2020 archive
The Trumpling Goes Viral 0
This is your–our–country on Trump.
(snip)
But as a bus rolled past, the man again yelled out, this time screaming at the driver to “run them all over,” Zhu said.
He turned to her and she knew it was coming.
“Please don’t,” she said.
“Right after I said that, he spit on me,” Zhu said. “I didn’t really know what to do.”
The story goes on to describe a web site being created to track such hate-full incidents.
Words fail me.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Another responsible gun owner discharges his–er–responsibility.
QOTD 0
Agatha Christie:
The world nowadays is rather like a mad nursery rime.
Christie, Agatha, A Three-Act Tragedy (New York: Berkley, 1984), p. 168.
Contagion, Reprise 0
Speaking of said less than competent response, here’s a view from the trenches.
Contagion 0
Chauncey DeVega analyzes the role of racism in the spread of coronavirus in the United States and in the federal government’s less than competent response thereunto.
No summary or excerpt will do his piece justice. Just read it.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Apocryphal politeness:
Thus passeth another day in NRA Paradise.
Uncoordinated 0
An interstate trucker draws on her own experience to talk with Thom about the need for a coordinated national response to COVID-19.
Rand Gestures, Going Viral Dept. 0
Rand Paul puts the stall on the coronavirus testing bill because he just has to randstand.
Jesus, Mary, and Joseph.
The Vacuum, Going Viral Dept. 0
The San Francisco Chronicle’s John Diaz states what COVID-19 has made even more obvious, obvious at least to those outside the Fox News/AM talk radio bubble. A nugget (emphasis added):
The president of the United States has been trying to hoodwink us from the start as if we were just another group of suckers being pitched on one of his properties. This time, however, the Trumpian snake oil was at a severe cost to our health, our jobs and our 401(k) balances.
Follow the link for the rest.
Bait and Switch 0
What happens if you are ill and get unknowingly referred to an “out of network” health care provider?
Why, you get to shake the fee hand of the market.
