2015 archive
Still Rising Again after All These Years 0
A South Carolina lawmaker has sent out a Christmas card featuring a photo of the Confederate flag that refers to “memories of a happier time” and suggests those who voted to remove the flag from in front of the Statehouse ask God for forgiveness for their “betrayal.”
He says it was a joke and meant only for his fellow secesh Republicans.
As Sergeant Schultz would say, “Jolly joke.”
Aside:
I’m a Southern Boy. I assure you, it weren’t no joke.
The Farce Awakens 0
Afterthought:
There are and will always be only three Star Wars movies.
Bowling for Dollars 2
Bob Molinaro captures in one sentence the absurdity that is now big-time college football:
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Fly the Fiendly Skies, Reprise 0
See foot. Shoot foot.
Investigators at the airport, using surveillance footage, were able to determine that the man made the calls from a pay phone inside the airport, and arrested him without incident, according to Sullivan.
His alleged motive? He and his traveling companion had missed their outbound flight to London’s Heathrow Airport, and were so desperate to catch their rescheduled flight on British Airways that they took these extreme measures, Sullivan said.
“To Protect and Serve” 0
More news from the post-racial front.
The first group of messages, which surfaced in an ongoing investigation that began well before three guards were charged this fall with the beating death of an inmate, vilify blacks and, to a lesser degree, Latinos, Vietnamese and Jews. In one text, an officer wrote to his colleagues, “We could hang a n—-r in Haiti for about 75 bucks tops.”
Follow the link, but wait until you’ve digested your lunch.
“Heads I Win, Tails You Lose” 0
Judge Richard Posner points out that there appears to be a thumb weighing down the Scalias of justice.
Hollow Points 0
Jonathan C. Rothermel points out that the “gun debate” is a tinkling cymbal, a sounding bell, signifying nothing, for it falls on empty ears attached to empty heads.
No Place To Hide 0
The EFF explains its complaint about how Google spies on students using Google’s chromebook laptops. Here’s a bit (emphasis in the original):
In other words, when a student logs into their educational account, and then uses Google News to create a report on current events, or researches history using Google Books, or has a geography lesson using Google Maps, or watches a science video on YouTube, Google tracks that activity and feeds it into an ad profile attached to the student’s educational account—even though Google knows that the person using that account is a student, and the account was created for educational purposes.
The whole thing is worth a read, especially if you care about companies stripping you nekkid on the interwebs.
Fly the Fiendly Skies 0
Jesus, Mary, Joseph.
(snip)
“The passenger behind me raised his voice,” Kaur wrote on her Facebook page. “I turned around. He was a white man and his face was angry. He asked why I removed the tag. I offered to explain but he said he didn’t want to know.”
QOTD 0
Kerry Greenwood, in Blood and Circuses:
We have been put off balance by the war, the whole nation has.
Still Rising Again after All These Years 0
“Post-racial.”
Yeah.
Right.
(snip)
On Tuesday, police said Turner was arrested for a second time after he put up a sign in front of his home that read “N—– lives don’t matter. Got rope?”
Chris-Crossed 0
Dick Polman catalogs Chris Christie’s climate change contortions.
Grab a frosty beverage of your choice and enjoy the show.
Dis Coarse Discourse 0
Helen Ubinas is tired of inappropriate language.
“No comment.”
Follow the link for examples.
Nothing To Do, Nowhere To Go 0
Still not bad.
(snip)
The four-week average of claims, a less-volatile measure than the weekly figure, dropped to 269,250 from 271,000 the week before.
The number of people continuing to receive jobless benefits rose by 6,000 to 2.16 million in the week ended Nov. 21.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Have a close shave with politeness.
Honestly, these bozos need to stop acting as if they are lugging around Mattel Fanner 50s.
(Link fixed.)