October, 2018 archive
Squirreled Away 0
The support animal craze just got weirder.
White-Wash 0
Honest to Betsy, you can’t make this stuff up.
The Climates They Are a-Changing 0
Aside:
It’s another 80-Fahrenheit day here in October. This is not normal. Or perhaps it’s the new normal.
Virginia Beach Drinking Liberally Thursday 0
When fellowship is needed, join us . . . .
When: Thursday, October 11, 6 p.
Where:
Croc’s 19 Street Bistro
620 19th Street (Map)
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“Eenie Weenie Chili Beany” 0
I was recently at a gathering which is aggressively a-political. In the years I’ve been associated with this group, politics has come up as many times as I have thumbs.
This time, one of the attendees started to talk to me about the mid-term elections (I think this person leans right, but I also know that he is not insane).
I cut him off, quickly, but not sharply, saying, “I don’t predict.”
But Shaun Mullen sometimes does.
DARVO 0
Carol A. Lambert notices a classic pattern in Brett Kavanaugh’s testimony about Christine Balsey Ford’s accusations. A snippet; follow the link for more.
Having examined over a thousand relationships, I see the DARVO pattern in my work with women who have controlling partners. In almost every single case of intimate partner abuse—physical, psychological, or emotional abuse—when women attempt to address a partner’s hurtful behavior or abuse, they end up being attacked and ultimately accused of being the abusive one.
Stray Thought 0
If the behavior of the cats is a gauge, mopping the kitchen floor is easily the most interesting thing I have ever done.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Yet another responsible gun owner hunts for politeness.
The man, Richard Hannibal, was walking dogs along Richmond Mills Road when a single pellet from the round struck him in the chest, said Lt. Kevin Adam of the Maine Warden Service in a news release. According to police scanner reports, the pellet didn’t break Hannibal’s skin, but did give him a welt. He declined to be treated or taken to the hospital.
Giving the Polity the Business 0
At Psychology Today Blogs, Professors James Bailey and D. Christopher Keys explore why the idea of “running the government like a business” so regularly fails, often spectacularly. They cite three reasons; here’s one:
We are watching today what happens when a President decides to appeal to just one group of stakeholders, the Red Hats, and it’s not pretty.
Afterthought:
The overriding factor that unites the reasons the authors cite is one often ignored by those who would “run the government like a business” and is quite simple. Government is not a business.
“Republicans for Integrity” 0
Leonard Pitts, Jr., explores an oxymoron.
“It’s What They Want You To Think” 0
At Psychology Today Blogs, Dr. Grant Hilary Brenner explores “The Three Core Traits of Conspiracy Theorists.”
Warning: He ain’t the best writer in the world, but this is still worth a read.