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The Republican Hypocritic Oath 0
Dick Polman tries to understand why the Republican Party is determined to strip affordable health care from millions of Americans, despite opposition from “the American Medical Association, the AARP, the American Heart Association, the American College of Physicians, the American Academy of Pediatrics, and at least five Republican governors who care a great deal about their affected constituents.”
He proffers four theories, each one of which I think has a piece of the truth, and no one of which rules out any of the others. Here’s one of them:
Follow the link for the other three.
Jingo Unchained 0
Josh Marshall reflects on Donald Trump’s view of the rest of the world.
Gaming the Google 0
That seldom works out well.
Geeking Out 0
The Enlightenment v. 21 desktop environment* on Mageia 6.
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*Some contend that E is a window manager. They’re wrong for this reason: Enlightenment configuration is managed using GUI tools, not text configuration files. That lifts it out of the “window manager” category.
Twits on Twitter 0
Ben Cohen suggests that the Trumpler might have a tactic to his twittery. A snippet:
I agree that we shouldn’t allow the Trumpled twittery to take attention from legislation, but I’m skeptical that there is any system to it. I find his twitness to be less a tactic than a perhaps certain instinctive ferile cunning fueled by ADD (Attention Desperation Disorder).
Follow the link for the complete article.
Trump, the Movie 0
I can’t embed it, so just go watch it.
The Empty “Wars” of Empty Souls 0
At The Bangor Daily News, Lance Dotson skewers the duplicity of our endless metaphorical domestic “wars” on this, that, and the other thing. A snippet:
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This is why it is so disheartening to see the malice toward the underclasses that feeds so much of our political discourse in Maine in the age of Gov. Paul LePage.
LePage, and his welfare protege Mary Mayhew, have adopted the foolish and cruel position that poverty and crime can be eliminated by tightening the clenched fist.
Follow the link for the rest.