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Karen Karen-Like 0
A Karen tries to fly the fiendly skies but instead just makes them fiendlier.
Snowbird 0
From by brother’s birdfeeder cam in Virginia’s Northern Neck. (He got about three inches. We got off easy with just a dusting.)
“History Does Not Repeat Itself, but It Often Rhymes”* 0
At the Idaho State Journal, Kim Shinkoskey hears a rhyme. Here’s how he opens his article:
Follow the link for his evidence.
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*Mark Twain.
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We are a society of stupid.
Tax and Spin 0
The Arizona Republc’s E. J. Montini decodes de code. A snippet:
That is how legitimate news operations described what the council did, anyway.
The Goldwater folks, taking a page from the playbook of what they themselves might call “fake news,” put out a press release under a headline reading: “Goldwater Sues To Stop Gilbert’s ‘Illegal’ Pickleball Tax.”
Follow the link for a description of the decryption.
What’s in a Word? 0
Mangy Felocks explains some neologisms. (Warning: Tasteless. Accurate, but tasteless.)
“Get Me Rewrite!” 0
At the Des Moines Register, Lyle Miller digs into Republicans’ efforts to portray Donald Trump’s attempt to overturn the 2020 election as a good thing.
I commend his article to your attention.
The Firestorm of Lies 0
Thom dissects the firestorm of right-wing lies about the California fires.
The Burial Plot 0
If we bury it somewhere away from the front page, maybe nobody will notice it.
