The Snaring Economy 0
Thank you, no, I’ll call a cab.
It’s called “vomit fraud,” a scam repeatedly denounced in social networks yet still taking place around the world. . . .
What is it? Passengers request Uber cars, which deliver them to their destination. So far so good.
But soon the passenger receives a note from Uber reporting an “adjustment” in the bill and an extra charge that can range from $80 to $150, depending on the driver’s degree of crookedness.
The story goes on the describe how unresponsive Uber is to the victims of this sick attack.
All that Was Old Is New Again 0
Brian Greenspun, publisher of the Las Vegas Sun, views the precedent:
Follow the link for the reasons he makes that comparison.
A Matter of Perspective 0
In The Roanoke Times, Mike Ellerbrock reminds us that framing matters.
Are You Going to Scarborough Fair? 0
While thankful that they have awakened from their willful slumbers, I can feel little sympathy for the sycophantic pundits who rode to fame and fortune on the Republican pony, but who are now realizing what the rest of us knew all along, that, throughout the ride, they were clutching an asp to their bosoms.
Tales of the Trumpling: Snapshots of Trickle-Down Trumpery 0
Jesus, Mary, and Joseph, you can’t make this stuff up.
Aside:
Honest to Pete, is it really all that difficult to know how to behave in public?
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Get an unload of all the politeness.
Whatever happened to “make sure the gun isn’t pointing at anything unless you mean to shoot it”?
“Purposeful Confusion” 0
As I heard someone say this week, someone needs to tell her where the term “Quisling” came from.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Rear your children to behave in a polite manner.
Thus doth the NRA’s campaign for courtesy etch another bullet point in its presentation.
Russian Impulses, One More Time 0
Shorter S. E. Cupp: Well, he went and did it.
Still Rising Again after All These Years 0
Badtux cuts through the sophistry about “birthright citizenship.” An excerpt:
Opposition to birthright citizenship by Republicans is often claimed to be about immigration.
It isn’t. This is good ole’ fashioned neo-Confederate pining for the return of slavery.
Follow the link to see why he says that.