2016 archive
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 1
Children should treat adults with politeness.
Anderson County Sheriff Greg Taylor says the boy picked up a rifle while in a room with the woman’s husband, who was cleaning weapons Saturday at a home in Palestine. The bullet hit 23-year-old Carmen Danielle Morris, who was in another room.
“Beatings Will Continue until Morale Improves” 1
Elie Mystal sums up the Republican reaction to the bombings in Brussels.
Cowboy Cosplay 0
Republicans in Congress want to play with their Fanner 50s too, by taking take the “Federals” out of Federal lands.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Scatter politeness where ye may,
Concern ye not who’s in the way.
Carly Ellis was killed when Aaron Randal, 22, unintentionally discharged a weapon in a home on Lewis Street and shot Ellis through a wall around 1 p.m. Tuesday. She was hit in the neck and mortally wounded.
Via Southern Beale.
The Galt and the Lamers 0
BadTux discusses the difference between “libertarians” (that is, persons who believe in protecting civil liberties) and “Libertarians” (that is, persons who believe Ayn Rand had a clue, easily spotted by the little copy of the U. S. Constitution which they whip out of their shirt pockets and misinterpret at the slightest pretext).
It’s short, pithy, and on target.
Psyched Out 0
At Psychology Today Blogs, Elliot Cohen puts Donald Trump on the metaphorical analyst’s couch. His conclusions are neither pleasant nor surprising.
Flint-Hearted 0
Click to see the original image.
Aside:
What happened in Flint is what happens when you “run the government like a business.”
The business model of choice amongst those who would “run the government like a business” is invariably Enron.
Afterthought:
The cartoonist left out “racism.”
This is America.
Never leave out “racism.”