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Call Him the Bag Man 0
Honest to Pete, you can’t make this stuff up.
“A Globalized Ideology of Hate” 0
Thom interviews New York Times reporter Wajahat Ali about the roots of the Christchurch massacre.
Read Ali’s New York Times article.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Politeness is child’s play. Again.
(snip)
“Our 16-year-old victim had that gun in his hand and pointed the gun at himself and unfortunately shot himself and he is deceased,” Gray said. The other brother involved was 17.
My Daddy taught me that always to assume a gun was loaded unless I verified for myself that it wasn’t. He always stored his .22 with the bolt open so you knew the chamber was empty. And he taught me that guns are not toys.
Great Expectations 0
David wonders what right-wing extremists expect to gain from Donald Trump’s presidency.
Tales of the Trumpling: Snapshots of Trickle-Down Trumpery 0
The story mentions that what triggered the tirade was still not clear, but, frankly, that’s irrelevant.
Even had the man run into her grocery cart head-of-lettuce on, such language, not to mention the spitting, would have been unwarranted and, without question, constitutes a Grade-A case of Trumpling.
A There, There 0
At Psychology Today Blogs, Naomi Ellemers considers why persons find it so difficult to recognize discrimination when it is present. Her article focuses on academia, but can easily be generalize to the larger society.
Here’s a snippet (emphasis added):
“Say It Ain’t So, Joe” 2
As much as I liked and respected Joe Biden as a Senator, I agree with Shaun.
Heck, there are already too many Democrats testing the presidential waters (not to mention that entitled snowflake, the Man Who Ruined Coffee) and it’s still way too early . . . .
Sometimes, I find myself nostalgic for the smoke-filled rooms.
All the News that Fits 0
Mike marvels at how persons can debase themselves by working for Fox News (warning: profanity):