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February, 2018 archive

Cruisin’ for a Bruisin’ 0

Quite the carnival on Carnival . . . .

The trouble started after the Carnival Legend, which can carry more than 2,000 people, set sail from Melbourne to New Caledonia last week – though there are disputes of exactly when and why it all began. . . .

Others, however, said a single family of about two dozen people seemed intent on provoking conflicts – spitting in the pool, screaming in the smoking area and fighting with passengers and staff over any provocation.

“They were looking for trouble from the minute they got on the ship,” Kellie Peterson told 3AW. “Anyone and everything. They even picked on a 16-year-old boy because they thought he looked at them.”

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Ending the Shelling 0

Will Bunch writes of the “NRA’s reign of terror.” A snippet:

First, we need to acknowledge the NRA for what it really is: a hate group that uses its immoral tolerance for gun violence for profit and power.

Follow the link for the rest.

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QOTD 0

Buzz Burbank:

The reason the Bible says . . . “the meek shall inherit the earth”–that’s the only way they are going to get it.

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Facebook Frolics 0

Trumpled frolics.

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A Picture Is Worth 0

Title:  GOP Mass Shooting Response Translator.

Via PoliticalProf.

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Constitutional Rights and Wrongs 0

At Psychology Today Blogs, Thomas Hills considers the right of the people to change rights.

Give it a read.

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The Get-Out-the-Bot Movement 0

Thom considers the implications of the indictment of 16 Russians for interfering in elections and of the trolling of America.

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Parts of the Machine 0

Image One:  Picture of assault rifle with calling out its components.  Image Two:  Picture of a Click for the original image.

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“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0

Yet another one of those responsible gun owners we keep hearing about . . . .

Deputies say the owner had no idea who would’ve shot her pony. She told them she had no problems with anyone and didn’t think she had upset anyone recently.

The sheriff thinks a stray bullet or accident may have lead to the pony’s death. There have been no known similar incidents in recent weeks and deputies believe this to be an isolated case.

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QOTD 0

Bill Watterson:

Nothing helps a bad mood like spreading it around.

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Twits on Twitter 0

Sporting twits.

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Cultural Artifacts 0

As American (picture of baseball bat and glove) baseball, (picture of pastry) apple pie, (picture of automatic rifle) mass shootings, (picture of GOP Congressman wearing

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The Climates They Are a-Changing 0

I went for a bicycle ride today.

In shorts and a tee shirt (yesterday, it was a sweat shirt).

In February.

Wednesday was in the 40s, and it’s back to the 40s tomorrow.

The prosecution rests.

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Russian Impulses 0

Jay Bookman follows the mutations and permutations of a Russian twitterbot, as it changes identities, nationalities, and causes.

Remember, just because you read it on a computer screen, it ain’t necessarily so.

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Futures Trading, GOP Style 0

School girl reading Valentine's Day card addressed

Via Juanita Jean.

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Bull’s Eye 0

Badtux, in two sentences, exposes the con behind gun fetishists’ primary talking point.

“Guns don’t kill, people do!” is the NRA talking point. But the numbers are clear: People with guns kill a lot more people than people without guns.

There are more sentences at the link.

Afterthought:

I use the word “fetishist” advisedly. What better describes one who is enamored of a portable penis of death?

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“Good Old Golden Rule Days” 0

Ah, the memories.

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QOTD 0

Livy:

Men are only clever at shifting blame from their own shoulders to those of others.

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Diet of Worms, GOP Style 0

GOP Elephant sitting at table with a fat general and a malnourished woman food stamp recipient.  He pushes a big fat roast turkey towards the general as he says,

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The Hollow Men 0

Farron remarks on the emptiness of Republican “thoughts and prayers.”

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