Author's archive
“Still in Slave Patrol Mode” 0
From the web page:
Dr. Crystal Fleming has some ideas on how we can be less stupid on race, namely to stop thinking about them as simply individual acts but as part of larger systems of power. Dr. Fleming and Thom Hartmann bring up the recent Serena Williams scandal to document how discussing issues as acts of individual prejudice instead of as acts of power limit our understanding and ability to fight racism.
“Lessons Learned . . .” 0
. . . and, as Shaun Mullen points out, they were the wrong damned lessons.
(Sticky) (Unstuck) Virginia Beach Drinking Liberally Hurricane Delay (Updated) (Updated Again) 0
The Virginia Beach Drinking Liberally gathering will be delayed one week until Thursday, September 20, because of Hurricane Florence.
A Trumpled Party 0
Dana Milbank looks at Republicans’ early campaign tactics for this fall’s election and concludes that they intend to use ad hominem character assassination, lies, innuendo, falsified photos, and the like as their first choice of tactics (follow the link for his list of numerous examples).
He suggests that the Trumpling of the Republican Party is complete. A snippet (emphasis added):
Gutless Wonders (Updated) 0
Dick Polman reminds us that Ben Sasse (like many other Republicans who claim to be skeptical of Donald Trump) are as a sounding brass or a tinkling cymbal, signifying nothing.
Addendum:
Werner Herzog’s Bear has more.
Stray Thought 0
An “affectionate cat” is a cat that willingly accepts affection.
Recommended Reading 0
Robert van Gulik’s last book of the Judge Dee series, written shortly before his untimely death, Murder in Canton.
I’ve just started it and I’m already enraptured.
Profiles in Discourage 0
Leonard Pitts, Jr., points out that the recent New York Times column about Donald Trump by “Anonymous” does not mean what its author thinks it means. He takes issue with the implication that Anonymous and his fellow insurgents are somehow bravely standing between Donald Trump and catastrophe. A snippet (emphasis added):