Break Time 0
Off to drink liberally.
Russian Impulses 0
Thom wonders why Trump hung a picture of Putin in the White House.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Another “responsible gun owner” exposes a portable phallus to a child.
So many guns. So much stupid.
Suffer the Children 0
One more time, that’s not scripture. That’s a Republican family value.
Establishmentarians 0
The EFF reports on some establishmentarian copywrongs.
A Tune for the Times 0
From the Youtube page:
There are obviously lots of angles to this story, and it’s dangerous to wade into things without knowing how they will play out. So we waited to see if anything positive might emerge after the initial assassination of the despicable Khamenei (whose name was in an early draft of a chorus), and what the Trump administration/regime’s purported rationale was … and over subsequent days as we watched the grotesque media performances by Hegseth, the missiles killing children not just tyrants, and the escalation of damage and casualties without any sign of a coherent policy or endgame, we made the song about how it’s dangerous to wade into things without knowing how they’re going to play out.
Quick Sand 0
Methinks Michael in Norfolk pretty much nails it about the Trump maladministration’s war on Iran. A snippet:
Suffer the Children 0
As we all know by now, that’s a Republican family value.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
I suspect I’m not the only one to be somewhat disconcerted by how many “responsible gun owners” are unaware that their portable phalluses are shoot their lo–oh, never mind.
Just Deserts, Reprise 0
Warning: Mild language.
Republican Thought Police 0
At AL.com, John Archibald looks at a bill recently introduced in the Alabama legislature that would for all practical purposes abolish academic tenure; he suggests that
It’s about controlling what you can say or hear or ultimately think or learn. And of course teach.
Follow the link for the rest.
Afterthought:
Why are Republicans afraid of freedom of thought and speech? Could be that they know they are in the wrong?