2021 archive
Freedom of Screech 0
From the Bangor Daily News editorial board, in considering Missouri Senator Josh Hawley’s discomfiture at being held accountable for his actions:
The First Amendment doesn’t say Simon & Schuster shall publish all books
Give it a read.
Who Cudda Knowed? Reprise 0
Shorter Werner Herzog’s Bear: Anyone and everyone.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
The hunt for politeness continues.
His mother, Shonda, said Zeak was riding on an ATV when he reached into the back of the vehicle to grab his firearm. The trigger mechanism for the shotgun snagged on something and discharged, striking Zeak in his right shoulder.
“The Pottery Barn Insurrection” 0
Writing at The Philadelphia Inquirer, Will Bunch notes that most of the persons who stormed the Capitol last week were not poor and downtrodden. He points out that
He goes on to explore why persons from the middle, if not upper, echelons of society chose to attempt to overturn the election. Follow the link for his conclusions.
The Party of Personal Responsibility 0
No doubt you have seen at one time or another one of the Family Circus’s “Not Me” cartoons.*
And, now, once again, we see life imitating art.
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*In case you haven’t, they show the parents questioning the kids about some mess up, as a shadowy figure labeled “Not Me” hovers above.
Parler Talk 0
Parler has sued Amazon for pulling the plug on its website.
I (am not a lawyer) doubt they have a case. The Constitution’s freedom of speech clause guarantees neither an audience nor a platform.
Also, hosting providers have things called “Terms of Service.” I know my hosting provider does. I’ve never read them through, because I try to behave myself in public, but, once when I was on the phone with tech support, the support person said to me, “Nothing I see on your site violates our terms of service.”
It will be fun to watch this play out.
Above the Law has more.
Aside:
I think it very likely that, after the storming of the Capitol, the right-wing nutbags have worn out their welcome with the larger polity, at least for a while.
But they won’t give up.
They are always rising again.
Meta: Spam Comments 0
If Askimet identifies your comment as spam, it will be deleted and never seen. But if you want to waste your time, that’s okay with me.
