From Pine View Farm

March, 2018 archive

“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0

Politeness takes practice.

According to the sheriff’s department, deputies were called to Highway 467 near Edwards after a stray bullet hit a 59-year-old man.

“Two juveniles were target practicing near-by when a bullet apparently struck a neighbor in the neck,” Major Pete Luke said.

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QOTD 0

Rex Stout, in the voice of Nero Wolfe:

This confounded rancor is a pimple on the brain.

Stout, Rex, “Eeny Meeny Murder Mo” in Homicide Trinity (New York: Bantman, 1966), p. 14.

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Limitations of Statues 0

A letter-writer to the Raleigh News and Observer spots a false equivalence.

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Finding Common Ground 0

Title:  Trump meets Kim.  Image:  Kim Jong-Il says to Donald Trump,

Via The Bob Cesca Show Blog.

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Stupid Headline of the Day 0

In hindsight, Democrats probably should have seen Trump’s 360 on gun control coming

I doubt any Democrat, or anyone else for that matter, was surprised that Donald Trump’s words mean nothing.

More to the point, “360,” really?

Someone needs to spend some quality time with a protractor.

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A Lie Too Far 0

San Francisco, California, ICE spokesman quits because he’s tired of lying for Donald Trump and Jeff Sessions. A snippet (full story at the link):

“I quit because I didn’t want to perpetuate misleading facts,” said Schwab, 38, who was hired in 2015 and resigned last week. “I asked them to change the information. I told them that the information was wrong, they asked me to deflect, and I didn’t agree with that. Then I took some time and I quit.”

A quibble: A “misleading fact” is not a fact. It’s a lie.

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It’s a Flee Country 0

Title:  The Exodus.  Image:  White House with ropes made of sheets dangling from every window.

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Twits on Twitter 0

Gun-toutin’ twits.

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“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0

Be polite while visiting a retail establishment.

A military veteran was injured at the Miami Armory this afternoon with a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the buttocks, said owner David Becker.

Becker said the man shot himself while reholstering a semi-automatic weapon he was showing an armory employee. He said the man, who he declined to identify, was alert before being taken by medic to an area hospital.

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QOTD 0

Gore Vidal:

At any given moment, public opinion is a chaos of superstition, misinformation and prejudice.

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And Now for a Musical Interlude 0

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Voiceless of the People 0

Scott Walker moves from gutting out the vote to gutting the vote itself.

Aside:

I do not wholly endorse Pap’s gratuitous remarks about Eric Holder, but I do submit that he has a point about the reluctance to prosecute Wall Street fraudsters.

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Dis Coarse Discourse 0

Title:  The Agony of Defeat in the Information Age.  Image:  Two news stands, one labeled

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Denial Is Not Just a River in Egypt 0

Leonard Pitts, Jr.

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Misdirection Play, Diverting the Discourse Dept. 0

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Facebook Frolics 0

Photo phrolics.

One more time, the internet is a public place.

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Tales of the Trumpling: Snapshots of Trickle-Down Trumpery 0

There was a young Trumpler from Nantucket . . . .

A historic building central to the history of Nantucket’s African-American community was defaced between Saturday afternoon and Sunday morning with racist and sexually explicit graffiti, according to local police.

Between 4 p.m. Saturday and 7 a.m. Sunday, someone vandalized the island’s African Meeting House, spray-painting a racial slur and the word “leave” on its door alongside a crudely drawn penis on its shingled facade, according to Nantucket’s police chief William Pittman and photos of the scene.

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“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0

Be polite in the parking lot.

Police were called to the parking lot of the American Bar & Grill in the 1000 block of North Plum Street just before 12:48 a.m. They arrived to find a man with a gunshot wound to the leg.

(snip)

Police determined the gunshot wound was self-inflicted as a result of an accidental handgun discharge.

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QOTD 0

Cesar Chavez:

You are never strong enough that you don’t need help.

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Up against the Wall 0

Donald Trump and man looking a head of woeful-looking elephant mounted on the wall.  Man says,

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