From Pine View Farm

January, 2020 archive

Still Rising Again after All These Years 0

Kyle Whitfield looks at an Alabama candidate’s recent campaign ad and concludes that some things never change.

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The Lies of the Land, Reprise 0

At the Bangor Daily News, David Farmer marvels at the magnitude of the mendacity of the Conman-in-Chief (and his entire staff).

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So Much Winning . . . . 0

It looks like Steve M. may have called it.

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Trumpled Cultural Icons 0

Trump cultural sites.  Images:  Tomb of the Unknow Fact.  Children's Museum (Image:  encaged children). Eternal flame (climate change wild fire).  Mt. Trustfund (Image:  Eric, Don Jr., Ivanka, and Jared scupted into a mountain).

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Facebook Frolics, It’s All about the Benjamins Dept. 0

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QOTD 0

Kerry Greenwood, in the voice of Corinna Chapman:

The poor steal from the rich because they envy them. The rich steal from the poor because they despise them.

Greenwood, Kerry, The Spotted Dog (Napierville: Poisoned Pen Press, 2019), p. 387.

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Reunion Tour 0

Newscaster says,

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

A “but they all look alike” Trumpling.

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A Notion of Immigrants 0

At The Seattle Times, Clyde W. Ford discusses the “intellectual” constructs used to rationalize racism and white nationalism, or, to put it another way, how haters convince themselves that their hate is okay.

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The Uniter 0

Couple looking at television showing crowds of persons demonstrating.  Man says,

Via Job’s Anger.

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The Fix 0

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Misdirection Play, Misreading Misleading Dept. 0

At the Idaho State Journal, Retired Professor Leonard Hitchcock examines ten of Republicans’ most common arguments (methinks “smokescreens” would be a more accurate term) against the impeachment of Donald Trump and concludes that “deceptive” (my word, not his) would be a charitable description of them. Here’s an example; follow the link for the rest.

7. Impeachment represents congressional overreach and threatens to upset the proper balance of power between the executive and legislative branches.

This objection stands the truth on its head. The Constitution explicitly gives Congress the power to oversee the executive’s actions, in order to insure that the president does not become a tyrant. It is Trump who has overreached his authority and attempted to deny the Congress its proper role.

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“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0

These kids did not stand a snowball’s chance in politeness:

Shortly before 8 p.m. Saturday, officers from the Milwaukee Police Department responding to a report of a shooting arrived to find a 12-year-old girl and a 13-year-old boy suffering from gunshot wounds. It didn’t take long for authorities to figure out what had triggered the act of violence: a single snowball.

“Preliminary investigation indicates both victims were with a group of juveniles throwing snowballs at cars passing by,” the police department wrote in a series of tweets Monday. “One of the snowballs struck a white Toyota, no further description, and the driver of the auto fired shots into the group of kids striking the two victims.”

Just another day in the NRA’s winter wonderland.

And here’s an extra bonus bit of politeness.

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QOTD 0

Susan Neiman:

Those who cannot find [moral clarity] are likely to settle for the far more dangerous simplicity, or purity, instead.

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2003 Reprise 0

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Twits on Twitter 0

Twits who believe in make believe.

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The Ascent 0

Donald Trump, watched by a crowd from below, rides up a gold-plated escalator beneath a sign pointing to

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Virginia Beach Drinking Liberally Thursday 0

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Global Threat Assessment 0

The official global threat level is “not pretty.”

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Qualified 0

Man reading newspaper says,

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