April, 2024 archive
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Have your coffee with a side of politeness.
Still Rising Again after All These Years 0
Clarence Page decodes de code.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Get a load of all this politeness.
Guns and stupid, guns and stupid.
They go together like love and Cupid.
Let me tell you brother,
You can’t have one without the other.
Russian Impulses 0
Republican Ken Buck, who resigned his post in the House of Representatives in disgust, comments on the Greene raw deal.
Via C&L, which has commentary.
Trump’s Money Shtick 0
Seth follows the money.
“Are You Better Off Now Than You Were Four Years Ago?” 0
Republicans keep asking that question.
At the Bangor Daily News, Michael Avery Sr. responds:
Follow the link for the rest of his response.
(Broken link fixed.)
Eclipsing the Facts 0
Sam and the crew discuss the eclipse nut jobs.
Eclipses are natural phenomena. They happen. They are predictable.
They are not signs from God. They are not omens.
They are things that happen, like tides and seasons and snow storms.
Aside:
Honest to Betsy, Rudy Giuliani now looks for all the world like Gollum come to life.
Russian Impulses 0
Michael in Norfolk points out the same Republicans are starting to realize the extent to which Russian propaganda has infected their base. Follow the link for his reasoning.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
. . . and another “responsible gun owner” discharges his responsibility.
We are a pathetic polity.
“History Does Not Repeat Itself, but It Often Rhymes”* 0
This time, it’s the Chicago Tribune’s Sean Kim Butorac who hears a rhyme from over two centuries ago.
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*Mark Twain
Republican Thought Police 0
At AL.com, John Archibald looks at a bill currently being deliberated (I use that term very loosely) by the Alabama legislature (another term I use very loosely) and wonders
Could a librarian be arrested for shelving the Bible where minors can find it?
Follow the link to see what led him to ask such a question.
