2016 archive
The View from Afar 0
Der Spiegel looks at the U. S. election. A snippet:
Welcome to pariah patriotism.
Stray Thought 0
Experiments sometimes fail, even noble ones.
Drinking Liberally Virginia Beach Tomorrow 0
Now, more than ever . . .
Join us.
When: Thursday, November 10, 6 p.
Where:
Croc’s 19 Street Bistro
620 19th Street (Map)
More here.
Reflection on the Election (Updated) 0
Hate sells.
Also, too, Chauncey Devega called it weeks ago.
Addendum:
What is likely to be ignored in the general discourse is that, in the United States of America, a nation founded on chattel slavery and stained by its original sin of racism, everything is ultimately about race. A snippet from Danielle Belton:
It took two generations, but now we shall know what a George Wallace presidency might have been like.
Twits on Twitter 0
Noah Smith thinks he knows what Twitter’s problem may be.
Follow the link for his reasoning.
I’m Done for the Day 0
I have to meet a plane.
I’ll likely check in on the returns at TPM from time to time, but I’ll be damned if I’ll turn on a television set.
I’ve had my fill of stupid.
Catch y’all tomorrow.
Afterthought:
The last time I was inside the Norfolk International Airport terminal (I don’t think it was “International” at the time) was so long ago I was accosted by a Moonie.
Remember Moonies?
Vote 0
My Daddy taught me that voting is not a right; it’s a duty.
Two thoughts:
1. Not voting is a vote, perversely, mayhap, but still a vote, a vote to abdicate your responsibility to care about your neighbors, your community, and your polity.
An election at whatever level of government is not about you. It’s about the polity. Abandon it, you abandon the polity.
2. Vote in the real world, because that’s the world where we live–vote not in a fantasy world where perfection is likely or even attainable.
If you choose to vote for someone who doesn’t have a chance of winning, you are choosing option #1, but just dressing it up in Sunday-go-to-meeting clothes to make it seem palatable, but it’s merely a seeming. Behind the seeming is cowardice, fear to take a stand that matters, fear, indeed, to matter.
Your vote is your opportunity to influence. Use it wisely.
A. In the Cabinet. 0
Q. Where should you put your deplorables?