2023 archive
QOTD 0
Robert Goldsborough, in the voice of Nero Wolfe:
. . . too often, what we refer to as as humility is only false modesty strutting on the parade ground.
Goldsborough, Robert, The Bloodied Ivy (New York: Bantam,1989) p. 167
The Climates, They are a-Changing 0
When I was a young ‘un, growing up these parts (actually about 40 miles north of where I type this), tornadoes were unheard of.
They were something that happened in Kansas.
Stray Thought 0
I do not think it an understatement to suggest that “social” media provides incentives that encourage persons to draw attention to themselves with statements of questionable veracity.
To put it another way, “social” media rewards liars for lying.
Fact-Checking the Graham Cracker 0
David suggests that the Graham Cracker needs to get out of his propaganda bubble and deal with facts.
(Like that’s going to happen.)
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Yet another random act of politeness.
Yet another child learns about emergency rooms.
Yet another sign that we are a failing society.
Courting Disaster, Unchecked, Unbalanced 0
Gordon Weil, writing at the Bangor Daily News, is not sanguine. A snippet:
Word Gamers 0
At AL.com, Frances Coleman discusses the latest attempts of Alabama’s governor to pretend that history isn’t and than reminds us (emphasis added)
There’s nothing new about this.
Follow the link for her arguments.
The Lake Effect 0
David debunks de bunk.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Yet another oxymoronic “responsible gun owner” fails to ensure that his weapon is empty before “cleaning” it.
Aside:
I have become convinced that, in gun nut world, “clean” is code for “fondle.”
Vaccine Nation 0
Rebecca Watson discusses the campaign of Robert Kennedy, Jr., a long-time anti-vaxxer, for the Democratic presidential nomination. An excerpt:
But Donald Trump proved that we absolutely cannot sit back and assume someone is too ridiculous to win the presidency.
. . . or you can read the transcript.
Decoding de Code 0
The Detroit Free Press’s Keith A. Owens decodes de code of de day: “anti-woke.” The short version: it’s a war against history and fact. Here’s a bit from his article:
The entire piece is worth your while.
QOTD 0
Ed Asner, in the voice of Lou Grant:
There are times in life when being a man means making an absolute ass of yourself.
The Diddle, Reprise 0
Hegemony Now authors Jeremy Gilbert and Alex Williams discuss how financialization took over our economy and turned it into a casino for the uber-rich.
