September, 2019 archive
“Take ’em Up on It” 0
Shannon Green offers a “can’t fail” strategy for promoting sane gun laws.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Treasure those polite fuelings . . . .
The incident happened around 5:30 p.m. when the man dropped his gun, shooting himself in the chest.
Afterthought:
Was he playing quick draw with the gas pump or what?
How Stuff Works, Know the Scoring Dept. 0
I stumbled over an enlightening column about how credit scores work.
I commend it to your attention.
QOTD 0
Willard Huntington Wright, under the pseudonym of S. S. van Dine, in the voice of Philo Vance:
Logic is the most perfect artificial means of arriving at a false conclusion.
van Dine, S. S., The Garden Murder Case, in a double volume
with The Kidnap Murder Case, (London: Leonaur, 2010), p. 62.
And Now for a Change of Pace 0
We were lucky enough to see her perform with the VSO recently.
The Pusher Men 0
The Sacklers want to keep their sacks.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
The hunt for politeness continues apace, or is that “a piece.”
A member of the hunting party reportedly rested a shotgun on a bush to tend to a dog, when the gun fell over and went off.
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.
All That Was Old Is New Again 0
Sam posits that American conservatism has devolved into a mix of greed and racism, then discusses how it intertwines with gunnuttery.
The Art of the Con 0
Donald Trump goes Deutsche.
Gun-Splaining* 0
The pretzel logic of gun nuts justifying possession of portable phalluses weapons of mass shooting as a Constitutional right does from time to time positively amaze.
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I think I first heard this phrase on The Bob Cesca Show.
The History We Want vs. the History We Have 0
Sam Osherson mediates of the gap between history and reality in the tales (white) Americans tell themselves about American history. Here’s a bit:
Yet if you’ve been paying attention lately, there’s been some disturbing news. Professor Jill Lepore’s recent history of the United States, These Truths, for example, is organized around our country’s involvement with slavery from before we were even the United States, a “deep and dark” relationship, in which Jefferson, Madison, and George Washington owned slaves even while they wrote in the Declaration of Independence that “all men are created equal” and have an inalienable right to “life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.”
