May, 2024 archive
Cry Babies 0
Paul Krugman warn us “to beware the pettiness of the powerful,” observing that
Follow the link for his evidence.
He’s All about the Benjamins 0
How is this not begging for a bribe?
Sycophantic Supplicating Surrogates, Once Again 0
Farron notes that Mitt Romney is fed up with the groveling grovelers in his party.
My two or three regular readers know that I am not a fan of Mitt Romney, but I will concede that, unlike many of his fellow Republicans, he has a bit of something called “integrity.”
If you are a Republican, I invite you to look that up in your Merriam-Webster. It is likely a term unfamiliar to you.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
As we are so often reminded, a polite society is a clean society.
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.
Sycophantic Supplicating Surrogates, One More Time 0
The question is, will they take the rest of us over the cliff with them?
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Yet another “responsible gun owner” isn’t.
According to statements made by the boy’s parents, it is believed that the boy’s father either placed or keeps a loaded handgun in a holster on top of the refrigerator in the kitchen, the DA said. The boy’s mother said the he evidently used a chair to climb up on the kitchen counter tops, and apparently reached on top of the refrigerator to get the gun, Johnson said.
And yet another headline writer demonstrates ignorance of the difference between “accidental” and “negligent.” (Yes, you’ll have to follow the link to see the headline.)
QOTD 0
James Craig, in the voice of Nels Halverson:
The only thing that can make a land evil is the people who inhabit it.
Real Big Men 0
No doubt you’ve heard of Harrison Butker’s misogynistic commencement address at Benedictine College this past week.
At the Kansas City Star, Melinda Henneberger writes of the response from the Benedictine Sisters of Mount St. Scholastica to said remarks. They–er–had some quibbles with his statements. (As a side note, the Sisters co-founded that college.)
Just go read it. No excerpt of summary will do her piece justice.
A Question of Egonomics 0
Does this remind you of anyone in the news?
The Privatization Scam 0
Michigan State professor Josh Cowen documents the duplicity. A snippet (emphasis added):
More documented duplicity at the link.
Those Who Forget History . . . 0
. . . are condemned to condemn themselves to repeat it.
Lead Poisoned 0
Anna Clark, reporter at ProPublica covering issues in the MidWest, discusses her recent reporting on the Flint water crisis, 10 years later.
Learn more here.
Republican Family Values 0
“Republican Family Values” has always been a con and a scam.
Nothing proves that more than Republicans’ fealty to Donald Trump, who has no family values, nor, for that matter, values of any sort.
