A Tune for the Times 0
Rita Brent comments at the Youtube page:
Levity is my specialty, but know that I find it sad and disgusting how particularly Black people’s identity, heritage, and actual existence are always questioned because some don’t think we’re worthy of sharing space with them. Well— we are worthy, and the world does not belong to YOU. We won’t be silenced or sit by idly allowing blatant lies, disrespect, or birtherism claims! Vote decency, competence, and humanity— Kamala Harris for President!
An Infestation of Moles 0
From my old NPR station in Philly:
More at the link.
Aside:
As I mentioned over there ——-> on the sidebar, one must needs vote in the real world for one’s vote to matter.
Still Rising Again after All These Years 0
As I have mentioned before in these electrons, Dr. William Shade, one of my history professors back in the olden days when I was a young ‘un, was found of saying, “History is irony.”
In the midst of a larger column focusing on a notion of immigrants, AL.com’s John Archibald notes such an irony (emphasis added):
Alabama is so afraid of “divisive concepts” that it won’t let students study the sins associated with that flag. But counties can run ‘em up the flagpole and call that history.
Follow the link for context.
Foxy Shady 0
Emma and the crew take another look at Fox News’s attempt toe make birtherism great again.
Dis Coarse Discourse 0
Grung_e_Gene notes that coarse discoursers dislike it when others remind them of the coarseness of their discourse.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Another “responsible gun owner” exposes a child to politeness.
Yet another child is sacrificed to the NRA’s leaden idol.
(snip)
Officials say the father got out of his truck to adjust a trailer and that’s when the child got into the glove box, where Brusly PD says the gun was secured and holstered.
“Secured.”
Yeah. Right.
We are a broken society.
The Climates They Are a-Changing 0
It appears that climate change may be going viral.
The Crypto Con 0
Emma talks with Andrew Chow, technology correspondent at Time Magazine, about the fall of Sam Bankman-Fried’s FTX and crypto in general.
This is well-worth a listen, as it busts a lot of crypto myths.
Dis Coarse Discourse 0
At the Portland Press-Herald, Virginia Scholomiti offers a modest proposal so as to elevate the level of dis coarse discourse:
Follow the link for her reasoning.
“Good Enough” May Just Be Good Enough 0
I once had a boss–actually, he was the Director of Training a couple of levels above me–who was fond of saying, “The perfect is the enemy of the good.”
Now comes Dimitrios Tsatiris, writing at Psychology Today Blogs, to say, by golly, my old boss was onto something.
Establishmentarians 0
The EFF reports on an establishmentarian copywrong.
Condo Capers 0
We live in a condo. It’s quite a nicely run condo, with a Board that goes out of its way not to be obnoxious, while taking good care of the communal property.
One of the rules is that residents should not mess with the common areas, for example, by putting signs on the grounds, including, natch, political signs (which, politically inclined as I am, is fine by me).
One of my neighbors has found what is, I must say, a most clever way to circumvent the rules.
He has hung a “Trump 2024” sign from the ceiling of his garage just inside the garage door, so he can open the door and inflict the sign on the rest of us while not technically violating the rules.
A Tune for the Times 0
Mangy comments at the Youtube page:
Donald Trump’s recent visit to Arlington National Cemetery was, like most of what Donald does, shameless, tasteless, and possibly illegal. No one would have been much surprised if he’d brought Kid Rock along to play a song or two while Trump danced on some heroes graves, or perhaps Trump might have lain on the lid of the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier while yelling, “Look at me. I’m a hero too”. (You can be sure if Trump had done this, Jesse Watters of Fox Network would have talked about how it was far, far more offensive to the memory of our soldiers when Kamala wore a pantsuit to the cemetery.)
“Dis” Coarse Discourse 0
At Psychology Today Blogs, Ravi Chandra reviews what he calls “the 13 ‘disses’ of abusive power.”
Here’s the list:
Methinks you might want to read more of dat about “dis.”