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September, 2015 archive

The Voter Fraud Fraud 0

Black folks viewing wall between themselves and voting booth:  Republicans love walls.

Image via Juanita Jean.

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The Snaring Economy 0

A report from the field.

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“The Smart One” 0

Jeb is sandboxed in.

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“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0

Politeness builds strong families 12 ways.

A shooting in Rankin County leaves a five-year-old girl hospitalized after deputies say her nine-year-old brother pulled the trigger.

Just collateral damage in NRA Paradise . . . .

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Anchors Away! 0

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If at First You Don’t Succeed . . . . 0

A Kentucky judge tries an end-around on the culture front.

A local judge contends the U.S. Supreme Court decision on same-sex marriage has derailed Tennessee’s ability to determine what constitutes divorce — leaving one Signal Mountain couple married against their will.

As marriage is a legal contract and you are either in a contract or you’re not, this is prima facie stupid, but culture warriors will no doubt think it’s a brilliant tactic to allow them to interfere in the private lives of others.

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QOTD 0

Vladimir Nabokov:

Revelation can be more perilous than Revolution.

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Free Fire Zone 0

Leonard Pitts, Jr., thinks it’s “game over.”

“In retrospect,” wrote Hodges, “Sandy Hook marked the end of the U.S. gun control debate. Once America decided killing children was bearable, it was over.”

You may cringe to hear the nation’s response to the December 2012 massacre of 20 young children — six school staff members also died — at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., described in that fashion, but you can’t deny the brutal truth of the observation.

Follow the link for the rest.

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Microsoft Looks through Your Windows 0

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The Deen of Southern Cooking 0

They never just go away, do they?

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A Nation of Immigrants 0

Voice from the other side of the glove to Europe:  You need to solve your refugee crisis.  Image:  America behind a wall.saying,

More here.

Image via Job’s Anger.

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“The Smart One” 0

Via Mediaite.

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“Do As You Are Told” 0

Shorter Nikki Haley:

Pah!

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Nothing To Do, Nowhere To Go 0

Still under 300k.

Jobless claims increased by 12,000 to 282,000 in the week ended Aug. 29, a Labor Department report showed Thursday.

(snip)

The four-week average of claims, a less-volatile measure than the weekly figure, climbed to 275,500 from 272,250 in the prior week.

The number of people continuing to receive jobless benefits fell by 9,000 to 2.26 million in the week ended Aug. 22.

The number went up more than Bloomberg’s “experts” predicted, so Bloomberg’s headline writer is having the vapors. All this proves is that Bloomberg needs new “experts.”

Remember what an “expert” is: “X” is the mathematical symbol for an unknown quantity. A “spurt” is a drip under pressure. An “expert” is thus an unknown drip under pressure.

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“As Ye Sow, So Shall Ye Reap” 0

Let Reg Henry explain.

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QOTD 0

Tara Strong:

Don’t be afraid to look silly.

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A Moment of Zen 0

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Blue Blood 0

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w3m 0

My new podcast about w3m, a command line web browser, is up at Hacker Public Radio.

w3m screenshot

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“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0

Face up to the need for politeness.

Newport News police are investigating an accidental shooting Tuesday evening after a 45-year-old woman had been shot in the face, according to a news release.

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