November, 2015 archive
Nothing To Do, Nowhere To Go 0
Still okay.
The four-week average of claims, a less-volatile measure than the weekly figure, held at 271,000. . . .
The number of people continuing to receive jobless benefits increased to 2.21 million in the week ended Nov. 14 from 2.17 million.
“The Price of Doing Business” 6
Warning: Language.
Tales from the Hustings 0
David Farmer details (yet another) Republican effort to gut out the vote, this time in Lewiston, Maine.
Facebook Frolics 0
Here come de judge. Here come de judge.
And, in other news, yet more racists take to frolicking . . . .
Unchurched 0
And it’s about damned time.
The measure includes six plaques with various versions of the Confederate flag, the church’s coat of arms with the flag on kneelers at the high altar, and bookplates in some books in the church’s library.
But it was not entirely voluntary:
Soon after (the church shootings in South Carolina–ed.), the General Convention of the Episcopal Church passed a resolution urging their churches nationwide to remove any Confederate battle flags.
St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in downtown Richmond across from Capitol Square has not flown the Confederate flag since the 1960s.
Via my local rag.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Stray not from the path of politeness.
Aside:
How can something that travels in a straight line “stray”? Inquiring minds want to know.
Eggs in Aspic 0
Many years ago, when I bought my first copy of Craig Claiborne’s New York Times Cookbook (I think I’ve worn out two of them and am on my third), I was intrigued by the picture early in the book on page 26 of eggs in aspic.
I finally made them this weekend.
You can watch your Iron Chefs and Food Networks all you want. I prefer cooking to watching others cook.
All That Was Old Is New Again 0
A member of the Minneapolis city council has blamed peaceful protesters shot by white supremacists for getting themselves shot. Here’s a bit from a detailed story in the Minneapolis Star-Tribune:
That’s part of the problem with these protests: the longer they go on, the more participation there is from across the country,” Johnson said. “The longer it goes on, the worse it gets.”
When I was a young ‘un, back in the olden days, the defenders of the segregationist status quo liked to blame “outside agitators” for getting themselves shot and buried in dams.
I’m trying to figure out whether blaming “inside agitators” is a step forward, a step backward, or a just a step sideways.
Freedom of Screech 0
Historiann posts a note about events at my alma mater.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Never give politeness the cold shoulder.
The wounded man, who was not publicly identified, was able to tell responding officers his gun went off as he was removing it from his shoulder holster, according to the lieutenant.
