January, 2022 archive
Still Rising Again after All These Years,
Gutting Out the Vote Dept.
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Sam and his crew highlight the hypocrisy.
Fly the Fiendly Skies 0
You’ll get a close-up view of the moon.
All the News that Fits 0
Robert Cramer, writing at Psychology Today Blogs, offers a primer on identifying and avoiding being taken in by–er–bovine patties.
Role Models 0
F. T. Rea suggests that comparing Donald Trump to Twentieth Century fascists may be the most accurate analogy. Rather, he suggests that Trump’s behavior is more like a more home-grown American phenomenon–the urban political boss (think Boss Tweed). Here’s a snippet; follow the link for the complete article.
I think he makes some good points as regards understanding Donald Trump’s own impulses; he is the poster boy for Me! Me! Me!. But autocracy is autocracy, and autocracy is their end.
“The Absurd Interpretation” 0
David talks with Elizabeth Coppock, Assistant Professor of Linguistics at Boston University, about texts and context.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 2
If you desire to take exception to rules of the hostelry which hosts your overnight stay, do so with politeness.
We are a failed society.
It’s All about the Benjamins 0
At AL.com, John Archibald explores the toxic effects and racist origins of policing for profit. A snippet:
It is still happening in places like Marion County, where a number of people — including U.S. Army veteran Charles Anderson — were jailed last year for their inability to pay old court fines. In Castleberry in southern Alabama, media scrutiny of a revenue-driven speed trap a few years ago led, at least temporarily, to the dissolution of the police department.
Majority Rule 0
PoliticalProf runs the numbers.
The Superpower 0
In discussing yet another pointless, senseless, apparently motiveless shooting, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette’s Tony Norman gets to the ultimate appeal of gunnuttery:
. . . pumping bullets into another human being is the only superpower a soulless person can wield.
Follow the link for context.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Welcome visitors to our shores from abroad with our peculiarly American form of politeness.
“This incident appears to be a random act involving individuals participating in the reckless discharge of firearm(s) which led to the tragic death of Dr. Willson,” police said in an emailed statement. “Dr. Willson was in town from England visiting loved ones when the incident occurred.”