July, 2023 archive
Triggers 0
At the Portland Press-Herald, Daniel Smith offers an interesting perspective on why some Republicans are so frightened by “wokeness.”
The Time Machine 0
John Young, discussing the recent Supreme Supremacist Court ruling in Moore v. Harper, argues that MAGA Republicans and their sponsors (might one call them “groomers”?), such as the Federalist Society, want to roll back the clock by packing the Court with their dupes, symps, and fellow-travelers.
Here’s a bit of his article:
And so, in a right-wing laboratory, rows of judge-robots were programmed:
“I will destroy democracy.”
“I will destroy democracy.”
“I will destroy democracy.”
MAGA true believers will say this is not the intention of their chosen jurists. They mean only to return the workings of our democracy back to the way they were in the — uh, oh, what the heck — 18th century.
Before the invention of flush toilets. When slaves, not electricity, powered the economy. When only property owners, White ones, ran the place.
Republican Family Entertainment 0
And, in related news . . . .
Image via Job’s Anger.
Afterthought:
It’s just another Republican culture war misdirection play, but it is truly an exceptionally stupid one
Foxy Shady 0
Thom and Julie Millican of Media Matters discuss Fox News’s role in incubating insurrection and suggest that it’s all about the Benjamins.
Here’s the website mentioned in the clip.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Yet another responsible gun owner exposes her family to politeness.
The report quotes one of the neighbors as saying
“My big message for parents out here: monitor your kids. Please monitor your kids,” said Sherrie Richardson.
As far as I am concerned, it would be better that the guns weren’t there in the first place than to have to “monitor the kids.”
Courting Disaster 0
Michael Westerhaus follows the money.
And Now for a Musical Interlude 0
I first ran across the Arthur Lyman Group in old episodes of Hawaiian Eye.
Lyman made magic with marimbas.
Republican Family Values 0
At Psychology Today Blogs, Elliot D. Cohen takes a look at the likely effects of the recent spate of anti-LGBTQ legislation in Republican-controlled states. His conclusions are disturbing.
He makes three main points:
- LGBTQ youth are twice as likely to entertain and attempt suicide as all other adolescents.
- LGBTQ-based discrimination is a major risk factor for poor mental health and suicidality in LGBTQ youth.
- Legislation that discriminates against LGBTQ people increases the likelihood of suicidality among LGBTQ youth.
Follow the link for a detailed exploration of the topic.
An Unintentional Truth 2
The editorial board of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch found itself somewhat taken aback by the statements of Florida Governor DeSantis defending chattel slavery. Here’s a little bit from their editorial:
What’s next? Suggesting that the Nazis’ horrendous wartime experiments on Jews weren’t entirely evil, because they yielded medical data?
Little did they expect that what they intended, in my opinion, as rhetorical hyperbole for emphasis would, within a matter of days, become a prophecy come true.
The Fifth Freedom 0
Franklin Roosevelt famously enumerated “the Four Freedoms.”
Now comes Rudy Giuliani to enumberate the fifth: The freedom to lie.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Another oxymoronic “responsible gun owner,” another random act of politeness, another day in NRA Paradise.
