2016 archive
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Cleanliness is next to politeness.
The bullet that struck the toddlers in the upper body also grazed the father’s hand, according to the report and a news release. The 4-year-old required surgery, but her injuries are not life threatening, Watts said.
One of the children died.
Afterthought:
When I had a rifle, I also had a cleaning kit and cleaned it regularly. As best as I can remember, sitting on the gun was not part of the procedure.
Unloading it first was.
Post-Afterthought:
You do realize all these bozos who claim that they are “cleaning” their guns as they kill innocent bystanders are doing no such thing.
They are fondling them, and cleanliness is the farthest thing from their tiny ammosexual minds.
Dis Coarse Discourse (Updated) 0
Tom Levenson gives the New York Times’s latest episode of Clinton Derangement Syndrome a thorough and well-deserved fisking.
Addendum, Just a Bit Later:
Josh Marshall tries to figure out why the NYT seems so fixated on the Clintons, while seeming not to subject Donald Trump to similar scrutiny. A nugget:
Follow the link to find out the other two reason.
Left Untaught 0
I never ran across this in any of my history classes.*
H/T to BadTux, who’s been on a roll this week.
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*My degree is in history, with a focus on U. S. Southern. I did know that many persons thought that “America, the Beautiful” would have been a better choice, but I was unaware that “The Star-Spangled Banner” had a history of being sung at lynchings.
A. Twenty Dollars 0
Q. What is the difference between “food” and “cuisine”?
A Kinder, Gentler Trump 0
In related news, Josh Marshall explains why Trump’s rhetoric is, by any measure, hate speech. A snippet:
The Privatization Scam 0
If true, it is more disturbing than anything I’ve come up with, and, as my two or three regular readers know, I’m no Pollyanna. Even more disturbing in this time in which white supremacists feel free to let their filthy flag fly, it is too plausible for comfort.
I’m not saying I buy it, but I find the fact that it is plausible quite chilling.
The Trouble with Education 0
This pretty much sums up what’s wrong with public schools. It’s not the schools, it’s Republican-controlled governments that do not believe in the public good.
After we stuffed her basket with folders and paper for her students, she started looking at office supplies like staplers and paper clips. “Doesn’t your school give you those for your classroom?” I asked innocently. “No,” she replied, literally shaking her head.
The night before her first day of school, she received an email stating that the school is no longer able to supply ink for her classroom printer. So now she must purchase that as well.
Follow the link for more.
Take a Walk in the Park 0
Thom takes a serious look at Donald Trump’s rhetoric about crime (“It’s a war zone out there”), the actual crime rate (down significantly over the last 30 years), and the roots of crime. (You can skip the first two minutes–it’s recitation of Trump’s rhetoric. The facts start after that.)
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
More polite family values . . .
Firefighters said the boy was taken to a hospital after being shot in the upper leg Wednesday night, and fire Capt. Reda Bigler said the boy was conscious and breathing when firefighters arrived.
. . . and another gun that fires itself.
“I Trolled You So” 0
At Psychology Today Blogs, Joe Pierre reviews recent research revealing why anonymous internet comments are so wretched. A snippet (emphasis added):