2019 archive
In the Zone 0
Update: Grammatical erorrs correxted.
At The Charlotte Observer, Mary Newsom reminds that “single family residence” zoning (as opposed to residential vs. industrial vs. commercial zoning”) has its origins in racism. A nugget:
Meanwhile, federal rules and redlining kept black families from getting mortgages, and housing developers couldn’t get financing without whites-only covenants in the deeds.
The Initiation 0
I’ve cited this quotation from Lyndon Johnson before, but it bears repeating, because we are watching it play out during every day of the Trumpling:
Image via Juanita Jean.
Misdirection Play 0
The Washington Post goes down the rabid hole.
Antidisestablishmentarians* 0
The Rude One points out the obvious that’s so obvious no one else I’ve seen or heard, including me, has noticed it.
The recent wave of abortion restrictions in states such as Alabama are prima facie establishment of religion (warning: rudeness at the link).
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*Look it up.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Politeness goes to the dogs.
“At which point, Mr. Collins did retrieve a handgun and pointed it at the victims and said, ‘I will take care of all you … right now’,” LCSO Inv. Sgt. Chris Bowen wrote in a report. “All parties involved said the gun was chrome or silver in color. … Prior to my arrival, officers discovered in a flower bed in front of the defendant’s residence a tan and silver air soft pistol.”
No one was shot, and the dog lover has been charged with multiple counts of assault.
Problem Solved 0
One of the essential skills in problem solving is differentiating between symptoms and causes.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Get a leg up on politeness.
Before the 9mm semi-automatic pistol could be secured, however, police said Villarreal shot himself in the leg.
The NRA will no doubt argue that, had the leg been armed, it could have defended itself.
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.