2016 archive
Great Moments in Adspeak 0
Free admission? Really?
Like they’re going to turn away customers?
Full Disclosure:
This is an excellent local merchant whom we patronize when it’s time for spring and fall planting. Nevertheless, I just couldn’t let the adspeak slip by.
Trumping the Gospel 0
A Davidson college student recounts her experience protesting at a Donald Trump rally. A nugget:
And that’s the way it is.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Gun sense, indeed:
A gun-loving social media activist was shot and wounded Tuesday by her 4-year-old son while driving.
Investigators said Jamie Gilt was driving a four-door pickup truck hauling a horse trailer about 3 p.m. when the boy somehow managed to gain access to a .45-caliber handgun and shoot her from the back seat, reported the Florida Times-Union.
(snip)
The woman apparently maintains a Facebook page called “Jamie Gilt for Gun Sense,” which has been deluged with critical messages since her accidental shooting.
I reckon that the moral of the story is, “Don’t let your offspring find your ammosex toy.”
Virginia Beach Drinking Liberally Tomorrow 0
Fun and fellowship for liberals. Join us and talk about anything in a relaxed atmosphere.
When: Thursday, March 10, 6 p.
Where:
Croc’s 19 Street Bistro
620 19th Street (Map)
More here.
All That Was Old Is New Again 0
Petula Dvorak considers the “Trump effect.” A snippet (emphasis added):
It’s like all of those horrible school integration photos of screaming crowds surrounding black students in the 1960s are being reenacted.
She’s quite correct, you know. I was there. It’s the same mobs, the same hate.
In related news, Der Spiegel looks at Trump and is not amused.
“Macho Macho Men” 0
Turns out the cowboy cosplay isn’t fun any more.
The Bundy Bros just want to take their AK-47s and go home.
“Raging Hormonal Imbalances” 0
Samantha Bee suggests that men are too emotional to be in charge.
Warning: Almost as tasteless as a Republican debate.
Via Raw Story.
Abnormal Psych 0
There’s a whole new phobia come to town.
You All Shush Up Now 0
Southern Beale discusses the sexist payload of shushing a sister. A snippet:
Why? Because you’re telling me I’m not important. You’re discounting me. You’re saying my ideas don’t matter, and that I don’t have the right to express them.
Men interrupt each other all the time and I daresay they don’t have that same response. It’s just how they communicate. But men and women come at communication from very different places.
Seriously? 0
Yesterday, I got two spam emails telling me that Donald Trump wants a smarter America and trying to sell me some concoction based on trumped-up claims.
I reckon the strategy is that anyone who believes Donald Trump wants a smarter America will believe anything.
Strange Bedfellows 0
Welcome to the morning after the night before.