July, 2021 archive
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
A man was driving his son home from a baseball came and politeness happened.
“We believe the shooting occurred on the highway,” the chief said, “and then after the driver was shot … the vehicle traveled off the west side of the highway, through the ditch, through some trees, through the fence and into the parking lot of the apartment complex.”
And, in more news of the polite . . . .
Just another day in the NRA’s Garden of Bleedin’.
Twits on Twitter 0
From the Department of Redundant Department:
More stupid at the link.
QOTD 0
Mary Roberts Rinehart:
There should be one spot in America free from the advertising man and his schemes . . . .
Our Homegrown Bloodbath 0
Gene Collier suggests that our proliferation of projectile pushers does not propagate protection. Here’s how he opens his article:
Someone picked that spot to shoot Gene Siller in the head Saturday. Siller was the club pro at Pinetree. He left a wife and two small children. Two additional bodies were found in the bed of a pickup truck parked nearby, slaughtered in a similar manner.
Follow the link for more tales of life in NRA Paradise.
An Annotated Guide to Gutless Groveling 0
Michelle Cottle reads between the lines.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
We are again reminded that a polite society is a clean society.
Attention Deficient Disorder 0
Jill Ebstein bemoans our inability to pay attention. A snippet:
Follow the link for her thoughts on our inability to be intent.
“You Asked for It” (Updated) 0
When I was a young ‘un, back in the olden days, there was a television show named “You Asked for It.” Its episodes focused on topics requested by the audience. (I particularly remember a show about the La Brea Tar Pits.)
Well, it seems that some folks still can’t help asking for it (and then acting surprised when they get it).
Addendum:
When the Truth Hurts, Hurt the Truth, One More Time 0
A Texas museum has been pressured not to talk about the role of slavery in Texas history.
Authors of the book, titled “Forget the Alamo,” and the publisher, Penguin Random House, say the cancellation of the event, which had 300 RSVPs, amounts to censorship from Republican elected leaders and an overreaction to the book’s examination of racism in Texas history.
Much more at the link.
The Courage of Their Conniptions 0
January 6 Capitol rioters are deleting their “social” media posts.
And it’s not working. Here’s a bit from the AP report.
Posts made on Facebook, Instagram and other social media platforms are recoverable for a certain period of time, and authorities routinely ask those companies to preserve the records until they get court orders to view the posts, said Adam Scott Wandt, a public policy professor at John Jay College of Criminal Justice who trains law enforcement on cyber-based investigations.
Authorities also have other avenues for investigating whether someone has tried to delete evidence.
Afterthought:
Note the use of the phrase, “delete evidence.”