2017 archive
State Fair 0
No, not the one with Pat Boone. The other one. (Link NSFW.)
Break Time 0
Off to drink liberally.
Damage Control 0
Farron describes how members of the Trump administration are trying to clean up the mess after the Trumpler-in-Chief’s warmongering rhetoric about North Korea.
The Return of Swampwater 0
A rumor has been floated that Donald Trump is considering outsourcing Afghanistan to Erik Prince and Blackwater (which has since been renamed several times I forget its current alias because it did such a good job the first time).
A snippet:
Wall-Eyed 0
At Psychology Today Blogs, Constance Scharff points out one of the many fundamental flaws in Donald Trump’s fulminations about a border wall, this one about its ability to deter somehow magickally cure the epidemic of opioid (remember, when Not White persons use it, it’s called heroin) addiction. Here’s a key bit; follow the link for the rest:
A wall – to keep drugs or people out – doesn’t address the fundamental problem that we face. Opioid addiction wasn’t born out of an influx of drugs into the country. It was born out of an internal problem of overprescribing drugs that are unsafe for long-term use. Law enforcement aimed at international drug cartels does nothing to address this.
But, in the Trumpled world, pointing the finger at others, especially if they are brown, is always so much more satisfying than accepting responsibility, is it not?
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Yet more polite play.
Had the other boy been armed, no doubt this would not have happened.
Afterthought:
You probably tire of these posts. Me, I tire of the sacrifice of lives on the altar of profits for munitions makers.
Unhappy Cat (Updated) 0
The cat is on a liquid diet until a vet’s appointment tomorrow morning. She is not happy, so she is trying to affection me into giving her some food. Heaven forbid she lose an ounce, but, really, now, cats aren’t supposed to have what she has–cleavage.
I just hope she doesn’t resort to violence before we get her into her carrier. After all, she’s packing knives.
(Yeah, I know. Just what the internet needs. Another cat picture.)
Addendum:
Diagnosis: Inflammatory bowel syndrome. because the size of the bowel walls are in excess of three cm.
Rx: Change of diet to prescription diet.
Comment: Trust me, you do not want a cat, or anything or anyone else, with inflammatory bowel syndrome. It is not pretty.
Great Moments in Spell Check 0
From today’s local rag:
It’s also in the online version as I write this:
What kind of machinations, one wonders, will be required to correct this error.
(By the by, the local rag has been rolling out some excellent editorials lately. The Editorial Board clearly finds the antics of the current federal administration to be concerning.)
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Play politely.
At one point, the 10-year-old boy pointed a rifle at his 14-year-old brother and pulled the trigger, the sheriff’s office said. The firearm had the magazine removed, but the boy didn’t know a round was in the chamber. The firearm discharged and struck the 14-year-old in the chest.
War and Mongers of War 0
Given Donald Trump’s disdain for diplomacy, Tracey Rubin sees more blood in the sand (and the forests, and the cities, and the seas).
President Donald Trump not only wants to slash the State Department’s budget by a third but clearly considers the department unnecessary. His vision of foreign policy revolves around military strikes and arranging mythical “big deals.”
Meantime, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson conducts diplomacy as if he were still the god-head of Exxon Mobil, consulting only a few aides while gutting the department. Most key posts and many crucial ambassadorships remain vacant.
Image via The Bob Cesca Show Blog.
Afterthought:
Big deals.
Right.
Setting an Example 0
Warning: Heated language.
Stay Thought 0
Not all nuts come in bags.