April, 2022 archive
Incarceration Nation 0
At the Inky, Will Bunch uses the recent shooting (gang fight?) in Sacramento as a starting point to consider whether self-proclaimed tough-on-crime prosecutors, who tend disproportionately to target minorities and the poor (remember New York City’s “broken windows” policy?), make a difference. After crunching the numbers, he argues that they do not, despite their preening posturing and pandering to the prejudiced.
A snippet:
How the Grumblers Cookie 0
Afterthought:
It’s clear that these right-wingers have never read Plato’s Symposium.
Indeed, methinks they’ve never read Plato. Or Locke. Or Kant. Or, for that matter, much of anything at all.
Russian Impulses 0
The Arizona Republic’s E. J. Montini tries to remember, just what was the word for providing aid and comfort to an enemy?
Fly the Fiendly Skies . . . 0
. . . and enjoy the politeness of your traveling companions.
Geeking Out 0
Mageia v. 8 with the Fluxbox window manager. Thunderbird and Firefox are shaded in a tabbed window. GKrealM is is in the lower right and xclock in the upper right. The wallpaper is from my collection.
All the News that Fits, Redirection Play Dept. 0
David discusses techniques to defeat the deceit (warning: short commercial at the end).
Maskless Marauders 0
Some persons just aren’t happy unless they can disdain the common good and ignore the social contract.
Aside:
Frankly, I doubt that they understand the concept of the common good and are ignorant of that of the social contract.
To put it another way, they are–er–self-regarding porcines.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
And yet another child who didn’t know the gun was loaded.
Recommended Viewing 0
Egypt (originally Egypt Uncovered) on Tubitv.com. It’s a fascinating take on ancient Egypt.
(Tubitv is a free streaming “service” with surprisingly unannoying commercials. Unfortunately, it’s also affiliated with Fox TV, but I think I can use it without letting it use me.)
Seeking Refuge 0
It has been noted that persons have responded differently to different groups of refugees; a number of examples have been in the news recently.
Here in the States, for example, some want to build a wall go keep out persons from Central America fleeing violence and climate change, while welcoming persons fleeing Putin’s invasion of Ukraine. (And this is not a new phenomenon.)
In a timely post at Psychology Today Blogs, Professor Natalia Kucirkova explores the reasons for this.
I commend it to your attention.