In His Salad Daze 0
He wanted more cucumbers, so he got nuts.
Details at the link.
Denial Is Not Just a River in Egypt 0
Jim Wright examines the delusions of Republicans and their apologists who keep hoping that Donald Trump will act like anyone else but Donald Trump. An excerpt:
All the warning signs were there, the sexist behavior, the tempter tantrums, the bruises and the black eyes, but they thought, you know, once we’re married he’ll come around, he’ll be okay, he’ll stop acting like this.
But Donald Trump is the very same guy today that he was yesterday, that he was two years ago, that he was a decade ago.
Donald Trump is the same horrible person he’s been his entire life.
He’s an obnoxious, ignorant, abusive blowhard enabled by wealth and privilege and if you think for one minute the power of the presidency is going to do anything but exacerbate that, then you are a goddamned fool.
Or a Republican.
Still Rising Again after All These Years 0
Bree Newsome makes a convincing argument that, even though they lost the war, the Secesh won the peace.
Civic Duty, Part Two 1
This is what happened during voir dire, that phase of jury duty during which the jury pool is narrowed down to the jury. I may not have the sequence exactly correct, but, if I have a few questions out of sequence, it will not impeach my larger goal, which is to dispel the Bull* (with apologies to Michael Weatherly), that television and movies promulgate.
How Stuff Works, Fake News Dept. (Updated) 0
Dick Polman dissects the production of a bit truly fake news, that is, news that is made up out of whole cloth to achieve a political end, or, in this case, made up from Fox fur (as opposed to the more common “fake news = news I don’t like”). A snippet:
Addendum, Just a Bit Later:
Shaun Mullin has more. A nugget:
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Fly the politely.
Officials said the gun was found in Kyle Maguire’s luggage at 6 a.m. Wednesday at a security checkpoint inside Terminal A.
The polite one has several conceal-carry licenses, but none or valid in Massachusetts or aboard airliners.
(Link fixed. That’s two missing links in two days. I wonder what’s next–maybe Piltdown man.)
Always Wrong 0
Google seems to think it is competent to decide which of the Gmail emails I receive are “important.”
Experience indicates otherwise.
All the News that Fits 0
Thom recalls being told outright by a broadcasting exec, “We don’t carry liberals.”
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Politeness is child’s play.
Police say the boy’s parents walked out of the room momentarily when the boy picked up a loaded gun.
He accidentally shot and killed himself, according to police.
Per the NRA, had there been more guns in the house, no doubt this would not have happened.
Under the Sheets 0
In an article about the failed attempts to repeal the ACA, Solomon Jones skewers the innate hypocrisy of contemporary Republicanism. A snippet:
Read the rest.
Civic Duty, Part One 1
Once before in these electrons I’ve mentioned being called for jury duty. On that occasion, we assembled in a room and waited. Once all the juries for the day were empaneled, those of us remaining were sent home.
This was a much different experience from that one. It was also much different from what you see on TV courtroom shows. Oh, the TV may have the shape of the model correct, but they dress it up in unrecognizable garments.
I decided to post about my experience because most persons resist jury duty like the plague and because those who have not been called might like to know to expect. Please note that the experience may vary in different jurisdictions.