From Pine View Farm

February, 2018 archive

QOTD 0

Niccolo Machiavelli:

Politics have no relation to morals.

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Shhhh! Be Vewy Vewy Quiet, I’m Hunting Rodent 0

Cat crouched and staring through window at gray squirrel on deck.

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Facebook Frolics, Hens in the Foxhouse Dept. 0

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Tales of the Trumpling: Snapshots of Trickle-Down Trumpery 0

“But, really, they all look alike.”

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All the News that Fits, Blast from the Past Dept. 0

Frame One:  Title:  If Watergate happened with today's media.  Image:  Fox News broadcaster says,

Via Job’s Anger.

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Republican Core Values 0

Atrios sums them up.

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The Court Is in Sessions 0

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QOTD 0

Otto von Bismarck:

When a man says he approves of something in principle, it means he hasn’t the slightest intention of carrying it out in practice.

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The Climates They Are a-Changing 0

It’s over 70 degrees today–in February (you know, the coldest month of the year) in a mid-Atlantic state.

A week ago, it was in the 20s and 30s.

This is not right.

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The Privileged Many 0

Taylor Batten.

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Why Love a Parade 0

Alfred Doblin discusses Donald Trump’s desire to play with his soldiers. A snippet:

Trump wants a grand military parade because he saw one in France with French President Emmanuel Macron last July on Bastille Day. How ironic that the “America First” president who wants to restrict imports, export immigrants and build a wall on the nation’s southern border to keep out Mexicans, wants a French parade.

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Sycophant ‘Em, Boy! 0

Donald Trump says,


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“Cruel and Unusual” 0

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Incongruously Assembled 0

One monkey says,


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QOTD 0

Gracie Allen:

It takes time to make up the truth.

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Failing the Test 0

Excerpt:

If God had wanted to send a test to American evangelicals . . . nothing could have shown them up more than the lust for power . . . .

Via C&L. (If the embed doesn’t work, follow that link. Damn computers.)

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The Best People . . . . 0

White House staff marching through White House gates carrying a sign reading,


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The Devolution 0

Thom discusses how the Republican Party has gone from “conservatives” to “racist authoritarian corporate toadies.” An excerpt:

Dwight Eisenhower . . . when conservative meant conservative, not billionaire bought and owned . . . .

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If One Standard It Good, Two Must Be Better 0

Image One:  Republican Elephant captioned,

Via The Bob Cesca Show Blog.

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“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0

Be polite at the drive-thru.

Jesus, Mary, and Joseph.

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