2016 archive
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Show a deft hand at politeness:
(Murfreesboro Police Officer Jeff–ed.) Carroll reports finding a spent shell casing in the living room of the home. A hole in the kitchen wall led to the adjacent unit. Inside that unit, there was a hold (sic) in the wall that led to the living room couch.
“The Party’s Over . . . .” 0
Josh Marshall suggests that the Republican Party is no long a “party” in any recognizable sense. Rather, he argues, it has become subservient to Fox News and its on-line kin (Breitbart, RedState, etc.) and their bubble-dwelling audience.
Follow the link; read the whole thing.
Stray Thought 0
It’s not a “resealable package” if you can’t figure out how to open it without using scissors in the first place.
Furrfu.
Snakes on a Plain 0
Do you want your snake back? Call this number . . . .
Humans are the stupidest people.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Historical politeness is the politest kind.
And, in more news of the polite . . . .
Jesus, Mary, and Joseph.
There Are None So Blind as Those Who Will Not Look,
Sit with Colin Kaepernick Dept.
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At Psychology Today Blogs, Sam Louie looks at the kerfuffle about Colin Kaepernick’s refusal to stand for the national anthem at a blanking football game for Pete’s sake. A nugget:
This from WTHR-TV Sportscaster Bob Kravitz in Indianapolis:
“I found it interesting, but completely understandable, that when I posed the Kaepernick question on Twitter, the responses broke along racial lines.
From whites: “If you don’t like America, go somewhere else. Leave. We’ll help you pack.”
Just like the racial divide facing our country, opinions on his behavior also broke along racial lines.As a white folk who has associated mostly with white folks but thank heavens not entirely because that’s how America works, I can state quite confidently that white folks don’t get it.
I try to get it, but I know I don’t not really but I promise to keep trying.
But, Christallmighty, as long as cops who kill black persons for being have an automatic “Get Out of Jail Free” card, there is no “liberty and justice for all” and the “American Dream” remains a farce and a con.
I’ll stop now, for all I have left is profanity.
Facebook Frolics, You Will Be Assimilated Dept. 0
At The Guardian, John Naughton contrasts two visions of the internet: that of Tim Burners-Lee, who invented the World Wide Web (that is, hypertext mark-up language or HTML) and that of Mark Zuckerberg, who wishes to assimilate you, and you, and you into his Zuckerborg. Here’s a bit.
Both Sides Not 0
Dick Polman calls out corporate media’s false equivalences. The gist:
Facts Are What People Think 0
Writing at my local rag, Joshua Zingler suggests that Donald Trump is a symptom of stupid. A nugget:
Beliefs are not all unique and equal snowflakes; some of them are just totally unfounded.
Forty-three percent of Republicans and 60 percent of Trump supporters believe Barack Obama is a Muslim. Sixty-one percent of Trump supporters think Obama was not born in the United States. Neither is true.
These types of views are not endemic to Obama. Only 35 percent of Trump supporters are worried about the consequences of global warming. A full 25 percent of Republicans (and 15 percent of Democrats) indicated that they were more likely to not vaccinate their children than to vaccinate them.
The consequences for governance from such mistakes are profound. Unfounded opinions get represented like all the others.
A. Workers in China 0
Q. Who polishes the Apple?
El Reg reports
(snip)
“Currently, Apple’s profits are declining, and the effects of this decline have been passed on to suppliers. To mitigate the impact, Pegatron has taken some covert measures to exploit workers.”
Follow the link for the complete story.