August, 2015 archive
If One Standard Is Good, Two Must Be Better 3
I’ve mentioned before my opinion that persons who complain about “political correctness” are part of the “have cake, eat it too” crowd: They want to be permitted to be nasty without penalty.
Historiann sums it up quite nicely. A snippet:
Everybody Must Get Fracked 0
Rodrigo Romo describes what it’s like to live with frackers. Here’s a bit:
Many students at the school suffer from asthma and serious, debilitating illnesses. What is causing this spike in health problems in normally healthy children? Fracking. It exposes our children to unsafe levels of air toxins that can cause a broad variety of serious health complications, including asthma. Students at my daughter’s schools were often forced to stay inside for weeks at a time because of the noxious fumes from the fracking sites. They think it’s strange when people don’t get nosebleeds every day.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Another day in NRA Paradise . . . .
The medical examiner says Phonisay apparently was posing with his gun and it discharged when he went to holster it. A round was fired into his right groin, striking his femoral artery.
Droning On 0
Kevin Drum reflects on boys and their toys.
NASCAR Dreaming 0
I got my driver’s license a long time ago.
Shortly thereafter, I was driving the family car in a snow storm on I-85 near Charlotte, North Carolina. As I recall, I was doing about 50, reasonable in a snow storm, when a pick-up truck careened by me on the left, then immediately shot to the exit ramp on the right, almost taking the hood ornament, except that 1961 Fords did not have hood ornaments.
That’s when I said, “All North Carolina drivers must think they are Richard Petty.”
Well, it’s just going to get worse.
“In the Navy, You Can Sail the Seven Seas” 0
I think it’s damned shame that Ashley Madison got cracked, because cracking is bad. It is bad in and of itself.
I also know temptation, but I can attest that I never signed up for temptation–I waited for it to come to me.
I am struggling with a conflict between principle and schadenfreude, and I fear that, at least on an emotional level, schadenfreude is winning.
Geeking Out 2
FreeBSD v. 10 running in VirtualBox on Slackware –Current.
The New Confederate Party 0
The “conservative”–er–“movement” strips off its disguise.
George Fitzhugh would be so proud.
Afterthought:
No doubt hasty attempts will be made to replace the mask and pretend that there’s nothing to see here move along now.