“The New Gotchas” 0
Thom discusses the latest medical scam: Surprise Billing.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
And yet another gun fires itself . . . .
Dorian Deeds 0
Despite the narrative from the Weather Channel, my newspaper delivery person somehow managed to deliver my newspaper.
Afterthought:
This is in no way to disparage those who have suffered damage from the storm.
It is in every way to contemn the hysterical Dorian hurricane porn perpetrated by televised media.
The Weather Channel 0
Give me a break.
Indeed, I was on the phone with an associate today and asked him what he thought about the Weather Channel. He said, “They just want to get people upset.”
Me, I can’t stomach the Weather Channel for more than 15 minutes at a time (unless it’s snowstorm pictures–and then it’s the pictures, not the channel).
A short synopsis of today’s hurricane coverage:
“It’s chaos here in Charleston, South Carolina! Look! A tree has been blown over!”
Fifteen minutes later:
“It’s chaos here in Charleston, South Carolina! Look! A tree has been blown over!”
And it’s the same damned tree.
In other news, it’s looks like we’re going to get off easy on this one.
Stray Thought 0
Donald Trump has demonstrated one thing conclusively. Neither the Republican Party nor Republicans are capable of shame.
Eyeing the Hurricane 0
Juanita Jean keeps a sharpie eye on developments.
Climate Change Inaction 0
Thom wonders why our media refuse to connect the dots between climate change and the increase in violent weather.
Consistent with what Thom is saying, the news here right now is all Dorian all the time.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Politeness is a family value.
Aside:
Methinks events such as this–and I’ve noted a number of them in these electrons–are side-effects of the fear that forms part of Big Gun’s marketing tactics.
QOTD 0
Robert B. Parker, in the voice of Spenser:
I don’t think the internet requires evidence.
Parker, Robert B., Sixkill (New York: Putnam, 2011), p. 6.
Kiwi Humor 0
I’ve been watching a few episodes of the New Zealand series, The Brokenwood Mysteries, and realized that the church that figures in several episodes is named “St. Judas.”
