May, 2016 archive
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Be polite at graduation ceremonies and other solemn occasions.
A witness to the incident says a man’s concealed firearm sounded and he was injured with a wound to the foot. The man was reported to have driven himself to the Kansas Medical Center in Augusta.
The NRA’s “guns everywhere” fetish is working out so very nicely, is it not?
Afterthought:
At least the moron had the good grace to shoot his own damn foot.
Slip Sliding Away 0
In my local rag, Phil Terrana marvels at the multitude uses of the “slippery slope” argument to justify inaction and asks,
Is never doing the right thing our only defense against the wrong thing?
Follow the link to see why he asks that question.
Merchants of Death 0
Part One:
Part Two:
The Voter Fraud Fraud 0
I’m not so certain as Wasserman is about the “flip,” gaming electronic voter machines, but we have already seen that Republican find no trick is too low. The “strip” is well precedented.
Unlikely Likelies 0
Dan Simpson finds eerie similarities between the behavior of Donald Trump and that of Kim Jong Un.
Read it. It’s spooky.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Settle disputes politely.
Police arrested the woman, identified as 46-year-old Dawn Iverson, of Martinez, on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon. According to police, Iverson shot the gun while trying to help her fiance and hit a man in the torso.
Three-Card Monetary Monte 0
We get a lot of mail inviting us the “free meals” to learn about “exciting investment opportunities” to provide “financial security.”
So does Tony Brown.
We always chuck the mail directly into the round file, but Brown decided to accept some of the invitations. He writes of them at the Minneapolis Star-Tribune. Here’s a snippet (emphasis added):
This issue — the financial-services business’s habit of exploiting rather then helping people who are preparing for retirement — is why the Obama administration in April enacted so-called “fiduciary” regulations for financial planners and advisers.
These rules will require the financial-services industry — for the first time — to conduct business “in the best interests of their clients.”
You thought that already was the obligation. It is not.
Hibernation’s Over 1
Grumpy Bear reminds the polity that ain’t nobody going to do it for you. A nugget:
Read it.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 1
Treat children politely.
At first, police thought the girl’s 5-year-old sibling had shot her with the man’s semi-automatic handgun until the mother’s boyfriend confessed Saturday night.
Taking the Fight to the Enemy 0
Dick Polman explains Elizabeth Warren’s Twitter feud with Donald Trump. A snippet:
Warren isn’t just doing this for the sheer pleasure of venting. She’s hitting Trump where he lives, on his favorite platform, because it’s smart politics.
Follow the link to find out why Polman considers this “smart politics.”
How about Thinking for Yourself? 0
Heh.
In a study by MIT’s School Effectiveness & Inequality Initiative, titled The Impact of Computer Usage on Academic Performance: Evidence from a Randomized Trial at the United States Military Academy, students whose classroom access to computer devices was prohibited performed better in exams.
Why am I not surprised?
