From Pine View Farm

March, 2022 archive

QOTD 0

Helen Hayes, in the voice of Jane Marple:

I’m afraid that, when an idealist becomes a fanatic, the line between right and wrong becomes a blur.

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And Now for a Musical Interlude 0

Later:

Yet the embed code was freely accessible with no error or warning.

Watch it on Youtube. It’s fun.

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Disparate Treatment 0

Small black girl watching television, which is showing Judge Jackson's confirmation hearing.  She asks,

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How Stuff Works: Say It Again, Sam, Dept. 0

Rebecca explores how repetition perpetuates truthiness.

Read the transcript.

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A. Multiple Choice: Racism, Hypocrisy, or Both 0

Q. What is the vice of the turtle?

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They’re Not Even Trying To Hide It Any More, Reprise 0

The Republican Party has become the party of racism.

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“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0

Yet another responsible gun owner shows how responsible he is.

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Republican Family Values 0

Frame One:  Republican Elephant says,

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V. S. Naipaul:

The only lies for which we are truly punished are those we tell ourselves.

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A Tune for Times 0

(Warning: Mild language.)

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“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0

The challenge of politeness.

We are a society of stupid.

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The Conservative Clown Show 0

Judge Kitanji Jackson sits at the witness table.  Man labeled

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Legal Tenders 0

Shorted joints.

Words fail me.

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The Out-Liars 0

Thom follows the money.

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Dis Coarse Discourse 0

Goat:  WHere were you this morning.  Rat:  On antisocial media.  Goat:  You mean

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Remind You of Anyone? 0

Jamie Cannon offers a list of indicators of narcissistic tendencies.

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Saul Alinsky:

The greatest enemy of individual freedom is the individual himself.

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If It’s Not One Thing, It’s Another 0

Last night, the cable went out. No television. No inner webs.

Then the electricity went out. Then the electricity came back. Then the cable came back.

Then the cable went out again and stayed out almost all night.

(I’m guessing that it was the mild spring showers we were enduring. Also, stuff wears out.)

We were forced to amuse ourselves.

Gasp.

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They Did Their Civic Dirty 0

You can’t make this stuff up.

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Russian Impulses 0

At the Arizona Republic, E. J. Montini comments on the Republicans who are supporting Vladimir Putin’s aggression in Ukraine. A snippet:

Also recently, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell called the Putin wing* “lonely voices” and said, “I wouldn’t pay much attention to them.”

I bet he would if they were Democrats.

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*A reference to Congresswoman Liz Cheney’s characterizing the Republicans who voted against sanctions against Russia as the “Putin wing” of the Republican Party.

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