2023 archive
The Unforgiven 0
At the Portland Press-Herald, Victoria Hugo-Vidal unloads about the fuss over President Biden’s attempts to lift the yoke of student loans from the necks of college students.
I commend her article to your attention.
Aside:
When I went to college, tuition was still within the reach of middle class families. My parents could afford my tuition and I did not need student loans. But that was before Ronald Reagan became president.
Reagon’s toxic trickle-on economics has gutted the middle class, eroded working class incomes, and imposed a crushing burden of debt on college students.
Foxy Shady 0
Yet another Fox News story turns out be, well, a story.
Base Desires 0
Michel in Norfolk argues that Hillary Clinton was right about the deplorables. A snippet:
A Tune for the Times 0
Mangy wants wonders why the “party of law and order” is angry at the rule law and order.
Tubervillainy, Reprise 2
Just read it.
Afterthought:
Many of the traditions and norms in our federal government are based on trusting that elected officials will act in good faith.
We are now faced with the new Secesh, still rising again after all these years, who act in bad faith.
Facebook Frolics 0
Devilish frolics.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society,” Updated 0
Politeness again becomes child’s play.
We are a failing state.
Addendum:
Oh, and speaking of life in NRA Paradise . . . .
Happy Birthday to Me 0
This blog is 18 years old today.
It may be drivel, but it’s my drivel.
The Pusher Men 0
Mike and Farron discuss the “ghoul calculation.”
Aside:
Apropos Mike’s description of drug companies’ sales techniques: I was married to a nurse.. She told me that the staff where she worked always looked forward to visits from drug company reps, because it meant treats all around.
Still Rising Again after All These Years 0
Francis Wilkinson considers Donald Trump’s slogan and asks, “‘Make America great again’ for just whom, exactly?”
Follow the link for her answer.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Yet another “responsible gun owner” exposes another child to politeness.
Caught in the Act 0
From my recent visit to my dentist (who is excellent, by the way) to have some old fillings repaired:
Dentist: Now let’s numb this other tooth. Be ready for a sting–maybe worse than last one. This may hurt a bit.
(Dentist applies syringe. I hardly feel a thing, but I still flinch, as years of evolution tell us not to allow others to stick pointy things into our bodies.)
Me: I barely felt a thing. Is that some kind of psychological tactic to make me think it wasn’t as painful as it might have been?
Dentist. Well (long pause) yes.
By the way, he is a highly skilled and extremely competent dentist and I am very happy to be among his patients.