March, 2022 archive
Lies and Lying Liars 0
(Not, mind you, that I think Washington, D. C., is some kind of paragon of purity. What place is?)
It’s Bubblicious 0
Michael in Norfolk, who happens to be a real estate lawyer, sees signs of a nascent housing bubble.
I remember during the housing bubble of the early 2000’s reading a column in the Inky by a business columnist named, I think, Alan Heavens in which he posited that one of the first signs of a bubble was persons starting to ask, “Are we in a bubble?”
It’s in the Eye of the Beholder 0
PoliticalProf offers a theory as to why Donald Trump’s most loyal followers will never abandon him.
I commend it to your attention.
“But the Text Messages!” 0
No, not Hillary Clinton’s. Ginni Thomas’s.
Dis Coarse Discourse 0
The stupid. It burns.
Aside:
One hopes that this fellow is not representative of those who voted him into office, but one fears that he is.
Stray Question 0
Donald Trump took an oath to “. . . preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States.”
How’s he doing so far?
The Disinformation Superhighway, Bad Fad Dept. 0
Cavalcade of Crazy 0
(Note: Unrelated phone call about COVID prevention efforts in Davis County, CA, starts at the 3:41 mark.)
Aside:
I’ve read the Bible through six times in two different translations. It gave me great comfort in one of the worst times of my life, now some decades ago. I can assure you that Jesus said nothing about shooting Commies–or anyone else, for that matter–in the face.
If you are looking for a readable English translation of the Bible, I recommend the Jerusalem Bible. It’s the only contemporary translation I’ve encountered that combines readability with an elegance of language that can stand with the KJV.