2020 archive
Maskless Marauders 0
At Psychology Today Blogs, Thomas Henricks identifies several characteristics which characterize persons who refuse wear masks, in spite of the evidence that it may be the best weapon to combat the spread of COVID-19. Here is his list; follow the link for a detailed definition and description of each one.
- Denial.
- Fatalism.
- Fear of Change.
- The cult of self-interest.
- The shame-anger conversion.
- Group loyalty.
- Countervailing Information.
The Disinformation Superhighway 0
Websites wielding weaponized widgets perpetuate petabytes of prevarication in these viral times.
“Pointing and Laughing” 0
Warning: Short commercial at the end.
We are a society of stupid.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Be polite as you survey the product displays in your local exclusive retail outlet.
“It appears the shot was accidental and no one was injured by the bullet,” a police spokesperson said.
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.
Still Rising Again after All These Years 0
WVEC, my local ABC-affiliated television station, has an excellent article about the raising of Confederate monuments across the South during the late 1800s and early 1900s. The writer does an excellent job of placing those memorials to treason in context; if you don’t understand what the statues and the movement to remove them (is that a removement?) is about, I urge you to give it a read
It includes this prophetic quotation from John Mitchell, who edited a black newspaper in Richmond, Va., during that time period:
Maskless Marauders 0
Bill Parks is fed up.
Facebook Frolics 0
When I first saw headlines about this lawsuit, I had mixed feelings about it.
There are no good guys in this picture, at least not so long as the Trump you-really-can’t-call-it-an Administration keeps lowering the Barr.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
We are reminded once again that politeness is child’s play.
The NRA will no doubt claim that, had the other child been packing, he could have defend–oh, wait. THey were away on a cruise at the time.
The Poison of Positive Thinking 0
Steven M. suggests that Donald Trump doesn’t believe in truth, at least not as some sort of objective thing. A nugget (emphasis added):
Trump literally doesn’t believe in truth, at least not the way you and I do. He believes he has the ability to alter reality with his mind. He takes Norman Vincent Peale’s Power of Positive Thinking far too seriously. (On the other hand, he’s a lousy businessman who’s lived like a billionaire his whole life, so maybe he does have at least some power to warp reality in his favor.
The entire piece is worth a look.
Gutting Out the Vote 0
Thom and his guest discuss efforts to gut out the vote in Georgia in the lead-up to the January run-off vote.
Decorated 0
Ubuntu MATE with the Plasma Desktop. The wallpaper is from my collection.
I must admit that getting into the holiday spirit in these Trumpled times has been difficult.