In Perpetuity 0
Bad Tux points out that Know Nothings are still a thing.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Fondling firearms leads to foul-up.
They just couldn’t keep their hands off their penile prosthesis.
Email Link Broken Fixed (Sticky)
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The email link on the sidebar seems to be malfunctioning. I’ll get to it this week. (I’m not in a hurry because it’s rarely used and, when it is used, it’s normally spam or, worse, SEO “consultants,” the carrion crows of the inter webs. As I’ve mentioned before, this is a hobby and a learning experience, and I shall not allow it to discombobulate me.) In the interim, if you must needs tell me something, just comment on this post.
Dismayed and Disheartened 0
Above the Law’s Elie Mystal is dismayed and disheartened. Here’s a snippet from his post.
Follow the link to learn why he said that.
At the Meeting 0
Aside:
Frankly, I suspect that this is not too far off from how many NRA members see themselves: As characters–the heroes, of course–in a Western.
Image via Job’s Anger.
Dealing from the Top of the Deck 0
The Des Moines Register’s Kathie Obradovich discusses a new twist in the Republican gut-out-the-vote playbook. A snippet:
This may not seem like a huge deal to people who take time to learn who’s running for office before they show up to vote. But the fact is, numerous studies have shown that the party whose candidates come first on the ballot have an advantage.
Senate File 2346 would require county auditors to put partisan candidates on the election ballot according to the results of the last governor’s election. So if Republicans won the governor’s race in that county, as they did in all but Johnson County in 2014, their candidates would top the ballot.
Tales of the Trumpling: Snapshots of Trickle-Down Trumpery 0
Trumpled Walmart shoppers.
“My mother was fearful that he might pull out a firearm too. That’s what she told me afterward,” said Maria Meneses.
Meneses says the man was standing outside his car taking pictures of her family and their vehicle.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Slow learner.
Later, Sack picked up the rifle while the other three men were looking at their cell phones.
Sack told police that he looked through the scope but was unable to see because of what he thought was poor lighting. Not realizing the scope caps were down, Sack then swung the rifle towards King and touched the trigger, shooting King in the head.
Sack told police he “knew he should have treated the gun as if it were loaded” as he was instructed to do in hunter safety courses.
QOTD 0
S. S. Van Dine:
He took one of the fish out of the water with a small net, and it inflated itself into the shape of a ball.
“Curious idea,” Stamm commented, “–blowing oneself up into a ball to keep from being swallowed.”
“Oh, quite human, I should say,” Vance returned dryly. “All our politicians do the same thing.”
Van Dine, S. S. (Willard Huntington Wright), The Dragon Murder Case in
The Philo Vance Murder Cases, v. 4 (London: Leontaur, 2010), p-. 173-174
