From Pine View Farm

July, 2023 archive

Imagineering 0

At the Portland Press-Herald, James Bilancia ponders the power of imagined grievances.

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“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0

And, again, politeness becomes child’s play.

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When Republicans Remake Highway Patrol . . . . 0

Title:  One the Road.  Image:  Two women in car pulled over by cop.  Cop says,

Via Juanita Jean.

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Fly the Fiendly Skies 0

They explore new frontiers in fiendliness every day.

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QOTD 0

François de La Rochefoucauld:

Our virtues are most frequently but vices in disguise.

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And Now for a Change of Pace 0

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Vaccine Nation 0

Steve M. wonders why anti-VAXX crackpot conspiracy nut Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., is getting so much press coverage. He offers a theory:

This is my problem with the mainstream media’s RFK Jr. coverage: Journalists cover him as a boldface name because his forebears were boldface names a long time ago.

Follow the link for his reasoning.

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Foxy Shady 0

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“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0

Yet another oxymoronic responsible gun owner performs a random act of politeness.

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Still Rising Again after All These Years 0

Sometimes, they slip up and show us who they really are.

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Know Them by the Company They Keep 0

Alabama Senator Tommy Tuberville and a Klansmen with their arms around each other's back.  Tuberville says,

Via Yellowdoggranny.

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The Lake Effect 0

A fine day for Arizona:

Failed Arizona gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake must pay a $122,200 sanctions penalty together with her attorney Alan Dershowitz and fellow far-right candidate Mark Finchem for pursuing a “frivolous” lawsuit seeking to overturn her 2022 midterm defeat, according to a federal judge’s order issued Friday.

Much more at the link.

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QOTD 0

Graham Greene:

Heresy is only another word for freedom of thought.

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Recommended Listening 0

The Swiss Family Robinson.

I read this book multiple times back in the olden days, when I was a young ‘un.

It’s just as good now as it was then.

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A Tune for the Times 0

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Courting Disaster 0

Joe Patrice.

Just read it.

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A Modest Proposal 0

Martin Schramm must be smoking a pipe, for he has a pipe dream:

It is way past time for all Republican leaders who still put patriotism and the Constitution first to unite in a new and different crusade: The Republican Famous Names should form a Truth Squad — so they can finally tell the truth and rescue their party from its life as the embodiment of the Trumped-up big lie.

Like that’s going to happen.

Follow the link for more of his dream-state.

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“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0

Another case of brotherly politeness.

Authorities are investigating the accidental shooting of a 12-year-old boy by his 9-year-old brother in southeast Arkansas Thursday Afternoon.

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The Fee Hand of the Market 0

Business newscaster says,

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Facebook Frolics 0

A frolicker sows the wind, reaps the whirlwind (or, at least, an eddy).

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