May, 2019 archive
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
The polite may be seated.
The gun blast hit 20-year-old Omar Davis in the face, according to Phoenix Police. Davis did not survive.
Court records show Molina told investigators he pulled the trigger as he picked up the shotgun because it was never loaded.
Jesus, Mary, and Joseph. I was taught never to put my finger on the trigger unless I planned to shoot.
The stupid. It burns.
Guns and stupid, guns and stupid,
They go together like love and Cupid.
Let me tell you, brother,
You can’t have one without the other.
Busters Busted 0
One thing I learned in studying the labor movement is that unions are a creation of management.
If management treats employees fairly, employees have no interest in unions.
QOTD 0
Willard Huntingdon Wright as S. S. Van Dine:
Mystery is the basis of all romance . . . .
Van Dine, S. S., The Benson Murder Case in a double volume
with The Canary Murder Case (London: Leonaur.com), p.53.
Teflon Trump 0
Dick Polman offers three reasons why Donald Trump’s Trumpettes will never turn on him. Here they are; follow the link for his discussion of each one.
- They dwell within the Fox News bubble.
- They’ve never wanted to vet Trump’s alleged credentials.
- They love how Trump beat the system; they wish they could be him.
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“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Practice random acts of politeness.
“I am just driving along listening to my music, jamming out, and all of a sudden, my windshield breaks. I was scared.”
For Kaitlyn McGrath, Tuesday night was supposed to be like any other night in Wayne County. Just before 11 p.m., the woman from Hawley was on her way to pick up her husband from work. As she was driving along Route 6 in Hawley, she heard a noise.
Dread Locks 0
Elizabeth Wellington, after noting that the winners of all three major U. S. beauty contests this year are black women, find herself dismayed that the continuing effort to disparage, discourage, and disrespect* black persons’ natural hair. A snippet.
The law, appropriately referred to as the C.R.O.W.N. law, an acronym for Create a Respectful and Open Workplace for Natural hair, passed the California State Senate and is now on its way to the State Assembly. Mitchell introduced it, she said, because she was weary of seeing black children and teenagers — like Buena Vista wrestler Andrew Johnson, whose locks were sheared at the behest of match referee Alan Maloney — humiliated “because their natural hair was deemed unruly or a distraction to others.
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*I think that’s the first time I’ve used that neologism, either verbally written, but somehow it seems appropriate.
The Entitlement Society 0
They value their own family tree.
Break Time 0
Off to drink liberally.
On the Campaign Male 0
The Privileged Flew 0
Elie Mystal argues cogently that Donald Trump’s attempt to assert executive privilege regarding the Mueller report (and other stuff) amounts to putting toothpaste back in the tube.
Drinking Liberally Virginia Beach Today 0
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When: Thursday, April–Drat May 9, 6 p. m.
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“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
A shingle instance of politeness . . . .
(snip)
“The person who fired the shot was actually getting out of his truck, slipped on a piece of construction debris,” Losat said. “At this point, he was transitioning the gun between the waistband, his pocket, at some point where the gun is fired unintentionally.”
The Pusher Men 0
A small move toward truth in vending . . . .
(snip)
Drug companies responded that adding prices to their commercials could unintentionally harm patients.*
Much more at the link.
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*Yeah. Right.