July, 2016 archive
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
The polite go to the movies.
Witnesses said that a fight broke out between the two men after the aggrieved audience member cursed at the boy. As the father was winning the brawl, the other man pulled out a gun, asking, “What the [expletive] are you going to do now?”
I get that a kid kicking the back of your seat is annoying. Kids rode in the back seat of my car and seat backs got kicked.
Only in NRA paradise may it become a capital offense.
That Other Email Scamdal 0
I’ve been considering how to address the DNC email leak but the gelatin has not yet completely set.
I was going to make two main points.
- As with most of these things, there’s no there there. There is no indication that the thoughts and musing were ever turned into action. Politics can be a dirty business (Donald Trump’s entire campaign q. v.); that political operatives might consider dirty tactics even to discard them should surprise no one but the naive and the stupid.
- In a fact that has been too often ignored by the corporate media, Bernie Sanders is not a Democrat. He joined the party only to run for its nomination. That his deciding to join to party for that reason alone might have engendered some resentment among those who have been laboring long and wearily in the Democratic Party vineyards should also surprise no one but the see above.
Fortunately, Dick Polman decided to write the post so I don’t have to. Here’s bit of his piece; the excerpt opens with a reference to Debbie Wasserman-Schultz’s sudden resignation from the chair of the DNC:
Yes, it was abhorrent that some staffers suggested making an issue of Sanders’ religion – or lack of religion – in a few southern primaries, but two quick points: (1) the staffers made suggestions that were never acted upon, and (2) these were just DNC staffers, not Clinton campaign staffers.
Running on the Record 0
Hoosier-born Erika D. Smith, writing at The Sacramento Bee, looks at Mike Pence’s record as governor.
That’s exactly what I’m afraid of.
Follow the link to find out why she said that.
Fear and Loathing (and Delusion) in Cleveland 0
Leonard Pitts, Jr., can only shake his head and sigh at the Republican Hate-Fest in their fact-free Never Never Land:
Did Silicon Valley entrepreneur Peter Thiel really say, “It’s time to end the era of stupid wars,” as if it were Democrats who dragged Republicans into Iraq with promises of flowers strewn beneath American tanks?
Did Ben Carson really link Hillary Clinton to Satan? Did the crowd really chant, repeatedly and vociferously, for her to be jailed? Did at least two Republicans actually call for her execution?
Follow the link for more.
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*Remember, in white-wing world, these are not examples of “terrorism.” These are examples of “putting them in their place.”
BYOB 0
Michigan man is caught running in empties.
This reminds me of the story about the customs official who watched a man push a wheelbarrow loaded with junk across the border every day. He became convinced that the man was smuggling something, but, despite the most intense searches, he never found any contraband.
Many years later, the two men, both long retired, ran into each other in a bar in a border town. After a couple of drinks, the ex-border guard said, “Look. I know you were smuggling something. I need to know, what was it? I’m retired–I promise I it’s just between us. Please tell me.”
What He Meant To Say 0
Carl Hiaasen claims to have the first draft of Trump’s acceptance speech.
Devolution of a Party 0
Aside:
Of course, Reagan was no Reagan either. He just played one on TV.
Toga! Toga! Toga! 0
Daniel Ruth looks back on the Republican Convention. A snippet:
Or consider the Animal House toga party was a pillar of Swiss watch-like precision compared to the political mud wrestling that took place along the scenic shores of Lake Erie over the past few days.
Read the rest and reminisce.
Reince Cycle 0
No self-awareness. No self-awareness whatsoever.
