2019 archive
Still Rising Again after All These Years 0
George Wallace’s daughter sees echoes of her father’s racist political tactics in Donald Trump’s behavior.
Magickal Thinking 0
Methinks Jason330 has a point.
Deport City 0
Dana Milbank outlines all the reasons why Baltimore must be deported. Here’s a snippet:
“Pathocracy” 0
Steve Taylor discusses a common, but seldom discussed, form of government that has manifested itself in many different political systems.
I commend his article to your attentioin.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Politeness is an integral component of marital bliss.
Court records show Spivey called 911 at about 3 a.m. Sunday to request an ambulance, saying he and his wife had fought over a gun, and he accidentally shot her.
The Ingredients of Inaction 0
Shaun Mullen reverse-engineers a recipe for wafflers.
QOTD 0
Robert Goldsborough, in the voice of Nero Wolfe (Goldsborough has continued the Wolfe stories with the blessing of Rex Stout’s family):
Many people tend to believe everything that appears on a printed page, no matter how questionable the vehicle or how outrageous the statement.
Goldsborough, Robert, Death on an Art Collector (New York: MysteriousPress.com, 2019) p. 81
In a Nutshell 0
At The Roanoke Times, Megan Doney sums up gunnuttery. A snippet:
Follow the link for the rest.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society,” People of Walmart Dept. 0
Bargain-basement politeness.
(snip)
Abram, a Southaven resident, had been suspended from the store in recent days after he showed a knife to a co-worker. A police report had been filed, but Champion said Abram didn’t appear to have threatened the co-worker and criminal charges weren’t being pursued.
Thus passeth another day in NRA paradise.
Narcissist or Machiavellian? 0
Dianne Grande explains the difference. Check out the article and see which type has been most in our news lately. Then look below the fold for my vote.