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A Tune for the Times 0

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“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0

Another “responsible gun owner” discharges his responsibility.

The shooting happened as two friends went paddle boarding in the Intracoastal Waterway. One reached into his bag for sunscreen. He accidentally discharged his gun while putting the sunscreen back. The bullet hit his friend’s dog in the mouth. The dog was taken to a veterinarian and is doing “very well,” the spokesperson said.

Musical NotesGuns and stupid, guns and stupid.
They go together like love and Cupid.
Let me tell you brother,
You can’t have one without the other.

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Sic Semper Tyrannis 0

Canadian Prime Minister Carney makes a rude gesture to Donald Trump, adorned as a king on a throne, who snaps,

Via Job’s Anger.

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“She Put Her Money Where Her Mouth Was” 0

Ring of Fire’s Josh Gay talks about the part of Dolly Partin’s legacy that isn’t getting talked about.

We lost a good person.

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He’s Bubblelicious 0

Methinks Michael in Norfolk makes a good point when he says that

. . . the Felon seems more and more detached from both objective reality and the views of the American public.

Follow the link for his reasoning.

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What’s in a Name? 0

In this case, it looks like a possible prison sentence.

One more time, “social” media isn’t.

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Happy Birthday to Me 0

As of today, this blog has reached adulthood, having attained its 21st year.

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QOTD 0

Alexandre Dumas:

All generalizations are dangerous, even this one.

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And Now for a Change of Pace 0

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The Rule of Lawless 0

Woman goes to mail her mail-in ballot and finds Chief Justice John Roberts leaning out of the mailbox to take it.  Roberts says,

Click for the original image.

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Steam Punked 0

Donald Trump has demanded that the Navy rip out new launch technology from aircraft carriers and, instead, go back to steam-powered catapults like the ones used in WWII. At my local rag, retired military officer Bree Fram looks at the bureaucratese in the military’s response to this and decodes de code.

Here’s a sample:

General Atomics, the EMALS contractor, said the work on the Doris Miller catapults and arresting gear is already halfway complete, and that “changing course now would introduce significant cost, schedule and integration risks.”

After years in defense acquisition, allow me to translate: This is a spectacularly bad time to change the design, and it’s going to cost a fortune.

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The Toddler-in-Chief 0

Robert Reich looks at Donald Trump’s hissy-fit against Canada, which has long been one of the United States’s most dependable allies and partners until Trump decided to start a trade war of choice for no good reason except that he can’t stand it when people don’t follow his orders however–er–misguided they may be, and comments that

Trump is a peevish, angry, perverse child.

The question I ask myself is how much worse will his behavior have to get before Republicans and suck-ups around him take some action to stop him?

Sadly, my answer would be “never,” because today’s Republican Party, as the Founders feared might happen some day, has placed faction over governance.

But that’s just me.

Follow the link for the context of that excerpt.

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“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0

This “responsible gun owner” got an unload of his own politeness.

One more time, “responsible gun owner” is an oxymoron.

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Facebook Frolics 0

Yet more hate-full frolics.

One more time, “social” media isn’t.

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The Entitlement Society 0

His biggest regret is that he got caught.

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QOTD 0

Jasmine Crockett:

The best way to hold a people down is to make sure they aren’t educated.

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A Tune for the Times 0

(Warning: Mild language.)

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The Wrecking Crew 0

Donald Trump stands in front of a burning polling place next to an overturned mailbox with a box of dynamite.  Behind him, a GOP Elephant pilots a wrecking machine labeled

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Stray Thought 0

There’s a difference between interpreting the Constitution and amending it.

As far as I am concerned, today’s Supreme Supremacist Court has arrogated to itself the power to amend.

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Banana-Fanna-Fo-Fanna 0

Farron explains how and why Donald Trump has started playing the name game.

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