January, 2016 archive
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Inculcate politeness at a young age.
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“We have no information that an adult was responsible for the shooting and believe either the victim accidentally shot himself or one of the other children did,” Engleman wrote.
One is left to wonder whether it a was a minor who left the firearm where it could have been found by a toddler, as no “adult was responsible,” or perhaps, in addition to firing themselves, guns now are capable of leaving themselves in places.
More likely, it’s that “responsible gun owner” is now an oxymoron.
Break Time 0
Off to drink liberally.
Stray Thought 0
I really don’t need my bank’s ATM to wish me a “Happy Birthday.”
(No, today is not my birthday.)
Afterthought:
It certainly doesn’t make me think more warmly of my bank, which is, at best, a necessary annoyance and, at worst, a corporate beast in service of mammon.
Twits on Twitter 0
Twitter.
Banana-fanna-fo-fwitter.
Twitter.
Nothing To Do, Nowhere To Go 0
Despite Bloomberg’s silly headline (follow the link), for all practical purposes, status quo ante:
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The four-week moving average of claims, a less volatile measure than the weekly figures, increased to 278,750 from 275,750. The average was the highest since July.
The number of people continuing to receive jobless benefits rose by 29,000 to 2.26 million in the week ended Jan. 2. The unemployment rate among people eligible for benefits increased to 1.7 percent from 1.6 percent.
The American Taliban’s Sagebrush Sharia 0
Y’all Qaeda institutes Sagebrush Sharia in Oregon.
Afterthought:
No self-awareness. No self-awareness whatsoever.
Still Rising Again after All These Years 0
Steven M asks a question:
“The core population” — is that what white supremacists are calling themselves these days?
Follow the link for context.
No Place To Hide 0
You will be are being assimilated.
The boxes, sold by OccupEye as a way to monitor how long staff are at their desks without relying “on coffee cups and coats on chairs,” were installed in the offices of The Daily Telegraph. Staff weren’t told anything about the installation and soon kicked up a storm of protest.
The devices were installed under the desks of journalism, advertising, and other commercial departments. There’s no word if HR got them too.
“Frontier Town” 0
Frontier Town was an Western-themed amusement park near that far west resort town, Ocean City, Maryland, in the era when every little boy wanted a cowboy suit and a Mattel Fanner Fifty. (It seems to live on as a campground.)
Like Hollywood’s versions of the Wild Wild West, it was not then and has never been a real place.
