From Pine View Farm

January, 2020 archive

Twits on Twitter 0

A pointlessly prevaricating pretend-pedant twit.

Information superhighway my anatomy.

Traffic-jam of terrible is more like it.

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The Rule of Lawless 0

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Decoding De Code 0

Methinks Atrios is onto something.

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Missed Opportunity 0

Devil says to receptionist,

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“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0

Rear your children with politeness.

A 3-year-old boy suffered a gunshot wound to his head after police say the boy found a gun in the house and played with it while his parents were still in bed.

Amazingly, however, Murray police detective Kenny Bass said Thursday morning that the boy’s injury is not considered to be life-threatening . . . .

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The Graham Cracker 0

The Charlotte Observer Editorial Board explains.

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Facebook Frolics 0

Slider frolics.

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QOTD 0

Roald Amundsen:

Adventure is just bad planning.

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And Now for Something Completely Different 0

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The Wall-Eyed Piker 0

Musical Notes

And the walls came tumbling down.

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A Trumpled Tower 0

Image:  The White House rendered as a castle topped by towers and turrets and surrounded by a moat.  Voice from inside says,

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“The Narrative” 0

Sam discusses the power of “the narrative,” using Ben Shapiro’s statements confused statements about Bernie Sanders as an example. (Remember, Shapiro is speaking to an audience that includes persons who think that the coronavirus comes from beer.)

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Tales of the Trumpling: Snapshots of Trickle-Down Trumpery 0

Trumpled on Snapchat.

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Still Rising Again after All These Years 0

Meet the New Secesh.

Jesus, Mary, and Joseph.

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“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0

Politeness is the key.

Cedartown Police Chief Jamie Newsome reported that around 6:40 p.m., business owner Todd Williams was pulling his keys out of his pocket in the parking lot of Zorba’s on North Main Street when the gun he had in his pocket went off accidentally.

The single round ricocheted off his knee and went through his foot.

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QOTD 0

Ethan Allen:

In those parts of the world where learning and science has prevailed, miracles have ceased; but in such parts of it as are barbarous and ignorant, miracles are still in vogue; which is of itself a strong presumption that in the infancy of letters, learning and science, or in the world’s non-age, those who confided in miracles, as a proof of the divine mission of the first promulgators of revelation, were imposed upon by fictitious appearances instead of miracles.

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Yet More Cause for Despair 0

We are a society of stupid.

Many people, seeing the name of the (coronavirus–ed.) virus, have concluded the virus has a connection to Corona beer. The Miami Herald reported that Google searches for “Corona Beer” and “Corona Beer Virus” were both up in the past week. The paper noted that the search engine may not have helped, as “corona beer virus” is the second option Google predicts when someone types in “corona.”

Jesus, Mary, and Joseph.

Full story at the link.

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Tales of the Trumpling: Snapshots of Trickle-Down Trumpery 0

An Episcopal Trumpling.

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The Evidence of Things Unseen 0

Frame One:  Republican Elephant looks at dead body on Fifth Avenue and asks,

Via Job’s Anger.

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“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0

Join the queue for politeness.

Spokane Police Spokesperson John O’Brien said it was reported that around 3:30 p.m. a man was in line at the Supreme Bean on North Hamilton Street and East Illinois Avenue when he accidentally shot himself.

Of course, the NRA will probably say that, had he been packing, this wouldn’t have happene–oh, wait.

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