July, 2018 archive
“Pay No Attention to the Man behind the Curtain” 0
Will Bunch theorizes that, for the Trumpers, it’s all about appearances.
I can’t do it justice with a summary. Just read it.
Tales of the Trumpling: Snapshots of Trickle-Down Trumpery 0
When life gives you lemonade, make a lemon.
Viktor Stevenson, a black man who is the owner of Gourmonade, told AJ+ in an interview that he was checking to see if the security system for his lemonade stand was working when four cops approached him. He said one of the officers had his hand on his gun.
Russian Impulses 0
Aside:
Benjamin Franklin’s statement, “A republic, if you can keep it,” has never been more prescient.
To Detect and Server 0
Farron skewers the “where is the server” myth.
The Snaring Economy 0
Thank you, no, I’ll call a cab.
It’s called “vomit fraud,” a scam repeatedly denounced in social networks yet still taking place around the world. . . .
What is it? Passengers request Uber cars, which deliver them to their destination. So far so good.
But soon the passenger receives a note from Uber reporting an “adjustment” in the bill and an extra charge that can range from $80 to $150, depending on the driver’s degree of crookedness.
The story goes on the describe how unresponsive Uber is to the victims of this sick attack.
All that Was Old Is New Again 0
Brian Greenspun, publisher of the Las Vegas Sun, views the precedent:
Follow the link for the reasons he makes that comparison.
A Matter of Perspective 0
In The Roanoke Times, Mike Ellerbrock reminds us that framing matters.
Are You Going to Scarborough Fair? 0
While thankful that they have awakened from their willful slumbers, I can feel little sympathy for the sycophantic pundits who rode to fame and fortune on the Republican pony, but who are now realizing what the rest of us knew all along, that, throughout the ride, they were clutching an asp to their bosoms.
Tales of the Trumpling: Snapshots of Trickle-Down Trumpery 0
Jesus, Mary, and Joseph, you can’t make this stuff up.
Aside:
Honest to Pete, is it really all that difficult to know how to behave in public?
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Get an unload of all the politeness.
Whatever happened to “make sure the gun isn’t pointing at anything unless you mean to shoot it”?
