2016 archive
When News Is No News 0
This pretty much sums up why I stopped watching broadcast news.
Droning On 0
It won’t be long before some boy kills someone with his toy.
The drone was spotted by the helicopter pilot at the last second and he was able to steer the aircraft out of the way and prevent a collision.
Toy boy is as yet unidentified.
It’s Time for a Palette Cleanser 0
(I don’t think I will ever get over my crush on Eydie Gorme.)
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
The gunnularity draweth nigh, as yet another gun fireth itself.
Blazer was reportedly handling a gun, when the firearm discharged and a bullet it (sic) the woman in the foot.
The Art of the Con 0
Neil Barsky, ex-WSJ reporter and current Wall Street analyst and hedge fund manager, suggests that, whereas Donald Trump has made a successful career of giving America the business, his ventures into the world of actual profit-and-loss businesses have not been quite so successful. A snippet:
Do please read the rest.
“Pay No Attention to the Man behind the Curtain”
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Defying the advice of the Wizard, Madelon Sprengnether does pay attention the man behind the curtain. She is not impressed.
Mr. Trump, I would argue, does not feel big, powerful, or in control. His appeal to a certain segment of the US voting population seems based on his identification with them in their self-perceived weakness and vulnerability, masked by an authoritarian promise that he alone can fix things—by consulting the “shows,” holding “meetings,” trusting the advice of his adult children (all of whom work for him and are hence beholden to him) and himself.
Follow the link to learn more about why she thinks he doesn’t have the write stuff.
Getting a Leg Up 0
Oh, my.
The travelling (sic) dinosaur exhibition discovered on Sunday that its Diplodocus model was missing one of its four legs. The massive leg was strapped to a trailer along with the other pieces of the model on Saturday night but on Sunday it was gone.
That puts me in the mood for a song . . . .
“I, Me, Mine” 0
Thom reviews the history if glibertarianism.