Rand Gestures 0
Aside:
We sometimes amuse ourselves by watching Family Feud. (Indeed, the cable box is set to record “all new episodes.”) We enjoy the wordplay, the spontaneity, and the humor, though, I must admit, sometimes the double entendres are just a bit too double (or maybe not double enough).
Last night, we watched an episode in which one of the questions was something like, “Who blames you for their mistakes.” The answers were 1) boss, 2) spouse, 3) siblings, and 4) politicians.
But, one is constrained to observe, a mistake is not the same thing as a lie.
And a political party that relies on lies and lying liars is not just “making mistakes.”
It is willfully dealing in deception and promulgating perfidy.
And it forfeits our trust.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Keep politeness close at hand when you are in repose.
Geeking Out 0
Updating a VirtualBox virtual machine of Fedora from v. 33 to v. 34 on Unbuntu MATE under the Fluxbox window manager.
Thoughts and Prayers 0
Too bad.
So sad.
More at the link (emphasis added in the quotation above).
Afterthought:
Many years ago, I worked with someone whose husband worked for the NRA. She was a capable and competent coworker, which is one reason why I remember her.
It was the early ’70s, right about the time the NRA morphed from being a hunting safety group (I actually had a gun safety class delivered by an NRA representative some years earlier during a high school PE class–I grew up in the country and hunting was a thing) to being a munitions marketer.
Sometimes I wonder how my old coworker is doing now after all these years . . . .
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Show politeness to your significant other:
The Plight of the Phoenix 0
Arizona plaintiffs petition the Arizona Supreme Court to authorize them to execute a coup d’etat.
We are a society of stupid.
All the News that Fits 0
Trudy Ruben is concerned about the bubbleliciousness. Here’s a bit of her article:
Follow the link for the rest.
Along the same lines, Tony Norman argues that truth has no place in today’s Republican Party. (Again, much more at the link.)