2019 archive
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Be polite when seeking entertainment at your local cineplex.
(snip)
The shooting was the result of an argument over seating in the theater, and was not considered an “active shooter situation,” said a statement issued by police.
Russian Impulses, Mulling Mueller Dept. 0
Methinks Ed over at Gin and Tacos makes a good point.
I also commend Shaun Mullen’s take on it to your attention.
Afterthought:
It is unquestionable that Russia worked surreptitiously (and sometimes titiously) to promote Donald Trump’s campaign for the presidency. It also seems likely that there was some coordination with various Trump flunkies and family members (the Trump Tower meeting being the most prominent indicator thereof). Nevertheless, one question has nagged me throughout all this (and may account for my not devoting as many electrons to the Mueller investigation as some others have), and I have finally figured out what it is:
To conspire with someone requires taking him or her into your confidence, at least to a degree.
If you were a wily operative like Vladimir Putin, would you take a buffoon like Donald Trump into your confidence?
College Daze 0
Celia Rivenbank considers various why rich parents chose to bribe their children into elite universities and suggests that there’s only one reason that makes sense:
Follow the link for her reasoning.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Introduce children to politeness at a tender age.
The infant was pronounced dead after being taken to Cape Fear Valley Medical Center, the statement said.
This sacrifice on the NRA’s altar of ammo was 21 days old.
I’ll stop now, because all I have left is profanity.
Fear and Mongers of Fear 0
At Psychology Today Blogs, Arash Javanbakht explores the “politics of fear.” A snippet:
When one person kills a few others in a city of millions, which is of course a tragedy, major networks’ coverage could lead one to perceive the whole city is under siege and unsafe. If one undocumented illegal immigrant murders a U.S. citizen, some politicians use fear with the hope that few will ask: “This is terrible, but how many people were murdered in this country by U.S. citizens just today?”
QOTD 0
Dorothy Sayers:
He’s a devil when he’s drunk and a lout when he’s sober.
Sayers, Dorothy, The Five Red Herrings, in a double-volume with Murder Must Advertise
(Garden City: Doubleday, date unclear [original published in 1931]), p. 11.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Hoist a drink to politeness.
The report goes on to say that “the gun went off,” implying that it fired itself all on its ownsome.
Speaking all on my ownsome, I’ve not yet met a gun that pulled its own damn trigger.
“Negligent” =/ “Accidental.”
Aside:
It would be quite refreshing were news media to stop treating gun nut negligence as some aspect of inadvertence.
How To Deal with a Threatened Trumpling 0
Spocko offers a case study.
Twits on Twitter 0
PoliticalProf anticipates the purity twits.
Missing the Message 0
Jamelle Bouie visits the Oklahoma City National Memorial, which commemorates the Oklahoma City bombing in 1995 and suggests that it ignores context.
