2016 archive
The Mills of Diploma Grind the Exceedlingly Fine 0
Warning: Language.
The Wages of Incompetence Is Irrelevance 0
The Booman offers his theory as to why Trump continues to Trumple his Washington insider critics. A snippet:
I understood this when Trump attacked McCain, but it’s taking people who live within the power structure of Washington a long time to realize that they have lost their credibility and that this is the precise reason why Trump has rolled over them for over a year now.
The Voter Fraud Fraud 0
Gene Nichol comments about North Carolina Republicans’ gut-out-the-vote effort; he minces no words, though he does mince Republicans’ lame justifications for racial discrimination in the franchise. A nugget:
I can attest that Republican leaders take potent umbrage at being compared to the segregationists of a half-century ago. But why is that? Is it because they seek only to disenfranchise blacks, not to hang or shoot or beat or use water cannons on them? Is the implicit suggestion that, given the treatment their grandparents got, African-Americans today ought to be grateful their government now pursues only electoral suppression?
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Set an example of politeness for your younger siblings.
Sgt. Dan Ko with Draper City Police said around 7:30 p.m. the man was showing off the gun to his little brother in their Draper home near 338 W. Inauguration Rd. in Draper.
Facebook Frolics 0
Conspicuous consumption frolics:
(snip)
But often, there’s something deeper going on: “We are socially comparative creatures by nature,” says psychologist and author Nancy Irwin. And the use of social media makes comparisons to others just a scroll or a click away: “Social media can be the modern day version of ‘Keeping up with the Joneses,’” she says, and some people “feel inferior if someone they know has a shinier or bigger toy than they do.”
Droning On 0
How is this not biological warfare?
Football uber Alles (Updated) 0
From Bob Molinaro, sports writer extraordinaire:
Addendum, the Next Morning: