2024 archive
The Disinformation Superhighway 0
You wouldn’t make this stuff up, but this clown did.
Remember, the things that you’re liable to read on a computer screen, they ain’t necessarily so.
Market Farces 0
Sam and the crew talk with Vanderbilt law professor Ganesh Sitaraman about the fallacious reasoning behind deregulating public utilities and services, such as airlines (the main focus of the discussion), and how it made the skies so fiendly as they have become.
Afterthought:
If you die and go to Hell on Delta, you will change in Atlanta.
I’ve changed in Atlanta. It was indeed–er–less than desirable.
The Job Interview 0
Would you hire this applicant?
Courting Disaster 0
Arizona Republicans choose to dishonor native daughter Distinguished Extinguished Justice Sandra Day O’Connor.
The Myth of Multitasking 0
At Psychology Today Blogs, Joyce Marter debunks de bunk. A snippet:
Follow the link for context.
Keeping Up with the Times 0
Thanks to climate change, the saying is now
March showers bring April flowers.
(Or maybe it’s “February showers,” as the daffodils by our back steps started to bloom well over a week ago and now their blossoms are fully deployed.)
What’s in a Name? 0
The Arizona Republic’s E. J. Montini wants to know.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society’ 0
Show off your politeness at the high school sporting event.
An FCSO deputy was already in attendance when the shot rang out. Police later determined Yeager had two loaded handguns in his backpack.
On the bright side, they did conceded that it was negligence.
From the Party of Lincoln to the Party of Stinkin’ 0
The editorial board of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch tells a tale of devolution.
Establishmentarians 0
Hal Crowther tries to figure out how, despite the evidence and the testimony of those who have worked closely in his administration, Republicans cling to Donald Trump. The entire piece is worth the few minutes it will take to read, but this bit in particular caught my eye:
The Hunt for Hunter 0
David points out that even Fox News admits that there’s no there there.