May, 2023 archive
The Whitewashing 0
The Orlando Sentinel’s Scott Maxwell takes look at Florida’s whitewashing (here’s a particularly outrageous and stupid example) of America’s history; he finds the implications thereof disturbing because, well, they are. (And, natch, it’s not going on just in Florida.)
A snippet:
The leader of a Holocaust Center made a similar point recently stressing: “The Holocaust, it didn’t start with guns and death camps. It started with words.”
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Yet another random act of politeness . . .
(snip)
Day care employees contacted the toddler’s parents after seeing the child stumble, bleeding from the face, while playing in a fenced-in area outdoors.
. . . yet more evidence that “responsible gun owner” is an oxymoron.
know Them by the Company They Keep Out 0
Methinks my old friend Noz makes a good point.
Foxy Shady 0
David comments on the shamelessness of it all. (Warning: Short commercial at the 4 1/2 minute mark.)
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Full story at the link.
Aside:
I’ve eaten my share of Hot Pockets over the years, especially when I lived alone, but, really, not a one I ever ate was tasty enough to be worth a jail term . . . .
We are a society of stupider.
Fly the Fiendly Skies 0
They explore new frontiers of fiendliness every day.
(Boy, am I glad that my days of hopping on airplanes for business trips are behind me.)
Twits on Twitter 0
That seductive siren, “social” media, vamps the unwary and the stupid into forgetting that the internet is a public place.
The Disinformation Superhighway 0
Who funds the fusillade of falsehoods?
At the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Paul Wagman follows the money and finds an internet advertising company named Decide, which appears to be in it for the Benjamins. A snippet:
But a St. Louis company that for several years has helped make these kinds of far-right websites viable — a company that helps to finance them while at the same time making money off of them — continues to operate here without the slightest repercussions.
A Pillow of the Community 0
I would not be surprised to find out that Mike Lindell’s favorite beverage is welcher’s grape juice.
Dis Coarse Discourse 0
One more time, “social” media isn’t.
And if you need more evidence . . . .
Durham’s Bull 0
Sam and his crew take a look at right-wing media’s attempt to pretend that there’s a there there.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Show your politeness whilst traveling the nation’s highways.
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.
The Playbook 0
Does this remind you of anyone’s campaign tactics?
Quarterback Sneaky 0
Zandar throws a penalty flag on Brett Favre for illegal procedure.
