From Pine View Farm

2018 archive

So Much Whining 0

Bob Cesca is tried of all the whining. A snippet:

It’s the whining that burns me the most, accompanied closely by the ceaseless victim-mongering. Even after one of his Red Hat disciples targeted Trump’s personal enemies list for assassination, it’s not Obama who’s the victim — it’s not Hillary Clinton or Eric Holder or Cory Booker or James Clapper. The victim here is Trump. According to, of course, Trump.

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Caravan of Craven 0

Line of Nazis, Klansmen, and assorted Red Hats carrying signs like,

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QOTD 0

Jonathan Swift:

There is nothing constant in this world but inconsistency.

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Meta: No Connectivity Issues Today 0

Also, no clues.

Again, if you experience connectivity problems, please let me know, including the wording of any error messages you get and the time and date. I would love a clue.

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Trick or Threat 0

Picture of the White House flying a flag saying,

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The “Kavanaugh Defense” 0

Elie Mystal explains how it works. Here’s a snippet:

. . . deny, deny, deny . . . .

Follow the link for a more nuanced explanation.

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A Picture Is Worth 0

Graphic:  15 Signs That Your Country Is Moving Towards Fascism.  1.  Identification of scapegoats as a unifying cause.  2.  Nostalgic longing for an idealized past.  3.  Disdain for intellectuals and the arts.  4.  Suppression of a free press.  5.  Manipulative use of euphemistic language.  6.  All dissent is equated with treason.  7.  Protection of corporate power.  8.  Suppression of labor forces.  9.  Normalization of rampant sexism.  10.  Contempt for the weak.  11.  Obsession with national security.  12.  Overfunding of the military.  13.  Obsession with crime and punishment.  14.  Unrestrained cronyism.  15.  Dominant religion is coopted by the regime.

Via Job’s Anger.

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Plus ca Change 0

You can take the host out of Fox News, but you can’t take the Fox News out of the host.

The ignorance, it burns.

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“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0

Another polite family . . . .

Officials said the 13-year-old shot his younger brother with a small-caliber handgun. The 11-year-old boy was flown to a hospital by Life Flight and was in stable but critical condition, officials said.

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Both Sides Not 0

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Legacy 0

Title:  Passing the Torch.  Image:  Man in KKK sheet labeled

Via Juanita Jean.

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QOTD 0

Arthur Machen:

It was better, he thought, to fail in attempting exquisite things than to succeed in the department of the utterly contemptible.

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Flagging Interests 0

Noz has a question.

Aside:

I was having connectivity problems again today. According to my most excellent hosting provider, everything was okay at their end. We’ll see what tomorrow brings.

Afterthought:

If you have experienced connectivity issues, particularly timeouts (which is what I was getting), please let me know. There’s an email link over there (—->) on the sidebar. The more information I have, the easier it will be to figure this out.

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“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0

Once again, politeness turns out to be child’s play.

Investigators say the child and his father went over to an older man’s home, a friend, to help work on the flooring Thursday. When the father and homeowner went to get more supplies, police say the child was left in the care of a woman at the home, who didn’t live there.

Police say the woman had just walked out of the room for a minute, unaware of the gun, which wasn’t readily visible. That’s when investigators say the child found it and accidentally shot himself.

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All That Was Old Is New Again 0

Will Bunch.

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Fear Factoring 0

Frame One:  As Trump and an aide walk past a jack-o-lantern, Trump orders,

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

A Trumpled teen.

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QOTD 0

Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach:

Nowadays people are born to find fault. When they look at Achilles, they see only his heel.

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“One Bombing at a Time” 0

Shaun Mullen is not sanguine.

Experiments fail, even noble ones.

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All That Was Old Is New Again 0

Title:  Debate to Nowhere.

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Aside:

No, we are clearly not better than this.

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