From Pine View Farm

January, 2021 archive

Unfamiliar Territory 0

Couple watching White House press briefing on television.  Man says,

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The Hole Truth 0

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Uncarted Territory 0

Image:  A New York hot dog vendor at his cart and Donald Trump, reading a newspaper with the headline,

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“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0

Once again, we are reminded that politeness is a family value.

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Maskless Marauders 0

David dissects a marauding. (The action begins at about the minute and a half mark, after a short discussion about subscriptions and pledges.)

Honest to Betsy, you couldn’t make this stuff up.

We are a society of stupid.

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Vaccine Nation 0

President Biden opening a medicine cabinet only to find a note reading,

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This Too Shall Pass. Or Not. 0

In contemplating life after Trumpling, Frances Coleman is somewhat optimistic.

Martin Longman is not so sanguine.

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Left Unfinished 0

Donald Trump walking to helicopter as man calls after him,

Via Job’s Anger.

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QOTD 0

Elisha Gray:

Science has no prejudices — though scientists often do. Science is like figures: they do not lie themselves, but the men who figure are often the greatest liars in the world.

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Terms for the Times 0

The Angry Grammarian updates his dictionary. An example (emphasis in the original):

coronasplaining, n: asserting that you know more about infectious diseases than someone with a decade of medical training because you spent 12 minutes “researching” on the internet. See also: covidiot.

Follow the link and broaden your vocabulary.

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Parler Talk 0

A federal judge unsurprisingly rules that the Constitutional guarantee of freedom of speech does not convey the right to violate a private hosting provider’s terms of service.

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A Notion of Immigrants 0

A woman from India, now a Bollywood star, remembers the racist bullying she experienced attending high school in the United States.

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The Climates They Are a-Changing 0

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In the Looking Glass 0

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“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0

Be polite to your constituents.

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Money Ball 0

Bob Molinaro, sportswriter extraordinaire:

New University of Texas football coach Steve Sarkisian hired a special teams coach for $1 million a year. But remember, there’s never enough money for the athletes.

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QOTD 0

Artemus Ward:

The Puritans nobly fled from a land of despotism to a land of freedim, where they could not only enjoy their own religion, but could prevent everybody else from enjoyin his.

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Geeking Out 0

The Fluxbox window manager on Ubuntu MATE. The wallpaper is a photo I took of a Lantern Asia display at Norfolk’s Gardens by the Sea.

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Retrospective 0

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“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0

Yet another child discovers politeness.

A five-year-old boy has been shot and killed by his 18-month-old cousin who was playing with a loaded gun.

The toddler is believed to have found the gun laying around at his uncle’s house in Detroit, Michigan, before picking it up and firing a single bullet, police have said.

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