2024 archive
A Tune for the Times 0
Mangy decodes de code.
Still Rising Again after All These Years 0
It seems clear that Richard Nixon’s “southern strategy” has come full circle and that today’s Republican Party has devolved into the party of the Secesh.
“History Does Not Repeat Itself, but It Often Rhymes”* 0
At the Tampa Bay Times, Daniel Ruth hears a rhyme.
And, while we’re on the subject of voices from the past . . . .
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*Mark Twain.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Shower your wife with politeness.
he round went through a door jamb and into the shower, hitting his 26-year-old wife in the shoulder, according to Shaddow.
One more time, “responsible gun owner” is an oxymoron.
Sowing the Whirlwind, Reprise 0
Steve M. sails into the whirlwind of lies about the whirlwind to see who’s making it swirl.
(He also wonders why some news outlets seem reluctant to explicitly call out the lying lies for their lies.)
Untruth in Labeling 0
More stuff you couldn’t make up.
A Tune for the Times 0
(Typo fixed.)
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
We are again reminded that politeness is a family value.
Too many guns. Too much stupid.
If you reduced the number of the guns, you would still have the stupid.
But you might achieve that elusive goal of a “well-regulated militia” that seems to have faded from memory . . . .
Speaking of the Whirlwind . . . . 0
(Warnin: Short commercial at the end.)
Republican Thought Police 0
They are fighting for the freedom of repress.
Break Time 0
Off to drink liberally.
The Weather Bombers 0
A caller talks about his North Carolinian father-in-law’s refusing to accept aid from FEMA after losing almost everything to hurricane Helene because he believe Trump’s lies.
Via C&L, which has the transcript.
Speaking of “Bankrupt” and “Looted” . . . . 0
Robert Reich discusses what a second Donald Trump presidency means for the economy.
Or you can read the transcript.