They Don’t Think it Be Like it Is, but it Do

So, here we are. Another week, another mass murder. We’re at 18 so far this year.  

Fox thinks it’s because we took religion out of schools. Of course

I suppose it’s true that a lot of people are mocking him. But they’re not mocking him for his religion. They’re mocking him for being a dipshit.
(And what is it with right-wingers wanting the state to teach their children about Jesus, anyway? I thought they were all in for personal responsibility and families inculcating children with their own moral values?)

Meanwhile
McSweeney’s: To Keep Our Editorial Page Completely Balanced, We are Hiring More Dipshits
Rolling Stone: Charity is not a substitute for policy (and if Bezos wanted to make an impact and not issue a press release, he could offer health insurance to Amazon’s warehouse workers)

Why?
Why are some sports for “ladies” and others for “women?” Well, a lot of
historical baggage, of course. In some cases it’s actually a result of the translation stylebooks used by different French-dominated international sports federations.

Why are some people enraged by an explicit rejection of white supremacy?

Why is Paul Allen serving 40 months for a $3.9-billion-dollar fraud, while a homeless man is serving 15 years for stealing $100? (This sounds like an urban legend but numerous sources confirm it.)

Damn you, autocorrect (or possible Photoshop prankster)!


How to…
How to understand America.

How to understand the president’s selective love of due process.

How to interpret the apparent conflict between deregulating payday lenders while choosing groceries for the poor.

How should we interpret the fact that the parents of Senate candidate Kevin Nicholson have each donated the maximum allowable amount to his opponent?

How to interpret stories of inspirational perseverance as an indictment of the American economy and the media’s obsession with “perseverance porn.”

Cultivating joy
Puppy!
“Oh come on, just smile in your photo for once.”
Dogs on ice.

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