Jul 7, 2017
Jul 6, 2017
Today's GIF
It's Not Hypocrisy
Let's call it a Flexible Multi-Tiered Moral Code.
CNN:
Hobby Lobby agreed to forfeit thousands of artifacts from modern-day Iraq and pay a $3 million fine to resolve a civil action the Justice Department brought against the company, according to court documents.
CNN:
Hobby Lobby agreed to forfeit thousands of artifacts from modern-day Iraq and pay a $3 million fine to resolve a civil action the Justice Department brought against the company, according to court documents.
The DOJ said the company received the falsely labeled artifacts from a United Arab Emirates-based supplier.
The artifacts, ancient cuneiform tablets and clay bullae, were smuggled into the United States through the United Arab Emirates and Israel, Justice officials said. Cuneiform is an ancient system of writing on clay tablets that was used in Mesopotamia, and clay bullae are balls of clay on which seals have been imprinted.
That whole 6th commandment thing - OK for thee but not for me.
Jul 5, 2017
Some Of What We Lose
Claire Kelly at Melville House
The Mark Twain branch of the Detroit Public Library opened to the public on February 22, 1940 with over 20,000 books. The building’s architect was the prolific and celebrated Wirt C. Rowland, who was known as an “avid modernist and supporter of the Arts and Crafts movement…best known for contributing Art Deco-style skyscrapers to Detroit’s skyline.”
The library was referred to as a “regional library” and was designed to be larger than other neighborhood libraries. It included space for members of the community to not only sit and read books and periodicals, but also hold events and social gatherings...
The Mark Twain branch of the Detroit Public Library opened to the public on February 22, 1940 with over 20,000 books. The building’s architect was the prolific and celebrated Wirt C. Rowland, who was known as an “avid modernist and supporter of the Arts and Crafts movement…best known for contributing Art Deco-style skyscrapers to Detroit’s skyline.”
The library was referred to as a “regional library” and was designed to be larger than other neighborhood libraries. It included space for members of the community to not only sit and read books and periodicals, but also hold events and social gatherings...
We bitch about the loss of "community", and ignore the fact we've pissed it away because we don't have one fuckin' clue what the word actually means to us.
From urbanex.com:
45* Theater
The eternal semantic struggle: Is it "real"?
Ok Twitter- let's see if this wrestling meme can get MORE RETWEETS that the president's wrestling meme. pic.twitter.com/bTWJhttCAo— Jesse McLaren (@McJesse) July 2, 2017
Jul 4, 2017
An Atmosphere Of Animal Instinct
They seem to be inching closer to being able to blow through the chaff and zero in on reality, but still - this is a fairly decent example of Press Poodles poodling away.
C'mon, you guys.
You are NEVER going to understand any of this Trump shit until you ditch your Presumption Of Regularity.
Stop trying to shoehorn this bullshit into the normal set of rules you've been taught.
Take everything you think you know about covering "The US Presidency" and flush it down the crapper - do this every morning right after your post-pilates latté.
Trump has always said he cultivates an atmosphere of animal instinct - he wants to surround himself with killers (he's said as much when talking about raising his kids) - he expects everybody to operate on his level.
Lose your expectations of decorum and tradition and even common courtesy - these people have no soul and no honor. They will eat dead burnt babies to get what they want.
That Purity Thing
I've never really understood the apparent need for some people to think of themselves as some kind of Pure Bred critter.
It's possible that the Out Of Africa thing isn't quite as accurate as they thought, but we do know for an almost absolute fact that we all share common ancestry in one form or another. And when it's proven that an awful lot of us have that Neanderthal strain as well, there's just no way to make the case for anything as deliberately ignorant as Racial Purity.
It's possible that the Out Of Africa thing isn't quite as accurate as they thought, but we do know for an almost absolute fact that we all share common ancestry in one form or another. And when it's proven that an awful lot of us have that Neanderthal strain as well, there's just no way to make the case for anything as deliberately ignorant as Racial Purity.
Quick Reminder
45*'s been in office for a little over 5 months, and he's spent more than 20% of that time - a full month - at one golf club or another.
And we don't really have to talk about the tax dollars he's pouring into his own pockets because of it, do we?
About That Independence Thing
The big one for me is - we don't know that 45* won't pipe this info directly to the Kremlin, which is pretty much an invitation for the Russian Mob to fuck us over - again.
Reuters:
Maryland, Delaware and Louisiana on Monday joined a growing number of U.S. states that have refused to hand over voter data to a commission established by President Donald Trump to investigate possible voting fraud.
And actually, now that 20 Govs and AGs have declined 45*'s bullshit request, it's starting to sound something like this: You can take a flyin' fuck at a rollin' donut, dipwad.
The push-back is gaining momentum.
Reuters:
Maryland, Delaware and Louisiana on Monday joined a growing number of U.S. states that have refused to hand over voter data to a commission established by President Donald Trump to investigate possible voting fraud.
And actually, now that 20 Govs and AGs have declined 45*'s bullshit request, it's starting to sound something like this: You can take a flyin' fuck at a rollin' donut, dipwad.
The push-back is gaining momentum.
Today's Today
Drink beer. Blow shit up.
We're Americans - it's what we do.
Why would we celebrate any other way?
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