2021 archive
The No Account Recount 0
E. J. Montini follows the money.
Republican Family Values 0
Paul Krugman exposes the con (not that the conned are likely to notice). A snippet:
Vaccine Nation 0
Michael-in-Norfolk is quite fed up, thank you very much.
For that matter, so too am I. “Science” and “stupid” both start with “S,” but they are not synonyms.
In a rational world, one counteracts the other, but not, it seems, in our society of stupid.
Maskless Marauders 0
We are a society of stupid.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Another parent shows politeness to a descendant.
No doubt the NRA will argue that, had the child been armed, he or she could have mounted a defense.
Republican Family Values, Maskless Marauders Dept. 0
I know that I am not the only one to notice the irony in the “Right-to-Life” party’s willingness to court infection and death, for school children no less, during a time of pandemic.
Scott Maxwell has more.
Premature Exhilaration 0
Afterthought:
It’s one thing to relax restrictions.
It’s quite another to assume that the need for discretion is no more.
The Year in Rebuke* 0
Thom talks with Philip Rucker, one of the authors of I Alone Can Fix It.
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*With apologies to Harry Shearer.
All the News that Fits, Vaccine Nation Dept. 0
At AL.com, Paul Gattis reports on doctors’ efforts to quell myths about and promote vaccination against COVID-19 in Alabama, the least vaccinated state in the country. It is an uphill battle.
Here’s an excerpt:
“I remember one particular elderly female who was literally trembling,” she said. “She was trembling because she knew COVID was running rampant but she started to cry because she was tuned in to some media stations and she was terrified of getting the vaccine because of all the reasons she felt that the vaccine would also be detrimental to her health. So therefore, an innocent human being was just paralyzed for making a decision for herself.”
Follow the link to learn what said “media stations” may happen to be.
Immunity Impunity
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More folks who just can’t seem to stop themselves.
