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A Tune for the Times 0

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It’s All about the Benjamins 0

Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett debunks de bunk:

Via C&L, which has the transcipt.

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The Other Plucker 0

Frame One, captioned

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A Notion of Immigrants Meets the Rule of Lawless 0

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“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0

Another oxymoronic “responsible gun owner” attempts to settle a parking dispute with his politeness.

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How Stuff Works, Right-Wing Think Tanks Dept. 0

Lucy:  OK, so tell me about this new system of math you invented.  Danae:  Oh, it's really simple.  Instead of the old hard way, I start with the answer, then just go back to make up the equation that fits it, and--Presto!--I'm always right.  Lucy:  Ummmmm.  Danae:  My genius leaves you speechless, doesn't it.  Lucy:  Oh, let's just say you put the dumb in dumbfounded.

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Disparate Treatment, Reprise 0

Under Donald Trump, who you know trumps what you did. Here’s the lede; follow the link for more.

Get out of Jail free card

Justice Department veterans are noticing a pattern a month after President Trump took office: They say the department seems to be cutting breaks to people who seem loyal to the president.

Afterthought:

No surprises here.

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QOTD 0

Ross Martin, in the voice of Andamo:

With my luck, if my ship ever came in, there’s be a dock strike.

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A Tune for the Times 0

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Disparate Treatment 0

Michael in Norfolk sums the position of the party of the Secesh today’s Republican Party on civil rights (emphasis added):

Indeed, under the Felon and his worshipers, it is obvious that they are all for discrimination as long as they are the ones doing the discrimination and mistreat of others. Any constraints on their ability to discriminate is falsely labeled anti-Christian or anti-white discrimination.

Follow the link for the rest of his article.

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The Rule of Lawless 0

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This New Gilded Age (Updated) 0

Elon Musk standing in front of a pile of moneybags labeled

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Addendum:

Per Balloon Juice, Mike Lucovich is now banned from Xitter because of this cartoon.

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Trumpling the Troops 0

Via C&L, which has commentary.

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“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0

As someone who grew up with guns and learned to treat them with respect and, frankly, some degree of fear, I must ask, when the heck did they become things to be played with?

We are a society of stupid.

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“History Does Not Repeat Itself, but It Often Rhymes”* 0

Writing at the Portland Press-Herald, Victoria Hugo-Vidal hears a disturbing rhyme, one that she says “brought me back to Germany in 1938.” Follow the link to find out why.

Aside:

It’s one I also hear.

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*Mark Twain.

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QOTD 0

Ivan Illich:

In a consumer society there are inevitably two kinds of slaves: the prisoners of addiction and the prisoners of envy.

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A Tune for the Times 0

Warning: Mild language.

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Know Them by the Company They Keep 0

Joe Conason looks at J. D. Vance’s recent remarks during a visit to Germany and makes a strong case that Vance is running with a bad crowd.

Just go read it.

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The Enemy Below 0

On the roof, persons frolic in the social media fun park.  Underneath, social media companies undermine democracy, fuel polarization and disinformation, and mine user data, all for profit.

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One more time, “social” media isn’t.

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“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0

A well-adjusted “responsible gun owner” discharges his responsibility.

The Orange County Sheriff’s Office said there is no major threat at the Florida Mall after reports of a shooting spread quickly on social media Sunday afternoon. A young man mistakenly shot himself while adjusting a gun, the sheriff’s office said in a news release.

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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