From Pine View Farm

2020 archive

Twits on Twitter 0

Overstressed twits.

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“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0

Show politeness to your siblings.

Laura Natalya Rodriguez was killed Tuesday. Houston police said she was shot by her younger brother who was showing off a gun.

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QOTD 0

Vladimir Nabokov:

Curiosity is insubordination in its purest form.

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Rule of Lawless, a Gallery of Rogues Dept. 0

Sam and his crew discusses Donald Trump’s pardoning of mercenaries convicted of killing civilians and of other rogues in the gallery.

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Find the Moocher 0

Title:  Nation of Moochers.  Frame One:  Quote from a New York Times editorial from January 10, 2014, saying that $17/hour is

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One Thing Is Not Like the Other Thing 0

At the Idaho State Journal, Leonard Hitchcock feels constrained to explain to one of his colleagues the difference between “news” and “opinion.” Here’s a bit:

Last June, (columnist Martin–ed) Hackworth, decided to make a great show of cancelling his subscription to the New York Times. He cited an internal kerfuffle at the paper about the publication of a piece in the opinion section — I repeat, in the opinion section, not the news section — by a right-wing U.S. senator. Hackworth was offended that the Times did not display a commitment to publishing a diversity of views, though he surely knows that the Times is under no obligation to do so, just as the Wall Street Journal is perfectly free to publish only conservative columnists.

Hackworth chose to publicly attack the newspaper’s management and accuse it of political bias, over an incident that in no way implicated the trustworthiness of its reporting.

Follow the link for his lead-in to these comments; the article is well worth your while–maybe even a couple of whiles.

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“History Never Happened” 0

Driftglass explains the recurring tactic of strategic forgettery embraced by the Republican Party and its dupes, symps, and fellow travelers. A snippet:

The minute Donald Trump is removed from office is the minute the rewriting of his years in office will begin in earnest.

Just wait and see.

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Trickle-On Economics: A Case Study 0

Bob Molinaro, sports-writer extraordinaire:

Recently, a Stephen Curry rookie card sold at auction for $611,000. So now we have a better understanding for why the very rich need those tax breaks.

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The Flood This Time 0

A doctor recounts how the pandemic is overwhelming his hospital, located in a less prosperous area of Chicago, and its staff. A snippet:

To build resilience, my global health team teaches local front-line health care workers about the principles of dealing with limited resources in war-torn countries such as Syria and Yemen, and fragile states such as Sierra Leone and Bangladesh. The austere environment is the rule, not the exception, in some of these regions. I never imagined that we would be using the same principles in my hospital in Chicago.

Follow the link for more.

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The Morning After 0

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QOTD 0

Petina Gappah:

People always ask me how I manage to find humor in so much bleakness. I think this is almost a necessary skill to have.

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Geeking Out, Seasonal Edition, Coda 0

The Plasma desktop on Mageia v. 7. Claws-Mail and Firefox are shaded near the top of the screen. The wallpaper is from my collection.

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Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas 0

If you have not done so, I highly recommend that you read Lena Horne’s autobiography.

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Excess 0

Give me a break.

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Oops 0

Grimmy points to two feet sticking out from under a falling bookcase and says to Mother Goose,

See the original image from December 20, 2020.

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Joy 0

Our next number is dedicated to all the boys and girls who think that “happy holidays” is blasphemy.

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QOTD 0

Roy L. Smith:

He who has not Christmas in his heart will never find it under a tree.

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