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September, 2019 archive

Russian Impulses 0

Shaun Mullen has the latest.

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The Bully’s Pulpit 0

At AL.com, Mike Oliver responds on Michael Knowles, who went on Fox News to claim that Greta Thunberg is mentally ill. A snippet:

You (Knowles–ed.) showed classic traits of being a bully. In attacking Greta Thunberg, you, Mr. Knowles suggested that Thunberg is delusional or weak-minded and shouldn’t be doing what she is doing: trying to bring awareness to an issue that is of global importance.

Aside from the fact that her mental status had nothing to do with the climate change debate at hand, you were attacking a 16-year-old.

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Facebook Frolics 0

Trumpled frolics.

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QOTD 0

John Dewey:

As long as politics is the shadow cast on society by big business, the attenuation of the shadow will not change the substance.

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Devolution 0

Frame One:  John Kennedy saying,

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A Notion of Immigrants 0

Thom tangles with a caller who can’t handle the facts.

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

Yet another schoolyard Trumpling.

Jesus, Mary, and Joseph.

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The Watcher at the Gate 0

Shaun Mullen.

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“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0

Seal your friendship with politeness.

A Louisiana man was arrested for allegedly shooting and killing his childhood friend with the victim’s own gun after he picked up the pistol to admire it during a party, authorities said.

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Though the gun was loaded, it did not have a bullet in the chamber when Lemley was given it, but he pulled its slide back and simultaneously squeezed its trigger, cops said witnesses told them.

One of the guests reportedly said he tried warning Lemley that he had loaded a bullet into the firearm’s chamber, but it was already too late.

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Misdirection Play, Former SSR Dept. 0

Doyle McManus explains. A snippet:

Barely a week into the strange saga of Trump’s July 25 phone call to Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky, reportedly to demand that Ukraine investigate Joe Biden’s son, the president is already on his fourth explanation.

Explanation No. 1: I didn’t do it.

Explanation No. 2: I didn’t do it, but it would have been OK if I did.

Explanation No. 3: I did it, but for a different reason than you think.

Explanation No. 4: Never mind what I did. What about Biden?

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Trump isn’t trying to help voters examine the gnarly history of foreign aid and corruption in Ukraine. He’s trying to divert attention from his own apparent attempt to use U.S. foreign policy for personal gain, a clear abuse of power.

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Paid Dirt 0

In the background, headline:

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Petrarch:

Man has no greater enemy than himself.

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Field of Greens 0

We dropped by Norfolk’s Gardens by the Sea for a while on Saturday. The temperature got higher than we expected, so the highlight of our visit ended up being the ice cream cones from the cafeteria . . . .

Bumble Bee

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Still Rising Again after All These Years 0

The Charlotte Observer reports on racists who mail it in.

Be sure to watch the video, even if you don’t read the whole article.

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Executive Session 0

Title:  The Executive Lunch Food Critic.  Image:  Two executives having cocktails in bar named

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Both Sides Not 0

PoliticalProf.

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

Words fail me.

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“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0

Be polite to your suite mates.

Sheriff’s deputies said they reported to a call regarding an accidental shooting, and found a victim suffering gunshot wounds at the home. A man reportedly heard a noise and went outside to investigate, carrying his pistol. When he returned inside, the man mistook his roommate for an intruder and shot him, according to Capt. David Agee of the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office.

He pointed a gun at a man, he pulled the trigger, he hit his target.

And the story goes on that “witnesses” are calling this “accidental.”

Furrfu.

(Syntax error fixed.)

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Solicitation 0

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Heywood Broun:

A technical objection is the first refuge of a scoundrel.

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