“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
The hunt for politeness continues.
Guns and stupid, guns and stupid.
They go together like love and Cupid.
Let me tell you brother,
You can’t have one without the other.
Still Rising Again after All These Years 0
The myth of the Lost Cause rides again!
In the world of the New Secesh, power is ignorance.
Aside:
Yeah, I know that history is not exactly repeating itself, but, to borrow a thought from Mark Twain, it sure as heck is echoing, and quite loudly at that.
Quality Construction at a Price that Frights 0
Emma and the crew discuss some issues encountered by persons who have purchased Tesla Cybertrucks and later discovered that they were well and truly trucked.
Also, too . . . .
Aside:
I happen to know someone who owns a Tesla.
I asked him about Tesla’s “autopilot.” He told me it was like an enhanced cruise control that could, for example, sense when cars ahead were slowing down and react accordingly.
I asked him if he ever read a book while he was on “autopilot.”
He said, “No.”
No doubt because he’s sane.
Twits Own Twitter X Offenders
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Elon Must styles himself as a “free speech absolutist” (unless, of course, someone tweets–or is it now Xcretes?–something with which he disagrees).
Au contraire, says the editorial staff of the Las Vegas Sun, which argues forcefully that Musk does not even understand what “freedom of speech” means.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Yet another child . . . .
He was shooting a gun and it went off.
Words fail me.
Establishmentarians Look Eastward 0
The Washington Monthly’s David Atkins analyzes today’s Republican Party’s partiality for Putin. An excerpt:
Follow the link for context.
Sleepy Don 0
As the saying goes, if you snooze, you lose.
The Pusher Men 0
At Psychology Today Blogs, The Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues dissects the Sackler family’s strategy to use bankruptcy law to avoid being held accountable for the actions of Purdue Pharma. Here are some of the points they make; follow the link for a detailed exploration of the Sacklers’ strategy and its implications.
- In the Purdue Pharma bankruptcy case, the Sackler family sought a nondebtor release.
- The release barred opioid lawsuits against the family, protecting them despite having not declared bankruptcy.
- Those claimants who opposed the bankruptcy plan wanted a “day in court” against the Sacklers.
Loan Sharks 0
Emma and the crew parse the perfidy.
As I have mentioned before in these electrons, I’m so old that I remember when college costs were within the reach of middle class families.
Methinks the larger question is, why are they no longer?
For that matter, where did the middle class go?