2021 archive
Decoding De Code 0
The Majority Report untangles the the real meaning of the term, “school choice.”
America’s original sin of chattel slavery manifests itself in many ways.
Fly the Fiendly Skies . . . 0
. . . and you, too, can go viral.
Maskless Marauders 0
The artist comments. Here’s a bit of what he has to say; follow the link for the rest.
One Thing Is Not Like the Other Thing 0
The writer of a letter to the editor of The Roanoke Times muses on the difference between a political party and a cult.
Stray Thought 0
Looking at posts on “social” media and videos on Youtube does not constitute in any way “research.”
Easy Marks 0
At NYmag, Jonathan Chait explains how decades of conspiratorial thinking and anti-intellectualism have made right-wingers ripe for the plucking. A snippet:
These predictions are not just scare tactics. They reflect the authentic ideology of the American right, which treats liberalism as either indistinguishable from, or an unstoppably slippery slope toward, Bolshevistic central planning. But these beliefs are also very effective as scare tactics. Conservative fears that Democrats will usher in total societal collapse are good ways to scare conservatives into buying gold (an especially lucrative Obama-era conservative grift) or guns.
The right hardly has a monopoly on fearful predictions, of course. But their impact is magnified by the conservative distrust of the intellectual elite. Conservatives have spent decades training their supporters to reject the authority of bureaucrats, professors, the media, or any institution not explicitly committed to the right-wing agenda.
Do please read the rest; it sheds much light on dis coarse discourse.
Via Delaware Liberal.
The Disinformation Superhighway 0
Multinational Facebook frolics fakery.
Those Who Ignore History . . . 0
. . . condemn themselves to repeat it, as Frances Coleman points out in a powerful piece.
Read it yourself.
Recommended Listening 0
Bob Cesca’s interview with John Amato, accomplished saxophonist and founder of one of the most important websites you can add to your bookmarks, Crooks and Liars.
Aside:
I admit, it takes me a while to catch up with my podcast listening list.
The Snake Oil Sellers 0
Seth calls out the snake oil shills.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
He tried to claim that he was standing his ground. Then it fell out from under him.
Milian declined to dismiss the case, which is scheduled for a jury trial in December. Bartlett is charged with three counts of aggravated assault with a firearm, enhanced under Florida’s “hate crime” law, plus carrying a concealed weapon and improper exhibition of a firearm.