September, 2019 archive
Incarceration Nation 0
Bruce Lowry says, “Follow the money.”
The Internet of Strings 0
So you still think that the connected home is a good thing?
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Politeness has a senior moment.
Jesus, Mary, and Joseph. Why would someone need a gun in a old folks’ home? Is someone cheating at bingo?
We are a society of stupid.
The Rule of Lawless 0
Inappropriate and misappropriate both:
Suckering the Suckers 0
Mike Brooks takes a look why people take the click-bait. A snippet:
Those clickbait headlines make us curious to see what’s behind the curtain, so to speak. To quote the sagacious, Forrest Gump, who was quoting his mother, “Life is like a box of chocolates. You never know what you are going to get.”
“The New Gotchas” 0
Thom discusses the latest medical scam: Surprise Billing.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
And yet another gun fires itself . . . .
Dorian Deeds 0
Despite the narrative from the Weather Channel, my newspaper delivery person somehow managed to deliver my newspaper.
Afterthought:
This is in no way to disparage those who have suffered damage from the storm.
It is in every way to contemn the hysterical Dorian hurricane porn perpetrated by televised media.
The Weather Channel 0
Give me a break.
Indeed, I was on the phone with an associate today and asked him what he thought about the Weather Channel. He said, “They just want to get people upset.”
Me, I can’t stomach the Weather Channel for more than 15 minutes at a time (unless it’s snowstorm pictures–and then it’s the pictures, not the channel).
A short synopsis of today’s hurricane coverage:
“It’s chaos here in Charleston, South Carolina! Look! A tree has been blown over!”
Fifteen minutes later:
“It’s chaos here in Charleston, South Carolina! Look! A tree has been blown over!”
And it’s the same damned tree.
In other news, it’s looks like we’re going to get off easy on this one.
