From Pine View Farm

September, 2015 archive

QOTD 0

Lapo Elkann:

I’ve missed a lot of trains in my life, and another one always comes.

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Employment Opportunity 2

The California Tea Party thinks that better “booth babes” will build the base. In so doing, they confirm that they are indeed just who we think they are.

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Everybody Must Get Fracked 0

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The “Trumpanswer” 0

Be popular. Fool your friends.

Learn the

Trumpanswer!

Not available to Democrats some restrictions apply read the disclaimer for details.

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“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0

Politeness is essential between life partners.

Police said the boyfriend came home around midnight to the couple’s home near NW 11th and Villa. The girlfriend was startled and shot the man in the head.

Shoot first, get questioned later–always a good policy.

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Still Rising Again after All These Years 0

So completely did the South win the peace that no one dares to point out that it was the flag of treason.

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Objects of Desire . . . 0

. . . by order of the court.

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The March of Regress 0

Devolution of the GOP:  Evolving down from Lincoln through TR through Ike marching erect, then degrading the Nixon, the Bushes, finally to knuckle-dragging Donald Trump

Via Michael in Norfolk, who has a theory as to why.

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Legacy, Bushie Style 0

George Bush in 2003:

Click for a larger image.

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QOTD 0

Henry A. Wallace:

The American fascist would prefer not to use violence. His method is to poison the channels of public information.

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And Now for Something Completely Different 0

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The Candidates Debate 0

I gave up watching candidate debates a long time ago. I can always read about them later.

They’re too much like NCAA football games: Three hours of blather surrounding eleven minutes of action under the auspices of some of the worst people in the world.

Here are reports from some brave souls who watched the Republican debate so I didn’t have to.

Werner Herzog’s Bear. (If you follow only one of these links, make this the one.)

Historiann. (If you follow only two of these links, make this the other one.)

Craig Malkin.

Jeb Lund.

Steven M.

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Facebook Frolics 0

Forwarded frolics, yes sir, right here in River City.

And the readers react. (I can’t find a way to link to the topic and I’m too lazy to link to each one, so by tomorrow they will be off the front page,* but, boy, are they a hoot. Most of them are horrible hoots, but hoots nonetheless.

Persons’ pretzel logic to rationalize their bigotry can astound. I wonder who many of them realize that their reasoning amounts to

if a = b then c = Waldorf salad?

In related news . . . .

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*A search should turn up most of them.

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American Taliban 0

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The Privatization Scam 0

North Carolina has a new twist on the Privatization Scam.

I can see the outcome now: the rich will get richer and the sick will get sicker.

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Droning On 0

Announcer:  Drones are increasingly becoming part of our lives, and, as the techonology advancecs, we can be assured that (picture of drones flying too close to airliner and buzzing citizenry) persons will find a way to do something stupid with it.

(Link fixed.)

Via Job’s Anger.

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“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0

Some folks just can’t handle politeness.

Police spoke with a witness at the hospital who said the 39-year-old man was handling* a handgun at a home in the 1500 block of Reid Avenue when it discharged and struck him in the abdomen.

And, in more news of the polite . . . .
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*I got a dollar to a doughnut that “fondling” would have been a more accurate term.

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Attack of the Fembots 0

This should be interesting. A user of the Ashley Madison electronic adultery emporium and canoodling clearing house has filed suit:

The plaintiff claims that he was lured to spend money on the site based on representations of how many women were active on it, especially after he received messages from women that required him to pay for credits to continue the conversations. Now, he believes those messages didn’t come from women at all – instead, they came from “fembots with fake profiles created by Ashley Madison.” These allegations are fueled by a recent report from a journalist who allegedly discovered that the company created fake female profiles and bots to interact with male customers. The plaintiff argues that the use of the fembots violates Maryland’s Consumer Protection Act, which outlaws unfair or deceptive trade practices.

The piece goes on to point out that precedent may be on the plaintiff’s side.

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QOTD 0

Solomon Ibn Gabirol:

The test of good manners is to be patient with the bad ones.

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Human Trafficking for Fun and Profit 0

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