2023 archive
All That Was Old Is New Again 0
A reference in a Philo Vance mystery led me to pull out my old copy of The Encyclopedia of Witchcraft and Demonology* the other day.
As I was idly thumbing through it, it occurred to me that there are many similarities in the events it recounts and the current Republican-fed hysteria over “grooming,” trans kids, and LGBTQ+ in general. Both are based on fiction, feed on ignorance and fear, and persecute the innocent and faultless, while empowering the despotic and tyrannical, who cynically exploit them.
I’m sure more parallels will come to me over time.
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*I’ve had the book for years. I got it in connection with a research paper I was doing back in the olden days, when I was a young ‘un.
Pathology 0
Michael in Norfolk argues that we–and especially the pundocrisy–ignore Donald Trump’s somewhat obvious mental–er–challenges at our peril.
Geeking Out 0
VirtualBox VMs of Slackware –Current, Ubuntu MATE, and Mint MATE on Mageia v. 8 under the Fluxbos window manager.
Fire on the Disinformation Superhighway 0
Rebecca discusses the cavalcade of crazy surrounding the fires on Maui.
If you prefer, you can read the transcript.
Devolution 0
Writing at the Hartford Courant, David Holahan finds himself dismayed by flood of lies in dis coarse discourse and by those who would dismiss justify them as somehow being “free speech.” Here’s a bit of his article (emphasis added):
(snip)
America has devolved from the home of self-evident truths to the land of felonious falsehoods.
Tubervillainy 2
Methinks Grung_e_Gene may be onto something.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Yet another child is sacrificed to the NRA’s leaden idol.
A Notion of Immigrants 0
The Philadelphia Inquirer’s Will Bunch makes a strong case that Texas Governor Abbott is simply being mean for the sake of mean.
I think a pretty strong case can be made that, if the majority of immigrants at our Southern border were white like me, they’d not be greeted with such hostility.
QOTD 0
James Bolam, in the voice of Jack Halford:
You never see arms manufacturers on the breadline. You can always afford a war.
Gutting Out the Vote 0
At AL.com, Kyle Whitmire dissects the deception. Here’s how he starts his article:
Follow the link for the evidence.
Driven to Destruction 0
Emma and the crew find themselves somewhat skeptical of “self-driving” cars because, well, they don’t do what they are promised to do (Warning: Mild language).
Twits Own Twitter . . . 0
. . . And Jim Wright has finally reached his breaking point.
“Bug Off, Boyfriend” 0
So says Florida Woman.