Decorated 0
It’s been a little difficult getting into the holiday spirit this year, but I finally got around to doing my decorating . . . .
A Tune for the Times 0
(Warning: Short one minute long commercial at about the one-minute mark, but the tune is worth it.)
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Oh, my. It looks like another gun fired itself (emphasis added).
Also, pigs, wings.
Guns don’t fire themselves.
Let me decode de code: “accidentally fired” translates to “someone accidentally negligently fired.”
The police and press, in wording their reports, need to stop letting “responsible gun owners” off the hook when said “responsible gun owners” (clearly seem to) have failed to exercise their gun ownership responsibly.
Furfu.
The Recycle Heap 0
David argues that Donald Trump’s proposed policies, such as tariffs, deregulation, trickle on economics, etc., amount to recycling failed policies from the past and will fail again.
Admissions Test 0
Michael in Norfolk sums it up:
Follow the link for context.
The Privatization Scam 0
The Arizona Republic’s E. J. Montini makes a strong case that, in Arizona, the privatization scam just got scammier.
Nor Any Drop To Drink 0
Plastics people, you’re such a drag.*
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With apologies to the Mothers of Invention.
Aside:
I remember many years ago, when I was a young ‘un, walking through the place where the sororities at my alma mater were located on my way to a restaurant for dinner and shouting, “Plastic people, you’re such a drag.”
I have never regretted it.
She Is Accused of a “Terroristic Threat” 0
Thom wanders, where’s the threat?
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Another oxymoronic “responsible gun owner.”
Another unsecured gun.
We are a society poisoning itself with lead. At Psychology Today Blogs, Tahir Rahman offers some thoughts as to possible antidotes.
Health Care Schmealth Care, Reprise 0
More evidence that it’s all about the Benjamins: Elisabeth Rosenthal dissects the relabeling scam.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Yet another oxymoronic “responsible gun owner” shows his politeness after a minor contretemps on the concrete.
“My papa made a turn and the man he was speeding… granddad hit his car… it was a small dent and the man just got out and started shooting,” Jackson said.
We are a broken society.
