2016 archive
Bernie Bros 0
I have not discussed Bernie Bros much here.
I don’t need to.
They are their own worst advertisement.
If you care what I think of Bernie Bros, read my comments to this post at Delaware Liberal.
Nothing To Do, Nowhere To Go 0
Slightly better.
(snip)
The four-week moving average, a less volatile measure than the weekly claims numbers, decreased to 269,500 last week from 277,000.
Filings have been below 300,000 for 66 consecutive weeks — the longest stretch since 1973 and a level economists say is typically consistent with a healthy labor market.
The number of people continuing to receive jobless benefits dropped 77,000 in the week ended May 28. The unemployment rate among people eligible for benefits decreased to a record-low 1.5 percent. These data are reported with a one-week lag.
Virginia Beach Drinking Liberally Tonight 0
Fun and fellowship for liberals. Join us and talk about anything in a relaxed atmosphere.
When: Thursday, June 9, 6 p.
Where:
Croc’s 19 Street Bistro
620 19th Street (Map)
More here.
Stray Thought 0
“Gourmet hotdog” is an oxymoron.
Men on the Lying Trapeze 1
Shaun Mullen wraps up the Presidential nomination campaigns and almost dislocates his shoulder patting himself in the back (every pat is deserved!).
As an aside, a while ago, I wrote that media attempts to make Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders opposite poles of the “on the one hand, on the other hand’ narrative, the farcical construct so loved by what Driftglass calls the “bothsiderists” in the Village, was a crock, that is was like (this is not a quote) protesting that Andrew Dice Clay and George Carlin were somehow equivalent because they both appeared on television.
Shaun, though, has found a similarity that I overlooked.
Follow the link to see to what the title of this post alludes.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Selfie-politeness is the politest kind:
Paging the Pervy Potty Police 0
Cynthia Dill has a message for Maine Governor Paul LePage regarding his joining (indicted alleged securities fraudster) Texas Attorney-General Ken Paxton’s suit to protect the potty police patrol.
Stay out of our bathrooms and our bedrooms. Keep your creepy hands off our Bibles, and stop snooping around in our doctor’s office. Instead of “protecting” us with your bigotry and sexism, spend our taxpayer dollars on something worthwhile. Learn the difference between a Republic and a Republican, for starters, and actually represent us for a change.
Follow the link for the rest.
Geeking Out 0
QMMP playing music from the 1920s Radio Network and the Konsole terminal emulator on the KDE desktop enviroment in a VM of Devuan Jessie in VirtualBox on Slackware –Current.
Afterthought:
Yes, making this stuff work is my idea of fun.
The Climates They Are a-Changing 0
Thom interviews Dr. Michael Mann about climate change and media malpractice.