2019 archive
Connectivity 0
Afterthought:
Sometimes, when I walk into a restaurant and see four persons all seated at a table with their heads buried in their phones, I can’t help but wonder, “Why the hell did they bother going out together?”
“Legislative Thuggery” 0
Leonard Pitts, Jr., comments on Alabama’s attempt to ban all abortions, including those resulting from rape and incests. A snippet (emphasis added):
But then, it seems obvious that their larger target was never so-called “big government,” but rather, modernity itself, progress itself, change itself — the repeal of the 20th century. That was, remember, the century that saw African Americans finally win voting rights, gay people blow up the metaphorical closet and labor unions win higher wages and better conditions for American workers.
Usury 0
My local rag has an article recounting the stories of Virginians caught in the spiderweb of “payday lenders.”
I got nothing to add. Just read it.
Gird Your Grid for the Big One 0
Mike warns that we are again facing a Great and Glorious War for a Lie in a Country with a Name that Starts with “I” and discusses the long history of U. S. and British meddling in Iran. Some of his analogies may seem a bit extreme, but I wonder . . . .
The video is below the fold because of language and the possibility of autoplay.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Have a pocket full of politeness.
The man told police he had been putting his handgun into his pocket when he accidentally shot it, Lanz said.
