January, 2020 archive
Fly the Fiendly Skies . . . 0
. . . and get your bag checked out.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Demonstrate politeness to users of self-propelled, two-wheeled conveyances.
Thus passeth another day in the NRA’s Garden of Bleedin’.
Phoning It In 0
Although I can’t approve of this, I can certainly understand it.
Monumental Flailure 0
If one does not understand know have awareness of value grasp appreciate one’s own culture, one likely will not appreciate that of others.
“I Think I Heard It Somewhere” 0
Esther Cepeda muses on the trap of gullibility in an age of clickbait.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Politeness just keeps truckin’ on.
One more time, “responsible gun owner” is an oxymoron.
In more news of the polite, local gun nuts desperately fear separation from their portable male members.
Aside:
I know that Freudianism has long since fallen into disrepute, but, honest to Pete, Freud would have nailed this one, because it’s all about a certain type of envy.
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The Blame Game 0
E. J. Montini invites you to play.
Dreams in the White-House 0
Jamelle Bouie finds Lovecraftian overtones to these troubled times. Here’s a bit; follow the link for the rest of his tale of eldritch horror made real.
It feels, at times, that when it comes to President Donald Trump, our political class is this Lovecraftian protagonist, struggling to understand an incomprehensibly abnormal president.
Aside:
Readers of Lovecraft will recognize this post’s title as a pun on the title of one of Lovecraft’s stories.
The Scandal Mill 0
Another Republican “investigation” turns up zilch, nada, nothing, but Sam suggests the GOP scandal mill will continue turning out bogus scandals.