September, 2022 archive
School Daze 0
Above the Law’s Chris Williams surveys the havoc that Florida’s “Stop WOKE” act is working in Florida’s schools. A snippet:
The people who call anything they don’t like “woke”, “communist”, or “socialist” want you to stop calling them fascist because it’s divisive.
— Stefan ? (@stefanthinks) August 29, 2022
Am I missing something, or is it ridiculous to call out CRT for “Creating Racial Tension” on the one hand and self identify as a (white) Christian Nationalist prepared and happy to start crusading on the other?
Immunity Impunity
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The EFF speaks out about new Arizona law designed, to put it bluntly, to shield misbehaving police from accountability. Here’s how they describe the law; follow the link for their detailed discussion of its inimical implications.
Several news organizations and the American Civil Liberties Union of Arizona sued last month to prevent the law from going into effect, arguing it “creates an unprecedented and facially unconstitutional content-based restriction on speech about an important governmental function.”
And in related news . . . .
Geeking Out 0
Listening to The Mill Mystery with VLC on Ubuntu MATE under the Fluxbox window manager. The wallpaper is from my collection.
Stop the Steal The Steal To Stop
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Seth comments on Donald Trump’s theft of classified documents owned by the government of the United States.
Both Sides Not 0
The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette’s Gene Collier is concerned about dis coarse discourse. Here’s how he opens his article.
There is no journalistic imperative to balance truth with untruth; it’s stupid.
And yet we persist.
Follow the link for the rest.
Nor Any Drop To Drink 0
Leonard Pitts, Jr., explores the reasons underlying the failure of Jackson, Mississippi’s water system.
Afterthought:
No surprises here.
QOTD 0
John Sessions, in the voice of Professor Rufus Strickfaden:
Science is about the pursuit of truth. That always threatens someone.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
And again we are reminded that politeness is a family value.
Aside:
I created this category in the very early days of this blog after being stopped at a light behind a rickety old car plastered with NRA bumper stickers saying that “an armed society is a polite society.”
I know how to use guns, and I know how to recognize stupid, and I realized that I was seeing stupid about guns.
I am neither prescient nor intuitive. (I am, however, observant, but the problem with being observant is that you have to turn it on for it to work. I often forget to turn it on . . . .) Nevertheless, I did not expect the tidal wave of stupid gunnuttery that today engulfs us.
Extra-Special Bonus QOTD 0
From remarks by President Biden (emphasis added):
The Voter Fraud Fraudsters, 2000 Mule Team Dept. 0
The Arizona Republic’s E. J. Montini points out that, not only are there no 2000 mules, there’s no pony either.
(Oh, for you young ‘uns, here’s the mule team reference.)