… and they’re blaming it on “a visitor attended a service who had been overseas and was exposed to measles.” Which, a Daily Kos writer explains, “is how epidemics work,” adding, “And that, children, is why the church run by an anti-vaccination crank is now h[...]
Archive for February, 2015
February 6th, 2015 - 9:20 am § in America
Reagan Day
His Achievements (shortened from Larry Sorbel’s Piece in the Examiner) 1. Reagan cut taxes for the Rich Ronald Reagan is loved by conservatives and was loved by big business throughout his presidency and there’s a reason for it. When Reagan came into office in January of 1981, the top ta[...]
February 6th, 2015 - 8:38 am § in Misc.
Is Seattle’s mayor obstructing police reform?
Although Mayor Ed Murray has hired a reformer as Seattle’s new police chief, he’s opposed to greater police accountability where the rubber meets the road — police contract negotiations. The city negotiates a labor contract with its police union once every four years. The Community[...]
February 6th, 2015 - 4:01 am § in Misc.
Slur of the Day
Boong / bong / bung (Aus) Australian aboriginal.[21] Boong, pronounced with ʊ (like the vowel in bull), is related to the Australian English slang word bung, meaning dead; infected; or dysfunctional. From bung, to go bung “Originally to die, then to break down, go bankrupt, cease to function [...]
February 6th, 2015 - 12:44 am § in Hypocrisy
Book Review: Immunity for the rich, a police state for the poor
“The problem is, if the law is applied unequally enough over a long enough period of time, at some point, law enforcement becomes politically illegitimate. Whole classes of arrests become (circle one) illegal, improper, morally unenforceable.” — The Divide: American Injustice in t[...]
February 5th, 2015 - 6:18 pm § in Misc.
Radio Shack Bankrupt
I remember shopping at the fist Radio Shack storesin the heart of downtown Boston. The founders chose the name RadioShack, a term for the small, wooden structure that housed a ship’s radio equipment, because it was appropriate for a store that would fill the needs of radio officers aboard sh[...]