2022 archive
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Yet another “responsible gun owner” (sic) asserts that “negligent” and “accidental” are synonyms.
Look them up. They are not.
We are a society of stupid.
Guns and stupid, guns and stupid.
They go together like love and Cupid.
Let me tell you brother,
You can’t have one without the other.
If One Standard Is Good, Two Must Be Better 0
At the Charlotte Observer, Isaac Bailey remarks on the irony of Republicans’ outrage over Donald Trump’s having been served with a legal warrant at Mar-a-Largo. A snippet:
Facebook Frolics 0
The lede from the report speaks for itself.
Per the story, a warrant was involved.
Remember, the internet is a public place, even those parts of it that would have you think are private.
And “social” media isn’t.
Doing It the Old Fashioned Way 0
I have learned that, as phone companies have increasingly yielded to customer pressure to become more vigilant in blocking car warranty scammers, the scammers have taken to the mails.
Yesterday, I received a letter from a company I’ve never heard of (“Endurance”) warning me that the “extended service plan” that I never purchased was about to expire . . . .
Be forewarned.
(Gramatikal error correxted.)
A Tune for the Times 0
Mangy comments at the Youtube page:
Mangy Fetlocks used to think Trump followers were stupid. He longer believes that. Now Mangy has recognized that many are not only stupid, but would-be fascists as well. Their willingness to set aside the basic tenets of democracy, their willingness to throw out an election, their desire to co-opt the military in support of their fascist goals, and their willingness to plan violence against their fellow Americans in order to have their way show these folks are by no means patriots, small ‘d’ democrats or even REAL Americans.
Originalist Sin, One More Time 0
At Above the Law, Joe Patrice decodes de code:
Follow the link for Exhibit A, Exhibit B, Exhibit C, Exhibit D . . . .
Aside:
I would not be surprised if the “originalists” are awaiting breathlessly to re-implement the 3/5ths clause, with all that it entails.
After all, racism is their driving force.