tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post9158183815116345736..comments2024-03-29T07:36:51.933-05:00Comments on driftglass: Fundraiser Day Four: The End Of History driftglasshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09379167083253389153noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-49877589994018101632016-10-23T15:57:24.386-05:002016-10-23T15:57:24.386-05:00I have stalked my property, wine glass clutched in...I have stalked my property, wine glass clutched in my paw, rabidly muttering these thoughts, but you have put them to paper. Thank you.ziplyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05598155009698341891noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-29170197933276642702016-10-20T12:31:06.023-05:002016-10-20T12:31:06.023-05:00Neo Tuxedo: Thanks! Tey was sharp on that score....Neo Tuxedo: Thanks! Tey was sharp on that score. Fragments of that quote probably got conflated with Sturgeon's "Ask the next question." (There was a time when <i>The Daughter of Time</i> was a frequent reread, but I seem to have eye-tracked Tey's words off the page. I think I last picked up Sturgeon [also frequently reread] ten years ago. It's Hoarders' Attic Memory Tendency.)D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/01347115855111060618noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-87239547948663495042016-10-19T21:57:39.709-05:002016-10-19T21:57:39.709-05:00It will be fun to see what tea party-like hiding p...It will be fun to see what tea party-like hiding place Republicans create for themselves after Hillary kicks Trump's ass. DONATE TO DRIFTGLASS TODAY! (I did) Jim from MNhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10227344591235255609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-56616617160412925062016-10-19T19:10:16.157-05:002016-10-19T19:10:16.157-05:00On November 9th, I expect the Republican Party to ...On November 9th, I expect the Republican Party to shatter...<br /><br />into approx. 15 million "Trump was a Killary plant to steal the election! Now if Ben Carson would have gotten the nomination..." approx. 15 million "It was a protest vote cause....BOTH SIDES!" and approx. 10 million "I've never heard of this Trump you speak of. I'm an independent anyway." <br /><br />All 40 million or so will rally right back to the Republican flag if liberals once again concede the 2018 midterm election. Stopping them there would do more damage to conservatives than Hillary winning by more than 5 percent next month. <br /> trgahanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04718897286384990852noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-22374248068056093672016-10-19T16:42:45.394-05:002016-10-19T16:42:45.394-05:00Yeah, many of us have had to put our foot down, pa...Yeah, many of us have had to put our foot down, painful as it was.<br /><br />Like when I informed my two nephews that I'd cut them out of the fucking will if they didn't renounce Trump. And would basically perform the Klingon ceremony of Discommendation, call them a "biHnuch," cross my arms and turn my back to them. <br /><br />For some reason they started talking shit about Il Douche. Blood thicker than water, I suppose. Ahem.bluicebankhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06821812102554488543noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-51660225127094632842016-10-19T15:30:29.274-05:002016-10-19T15:30:29.274-05:00Theodore Sturgeon said something about the inabili...<i>Theodore Sturgeon said something about the inability of some to reason from A to B, and I have begun to suspect that there are people who cannot reason from A to A.</i><br /><br />The only match for that with Sturgeon in it is this very post, but I found a similar match where I expected to find it, in <a href="https://ebooks.adelaide.edu.au/t/tey/josephine/daughter_of_time/chapter15.html" rel="nofollow">Chapter 15</a> of Josephine Tey's <i>The Daughter of Time</i>, spoken by Inspector Grant to our favourite woolly lamb:<br /><br /><i>Everyone can reason from A to B— even a child. And most adults can reason from B to C. But a lot can’t. Most criminals can’t. You may not believe it — I know it’s an awful come-down from the popular conception of the criminal as a dashing and cute character — but the criminal mind is an essentially silly one. You can’t imagine how silly sometimes. You’d have to experience it to believe their lack of reasoning powers. They arrive at B, but they’re quite incapable of making the jump to C. They’ll lay two completely incompatible things side by side and contemplate them with the most unquestioning content. You can’t make them see that they can’t have both, any more than you can make a man of no taste see that bits of plywood nailed on to a gable to simulate Tudor beams are impossible.</i>Neo Tuxedohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15455041641080873400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-12050153991485278522016-10-19T12:33:48.063-05:002016-10-19T12:33:48.063-05:00Creeps are creeps, and I've known plenty of th... Creeps are creeps, and I've known plenty of them. These creeps, however, want to tell me what I can and can't do, and they want to TAKE AWAY MY HEALTH INSURANCE. <br /> I wonder how they would respond to someone publicly advocating for their murder? <br /> Fuck them in their nose with a frozen earthworm.<br /><br /> -Doug in Oaklanddinthebeasthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12941071534250216503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-62686394281412575422016-10-19T12:07:09.014-05:002016-10-19T12:07:09.014-05:00I cannot countenance anything but utter contempt a...I cannot countenance anything but utter contempt and loathing for people who, time and again, vote against their own interests because they wouldn't be caught dead voting for a Democrat after 1965. I have met a number of people who proudly stated that they were life long registered Democrats, but had never actually voted for a Democratic candidate. These same people complain about (their) unemployment, but froth at the mouth about welfare. <br /><br />I am aware that there are plenty of good, moral people who live in the southeast and yet still have a functioning brain. But I spent far too many years in the southeast to think that they're the majority.<br /><br />I want the racist, misogynist shitheel con-man to suffer a historic defeat. A defeat of such proportions that running on hate -- even using a dog whistle rather than with a loudspeaker -- will forever after be seen as a losing proposition. Of course, I know that no matter what, any candidate with an R after their name is going to get at least 40% of the vote, and the Democratic winner (should we be so lucky) will be cast as illegitmate. A usurper of what is rightly a Republican office.<br /><br />Thanks for being a light in the darkness. You make it obvious that we're not alone out here.duquesne_pdxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10741121985491756399noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-35680627570131913662016-10-19T10:59:01.526-05:002016-10-19T10:59:01.526-05:00Yeah, I have to keep stepping back from the appare...Yeah, I have to keep stepping back from the apparent willingness of vocal conservatives to recreate the <i>evil</i> regimes, beliefs, and practices of European dictators, as though they'd never heard of history or even watched old movies.<br /><br />Theodore Sturgeon said something about the inability of some to reason from A to B, and I have begun to suspect that there are people who cannot reason from A to A.D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/01347115855111060618noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-36083169281461819192016-10-19T10:45:31.384-05:002016-10-19T10:45:31.384-05:00Drifty,
I'm amazed at how you keep producing ...Drifty,<br /><br />I'm amazed at how you keep producing such great work day after day. DFB could learn a thing or million from you. Love the STNG reference!Okhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12903591710632844297noreply@blogger.com