July, 2023 archive
Numbers Gaming 0
David dissects the duplicity.
Both Sides Don’t 0
F. T. Rea points out that one thing is not like the other thing. Here’s a tiny bit from his article:
Republicans like their labor cheap and hungry. So high un. employment is usually preferable. That was bullshit campaign promises to create new jobs have more traction, too. For Republicans, tax breaks for billionaires are more important than infrastructure maintenance and improvements.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
As we know, a polite society is a clean society.
Once again, it must be noted that “accidental” and “negligent” are not synonyms.
Thought on the Day 0
“Jingoism” and “patriotism” are not the same thing.
Precedented 0
Many are claiming that the Supreme Supremacist Court’s recent decision on affirmative action was unprecedented. In contrast, University of New Haven Professor Mike Lawlor sees a precedent for it.
(snip)
Last week, six members of the United States Supreme Court took their places in the schoolhouse door.
Follow the link for the complete article.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Politeness can be a relative thing.
Misdirection Play, I Know I Am But What Are You Dept. 0
At the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Ryan Fanning points out that, when the right-wing’s got nothing, it resorts to whining “whataboutism.”
“But It’s the Only Possible Explanation” 0
The Los Angeles Times’s Michael Hiltzik points out that facts will never satisfy those committed to conspiracy theories.
Misdirection Play, All the News that Fits Dept. 0
Michael in Norfolk points out who actually disseminates the disinformation in dis coarse discourse.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
And another child is sacrificed to the NRA’s idol of lead.
All That Was Old Is New Again 0
Via Juanita Jean.