2019 archive
Deep Dive 0
Shaun Mullen jumps into the pool.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Conduct yourself politely whilst at the dining establishment.
Officers were called around 12:30 to the China Wok restaurant in Stanton.
Police say a man had a handgun that was not holstered.
They say at some point the man had either reached in his pocket or touched the gun, which caused the gun to fire.
Concentration Camps for Kiddies 0
At The Sacramento Bee, Gil Duran remembers a holocaust survivor who recently passed away and then turns his attention to Donald Trump’s concentration camps for kiddies. Please do give it a read.
An excerpt:
“The dangers of fascist politics come from the particular way in which it dehumanizes segments of the population,” writes Yale Professor Jason Stanley in “How Fascism Works: The Politics of Us and Them.” “By excluding these groups, it limits the capacity for empathy among other citizens, leading to the justification of inhumane treatment, from repression of freedom, mass imprisonment, and expulsion to, in extreme cases, mass extermination.”
QOTD 0
S. S. van Dine (Willard Huntingdon Wright) in the voice of Philo Vance:
. . . there’s very little that is reasonable in this fantastic and ironical world, Sergeant.
van Dine, S. S., The Scarab Murder Case in a double volume with
The Kennel Murder Case (London: Leonaur.Ltd., 2010), p. 216.
Tales of the Trumpling: Snapshots of Trickle-Down Trumpery 0
Aside:
The notion that someone walking about hospital grounds with his doctor’s permission with an IV stand and an active IV inserted into his body is attempting to “steal medical equipment” is prima facie farcical.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Toast the politeness.
The investigation revealed that two subjects were intoxicated and playing with a firearm, when one of them fired the gun, striking the victim.
The Rich Are Different from You and Me 0
They have all the money.
Campaign Cash(ing In) 0
It may seem that the 2020 Presidential campaign already has gone on forever, even though no party yet has an official nominee.
That ain’t nothing.
At the Orlando Sentinel, Scott Maxwell has rounded up an astonishing list of never-ending sorties.
It’s All about the Algorithm 0
David discusses how YouTube’s changing its algorithm is affecting his business model. I’m posting this because I think it is a telling commentary of the state of media today. Although I find David a sane and reasonable commentator–that’s why I from time to time feature his commentary–part of me agrees with Bob Cesca that we need to “bring back the gatekeepers.”
Suffer the Children 0
Your tax dollars at work.
In These Trumpled Times . . . 2
. . . even Highlights Magazine has had enough.