May, 2017 archive
Break Time 0
Off to drink liberally.
The Liar’s Web 0
It’s a short article and neither synopsis nor excerpt can do it justice. Just read it.
Word Association 0
The Root reports on a recent Quinnipiac University poll. Here’s the bit they latched on to.
The responses were fitting if he wasn’t the president of the United States. Leading the pack was “idiot” . . . .
In a related article, Andrew Malcolm comments on the ineptitude of the Comey firing:
Fat chance that. As Josh Marshall pointed out a long time ago, Trump will not allow anyone in his circle who might eclipse him, private or publicly.
We are a society of stupid. Nixon’s odious Southern Strategy has come full course and enabled stupid and venal to the Presidency, the cabinet, and the Congress.
The consequences will be are dire.
The Rule of Claw 0
Elie Mystall explains why those who are talking about a special prosecutor to investigate the firing of James Comey are telling themselves fairy tales. The whole piece is a gem and picking a snippet is difficult, but I managed to do so.
You think they’ll change now? Why? WHY DO YOU THINK THAT?.
In relate news, Badtux sees a pattern:
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Self-politeness is the politest kind.
He was at a home in the 1500 block of North Harvard, near 13th and Hillside, when the gun discharged shortly after 11 p.m., according to police records.
Drinking Liberally Virginia Beach Tomorrow 0
When fellowship is needed, join us . . . .
When: Thursday, May 11, 6 p.
Where:
Croc’s 19 Street Bistro
620 19th Street (Map)
More here.
The Comeyuppance 0
In yesterday’s performance of the frog and the scorpion, who knew that James Comey would end up playing the frog?
Certainly not James Comey, for he thought that he had served his masters well.
I am no fan of James Comey, as he grossly violated the public trust and may have swung the election. Nevertheless, I am confident that whomever The Donald selects to replace him will make him look like Prunella Purity.
And, make no mistake, it’s the racism that has brought us here. I’m not going to link it up now because it’s late as I write this, but a look at my posts in this category will enable you to catch my meaning, to get my drift.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Politeness is a family affair.
Lacey Kuschel, 35, was shot in the back and killed as she held 5-month-old daughter, Aspen. The shooting happened at 2 a.m. on Feb. 25 in rural Todd County.
Tyler Slagerman told Todd County sheriff’s deputies he had been out drinking with friends that night and that he had grabbed the rifle because he thought he heard dogs barking. But, he says, the rifle accidentally fired, killing Lacey and narrowly missing Aspen.
Follow the link to read why the woman’s father expresses skepticism regarding the allegation that this was yet another random happenstance just by chance could have happened to anyone who had been drinking and decided to exercise his Second Amendment rights because he thought he heard dogs barking in the night unfortunate incident in which a gun fired itself tragic accident.
And thus passeth another day in NRA Paradise.
