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Admissions Test 0
Michael in Norfolk sums it up:
Follow the link for context.
The Privatization Scam 0
The Arizona Republic’s E. J. Montini makes a strong case that, in Arizona, the privatization scam just got scammier.
Nor Any Drop To Drink 0
Plastics people, you’re such a drag.*
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With apologies to the Mothers of Invention.
Aside:
I remember many years ago, when I was a young ‘un, walking through the place where the sororities at my alma mater were located on my way to a restaurant for dinner and shouting, “Plastic people, you’re such a drag.”
I have never regretted it.
She Is Accused of a “Terroristic Threat” 0
Thom wanders, where’s the threat?
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Another oxymoronic “responsible gun owner.”
Another unsecured gun.
We are a society poisoning itself with lead. At Psychology Today Blogs, Tahir Rahman offers some thoughts as to possible antidotes.
Health Care Schmealth Care, Reprise 0
More evidence that it’s all about the Benjamins: Elisabeth Rosenthal dissects the relabeling scam.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Yet another oxymoronic “responsible gun owner” shows his politeness after a minor contretemps on the concrete.
“My papa made a turn and the man he was speeding… granddad hit his car… it was a small dent and the man just got out and started shooting,” Jackson said.
We are a broken society.
Something I Hoped Never To See Again 0
Pictures of children in iron lungs because of polio, but apparently RFK Jr. and his dupes, symps, and fellow travelers have other plans.
Recommended Listening 0
Harry Shearer’s interview with Dr. Stephanie Kelton, professor of economics and public policy at Stony Brook University, in which they hold a balanced discussion of the federal deficit; In the course of their discussion, Kelton explodes many of the myths and falsehoods spread by the self-styled “deficit hawks.” The discussion starts at the 21-minute mark.
By the way, the rest of the show is also well worth a listen. I try not to miss an episode.
Nurturer of Narcissism? 0
Jennifer Gerlach, writing at Psychology Today Blogs, reports on a recent study that seems to confirm that “social” media isn’t.
Follow the link for her thoughts on the matter.
And remember, you don’t use “social” media. “Social” media companies use you.