2020 archive
The Void 0
At the Tampa Bay Times, retired military officer and public servant Robert Bruce Adolph admits to being less than sanguine as regards the “leadership” emanating from the White House during these viral times.
I don’t wish to excerpt of summarize it in any way beyond the above. It’s a short article, just on the other end of the link.
The Right To Scary Arms 0
Harry Litman drills through the smokescreen to explain the NRA’s definition of the second amendment (and that of its dupes, symps, and fellow-travelers) and suggests its not about the right to hunt, target-shoot, and, if necessary, to protect, but rather about the right to intimidate.
Give it a read.
Geeking Out 0
Mageia v. 7 with the QMMP media player with the Chinese Beauty skin playing music that swings, Claws-Mail and Firefox tabbed and shaded, Konsole (also shaded), GKrellM, and xclock. The Fluxbox window manager is using the sunlense theme.
The background is from my collection.
The New Pastime 0
AL.com’s Kyle Whitmire notes that American roulette is now all the rage is his home state* of Alabama.
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*And, I would add, many others.
Wait Two Weeks 0
My two or three regular visitors know that I tend to ignore the daily hot-button kerfuffles that every leftie blogger thinks he or she must needs comment on and that I am not much given to prognostication (hell, I trained as an historian and understanding the past is hard enough–I’m not going to try to predict the future and you don’t want to know what that prediction would be anyway because it ain’t pretty), but, mark my words, just wait two weeks.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Politeness is a family value.
What’s in a Name? 0
El Reg reports on Microsoft’s relabeling its Office 360 (that’s the one in the cloud on somebody else’s computer) update routines. It’s like American cars in the 1950s and 1960s–rearranging the chrome on the same old same old.
Follow the link for the full box of brand aids.
The Climates They Are a-Changing 0
Thom and his guest discuss whether the COVID-19 “shutdown” has any implications for reducing carbon emissions and climate change. (Hint: Don’t get happy.)
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Politeness is a family value.
At the time of the report, his condition was not known.
Afterthought:
I would have more respect for all these “responsible gun owners” if they actually acted–how shall I put it?–responsibly.
Still Rising Again after All These Years 0
Will Bunch wonders why right-wingers are waging war against the New York Times’s 1619 project.
Afterthought:
Me, I’m torn. I can’t decide between whether they (the right-wingers) can’t handle the truth or they don’t want anyone else to handle the truth. Or maybe it’s some of both all mixed up together in a steaming pot of denial.
