June, 2016 archive
Logistics of Lethal 0
Aside from Maddow’s main point, the commercial she discusses illustrates clearly the extent to which the NRA and its acolytes form a cult of the phallus.
Via Raw Story.
Party uber Alles 0
Some Democrats are fond of saying that, if Ronald Reagan were alive today, he would be drummed out of party. What follows would seem to indicate that there is more to that statement than partisan hyperbole:
A while ago, Doug Elmets, adviser to Reagan and many other Republicans through the years, announced that he could not bring himself to vote for Donald Trump, but instead, would be voting for a Democratic Presidential candidate for the first time in his life. He finds himself dismayed at Republican reaction to his statement. Here’s a bit:
But apparently some Americans – including some Republicans I call friends – equate political independence with unthinkable heresy. They’d rather cling to the party line and hand the Oval Office to a petulant, dangerously unbalanced reality TV star than support a Democrat.
More reactionary reaction at the link.
The Gerrymeanderings of Randy Forbes 0
I would not have voted for either one in November, but, in the local Republican primary, the evil of two lessers went down to defeat.
There is a back story which makes this even more delicious. Randy Forbes was gerrymandered into a safe seat, then he was ungerrymandered right back out of it, so he decided to commute to Virginia Beach, because, as a member of the entitlement society–oh, never mind.
Now, come November, I will get to vote against a local Republican rather than an interloper from down the road a piece.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
There’s no politeness like well-trained politeness.
The man was attempting to re-holster his gun when he accidentally pulled the trigger, said Club President Rick Olson, who called the incident “regretful.”
QOTD 0
Moliere:
It infuriates me to be wrong when I know I’m right.
The American Scholar, Summer 2016, p. 126
Mulligan, Virginia: A Variation on the Stadium Scam 0
The small city of Buena Vista, out on the other side of the state, thought a new shiny municipal golf course would solve all its problems. It didn’t, so the city took a drop.
Then, in December 2014, the city council voted to stop making payments, which left ACA (ACA Financial Guaranty Corp–ed.) holding the bag.
Try just stop paying your taxes. By the by, ACA is suing.
Afterthought:
I have a suspicion that, until the editor got hold of it, the last sentence of the excerpt above included the word “golf” before the word “bag.” If it didn’t, it should have.
Melted Pot 0
In a passing reference, Tony Norman emphasizes that the Orlando shooter was as American as baseball, hotdogs, apple pie, and certain automobile marques:
Follow the link for the rest.
In related news, Helen Ubinas bought a gun.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Meanwhile, day-to-day politeness proceeds per normal.
A Grand Rapids man who accidentally shot himself in the hand was hospitalized late Sunday, June 12.
The man, 26, was trying to unload and clean his gun when it discharged.
Just Another Day in NRA Paradise . . . . 0
At the Bangor Daily News, Gwynne Dyer sums up the speculation as of yesterday regarding the Orlando shooter, then wonders, “What’s the big deal?”
Read it. It answers John Romano’s question.
Origins 0
The story of the People of the Book.
Light Bloggery 0
Paying attention is just too damned depressing. I need a break.