October, 2023 archive
Voting Is Not a Right. It Is a Duty. 0
I learned that from my Daddy by example.
He never missed an election, nor have I.
Indeed, I have memories of his making sure his poll tax was paid, back when I was a young ‘un growing up under Jim Crow, when segregation was de jure, and not, as it is today, primarily de facto. (No, it hasn’t gone away. If you think it has, you are kidding yourself. It may not be as obvious, but it still is. Just ask Florida Man.)
We voted Monday at a local early voting site. It was a swift and painless process which took less then 10 minutes from parking the car to pulling out of the parking lot.
And I urge you vote too, if not early, certainly on election day.
Taking a few minutes–or even a few hours–to vote is a small price to pay for preserving democracy.
Don’t exercise your right. Do your duty.
The Crypto Con 0
Above the Law’s Joe Patrice thinks the whole thing is a wee bit sketchy.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Always be polite to your mother.
“It was just a freak accident. It just went off and shot straight through the house,” she said. “He was in one end, and she was in another.”
Halloween Unmasked 0
At Psychology Today Blogs, Lawrence Samuel tries to make sense of All Hallows’ Eve and our fascination therewith. He notes:
By constructing artificial threatening scenarios, however, we’re able to contain fear in a safe, socially endorsed manner.
He goes on to offer a theory as to why the Hallowe’en season seems to be getting bigger (and longer) every year.
Disorder in the Court 0
It’s enough to make you gagged.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Celebrate Hallowe’en with politeness.
Teens in the Witch House* 0
You too can be assimilated by the Zuckerborg. But it’s likely easier if you are young and impressionable, and not a grumpy cynical old man like me.
I have a Facebook account, but I hardly ever use it any more, ever since i realized that I wan’t using Facebook.
Facebook was using me.
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*With apologies to H. P. Lovecraft.
The Fear Factor 0
Thom speculates as to why judges are treating Donald Trump with kid gloves and explains why he finds it concerning.
At the Tampa Bay Times, Robert Bruce Adolph has more.
Divining Divine Will 0
The divination is always right, except when it’s wrong.
Untruth in Labeling 0
Robert Reich follows the money.
Meta: Errata 0
I reserve the right to correct grammar, spelling, and syntax errors without notification.
If I broke it, I can fix it.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Yet another “responsible gun owner” discharges his responsibility, injuring yet another child.
And yet another news report conflates “accidental” with “negligent.”
