June, 2016 archive
The Eagle Has Landed 0
Another picture from my brother in Virginia’s Northern Neck.
Apple Criminal “Genius”
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Being an Apple “genius” appears to be easier than Apple would have one think. It would seem that the clothes make the “genius.”
His clever disguise? A blue t-shirt that police said was “similar” to the uniform worn by Apple’s retail store workers.
We’re told the thief was able to pass as an employee long enough to walk through the store and into a repair room, where he accessed a drawer containing the iPhones. He then passed off the plundered handsets to an accomplice, who stuffed them under his shirt. Both of them exited the store without being stopped by security.
Where There’s Fire, There’s Smoke
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In the Bangor Daily News, Philip Duffy reports that some Congresspersons want to take jurisdiction over the laws of chemistry, likely at the behest of the lumber industry (emphasis added):
The amendment would mandate that all federal agencies treat the burning of wood from forests as a “renewable energy resource” that is “carbon neutral,” meaning it does not add carbon dioxide to the atmosphere. Reality is more complex, but forest bioenergy certainly is not carbon neutral. The carbon footprint of bioenergy should be measured scientifically on a case-by-case basis rather than broadly specified by legislation.
Follow the link to see Duffy delve into the lamer rationale for this endeavor.
I don’t quite know what’s worse about this: the stupid or the craven.
Stray Thought, Anthropology Dept. 0
The NRA is a cult of the phallus.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Donate your politeness that others may share in it.
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An employee was sorting through clothes and a gun went off, police said.
Life Imitates Art 0
Eric Blumberg remembers Ionesco’s The Leader.
Follow the link to see what brought it to mind.
“This Pampered Princeling” 0
Jonathan Kirshner doesn’t think much of Donald Trump.
This horrifying turn of events (and if you are not horrified, you have not been paying adequate attention) is unprecedented—and it is un-American. A Trump presidency would not make America great again; it would make America ordinary, . . .
And that’s just the beginning.
“Acceptable and Unacceptable Racism” 0
Tony Norman considers the faint, fluttery, pro forma Republican protests of Donald Trump’s overt racism even as they line up to endorse his candidacy. Here’s a nugget:
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Get a drop on politeness.
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When officers arrived they learned the child had been shot when a man attempted to climb through the window to open the door because the family was locked out. As the man, a family friend, climbed through the window, a gun fell from his pants, discharged and hit the child.