The Privatization Scam Meets Suffer the Children 0
Pam Dockery explains in the Tampa Bay Times.
QOTD 0
Georg C. Lichtenberg:
With most people disbelief in a thing is founded on a blind belief in some other thing.
Blinded by Bias 0
Nathan A. Heflick, an American ex-pat who’s lived in the U. K. for seven years, takes a stab at explaining Brexit. He suggests that one reason for the seeming impasse is that persons for and against are blink to their own biases and consequently unable to discuss the issue reasonably. He argues that this has been fed by the spread of falsities via “social” media.
A snippet:
Follow the link. His piece is a worthwhile read that can help in understanding our own coarse discourse.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
The look of politeness
Is in your eyes.
The look that bandages
Cannot disguise . . . .
More guns means more politeness. Just ask the National Russian Association.
Russian Impulses 0
Shaun Mullen has the latest.
The Bully’s Pulpit 0
At AL.com, Mike Oliver responds on Michael Knowles, who went on Fox News to claim that Greta Thunberg is mentally ill. A snippet:
Aside from the fact that her mental status had nothing to do with the climate change debate at hand, you were attacking a 16-year-old.
A Notion of Immigrants 0
Thom tangles with a caller who can’t handle the facts.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Seal your friendship with politeness.
(snip)
Though the gun was loaded, it did not have a bullet in the chamber when Lemley was given it, but he pulled its slide back and simultaneously squeezed its trigger, cops said witnesses told them.
One of the guests reportedly said he tried warning Lemley that he had loaded a bullet into the firearm’s chamber, but it was already too late.
Misdirection Play, Former SSR Dept. 0
Doyle McManus explains. A snippet:
Explanation No. 1: I didn’t do it.
Explanation No. 2: I didn’t do it, but it would have been OK if I did.
Explanation No. 3: I did it, but for a different reason than you think.
Explanation No. 4: Never mind what I did. What about Biden?
(snip)
Trump isn’t trying to help voters examine the gnarly history of foreign aid and corruption in Ukraine. He’s trying to divert attention from his own apparent attempt to use U.S. foreign policy for personal gain, a clear abuse of power.
Field of Greens 0
We dropped by Norfolk’s Gardens by the Sea for a while on Saturday. The temperature got higher than we expected, so the highlight of our visit ended up being the ice cream cones from the cafeteria . . . .
