except for one glaring problem. Very few in the press corps apply the same standards to any Republican politician.
Nobody will ever get to see the thousands of messages erased from the private email account used by former Secretary of State Colin Powell when he held that high office. He got rid of them and got away with it (as most likely did former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, who implausibly claimed not to have used email, when the State Department asked for hers).
It goes on. Read it.
I don’t have to be a Clinton fan to say that Conason is quite correct on this one. When she is the topic, the press turns into some weird political Humbert Humbert gripped by a forbidden compulsion.
Via Progressive Populist.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Exercise your right to politeness in the great outdoors.
They’re asking anyone who was shooting a high-powered rifle in the area or anyone who noticed someone doing so to contact the sheriff’s office. Sgt. Ron Hanavan says shooting is not allowed in the area where Martin was struck.
Heritage 0
Meanwhile, John Martin considers his own “Southern heritage” and the big lie that is Gone with the Wind, a lie that lives with us still. Here’s a bit:
This is as deep and elemental as my Southern heritage gets, a direct link to our nation’s Original Sin.
Image via Job’s Anger.
Greece 3
I don’t pretend to understand the nuts and bolts of what’s going on with the EU, Germany, and Greece, and I’ve been busy studying BSD because it’s fun.
Bad Tux, though, has studied up on it and thinks it’s not just about the money.
The Voter Fraud Fraud 0
Dan Casey. Just read it. No excerpt or summary can do it justice.
The New Nihilists 0
Brian Greenspun, publisher of The Las Vegas Sun, has had enough (emphasis added).
This time there are people upset about Obamacare and marriage. That’s not going to change. There will always be people upset when the Supreme Court acts. That is the nature of court rulings.
What should upset us more, though, are political leaders under the guise of conservatism crying out for the impeachment of justices and the ignoring of lawful court orders.
There is nothing conservative about trying to lead people — emotionally and otherwise distraught people, depending upon the issue — toward a path of ignoring our Constitution and our rule of law. That is the way of anarchists, not conservatives.
More fed-upedness at the link.
Safe as Houses
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YouTube chose to preface this video with a commercial for–wait for it–make-up.
Drinking Liberally Virginia Beach Thursday 0
Fun and fellowship for liberals. Join us and talk about anything in a relaxed atmosphere.
When: Thursday, June 9, 6 p.
Where:
Croc’s 19 Street Bistro
620 19th Street (Map)
More here.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Inter-generational politeness in NRA Paradise:
He is currently in critical condition. The story makes no mention of whether or not charges for negligent whatever that was will be filed.