A Tune for the Times 0
Warning: Mild language.
“History Does Not Repeat Itself, but It Often Rhymes”* 0
Via The Sacramento Bee, Jackie Calmes says, “By George the Third, it surely does.”
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*Mark Twain.
American Stasi 0
Rebecca Watson unpacks the Trump maladministration’s lies about the murder of Renee Nicole Good.
Or you can read the transcript.
On the same topic, SFGate’s Drew Magary minces no words.
Speaking of the Lemming Factor . . . . 0
Gene Nichol thinks we may already be over the edge of the cliff.
(And, yes, I know that lemmings don’t really jump off cliffs. But it appears that people sometimes do.)
The Lemming Factor 0
At Psychology Today Blogs, Ronald E. Riggio has a wonder:
Follow the link for his thoughts on the matter.
The Unwelcome Visitor 0
My current wallpaper on the Plasma Desktop on Mageia v. 9. The image is from my collection.
Truth in Labeling, Dis Coarse Discourse Dept. 0
Steve M. opines that, when many news reports refer to “conservative” Republicans, they are, in fact, misspelling the word “radical.” Here’s one example from his article (emphasis added):
A Republican congressman from Florida introduced a bill Monday to annex Greenland and make it the 51st U.S. state as President Trump threatens to seize the autonomous Danish territory….
Rep. Randy Fine said his new legislation would authorize Mr. Trump “to take whatever steps necessary to annex or acquire Greenland.” …
“Greenland is not a distant outpost we can afford to ignore — it is a vital national security asset,” Fine said in a statement.
That’s from CBS News. Axios also reported on this, referring to Fine as “a staunch Trump loyalist from Florida.”
This is how the most radical Republicans stay under the radar. They’re described this way even if they’re extreme — and Fine is very extreme. Meanwhile, the media continues to portray the mostly very moderate Democratic Party as in thrall to dangerous radicals, and a large percentage of the public believes that.
The Me Veneration 0
Robert Reich sums up Donald Trump’s approach to governance–well, really, to just about everything–in eight points. Here are the four that I think predominate; follow the link for the others and for the rest of Reich’s article.
(snip)
(6) Personal enrichment by Trump and other officials is justified in pursuit of victory.
(7) So are lies, cover-ups, and the illegal use of force.
(8) Trump is invincible and omnipotent.
American Stasi 0
Rick Strom reports on ICE agents’ handcuffing a pastor for peacefully protesting their actions.
A Noble Experiment 0
At Psychology Today Blogs, Peter T. Coleman writes of a 1939 experiment that he finds quite telling in these Trumpled times.
No summary or excerpt will do his article justice. Follow the link and read his piece.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Another “responsible gun owner.”
Another exposed portable phallus.
We are a society of stupid.
Still Rising Again after All These Years 0
At AL.com, John Archibald takes issue with Donald Trump’s recent claims that white persons were badly treated after the passage of the Civil Rights Act. A snippet:
Or to believe it.
Because the Civil Rights Act – the Movement itself – didn’t just make life better for Black people. It made life better for poor white people too, no matter what the anger mongers might say. It gave them voice in elections and the tools to compete in the marketplace. It broke down walls and made America better. Particularly in places like my home.
His entire article is worth the few moments it will take you to read it.
Aside:
Trump’s remark provides another bit of evidence that Richard Nixon’s southern strategy has come full circle and consumed the Republican Party.
Foxy Shady 0
Sam and the crew delight in a Fox News interview that goes absolutely not how Fox wanted it to go.