December, 2019 archive
A Boxing Day Wallpaper 0
Thus endeth the season of self-indulgent screenshots.
Facebook Frolics, Elevating Evil Dept. 0
I find the DOD’s action particularly repulsive, as my father’s unit was captured during the run-up to the Battle of the Bulge and spent the rest of the war in German POW camps.
Like most soldiers who actually see combat, my father seldom alluded to his experiences during the war, much less actually talked about them, but I recall one time: As we watched the opening of The Great Escape on television, he said, almost to himself, “That’s exactly what it looked like.”
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Celebrate Christmas with politeness.
Tilting at Windmills 0
Yastreblyansky marvels at Donald Trump’s fact-free feud against wind power.
Mean for the Sake of Mean 0
Paul Krugman marvels at the Republican Party’s embrace of cruelty, suggesting that comparing it to Ebeneezer Scrooge libels Scrooge. A snippet:
These are things you can’t say about the modern American right. In fact, many conservative politicians only pretend to be Scrooges, when they’re actually much worse — not mere misers, but actively cruel.
Follow the link for examples.
QOTD 0
Matthew 7:12 KJV:
Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them: for this is the law and the prophets.
Afterthought:
It’s a damned shame that so many folks who call themselves “Christian” don’t seem to have noticed this verse.
A Christmas Carol 0
Joe Patrice parses a Christmas carol (no, not that Christmas carol) so as to render it comprehensible to practitioners of the legal profession.
