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“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Brotherly politeness . . . .
The shooting unfolded just before 4 p.m. Monday in the cab of a truck that was in a parking lot in Rancho Cucamonga, the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department said.
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The boys’ mom had just parked at a shopping center and was outside of the car, unloading items to bring inside, at the time of the shooting, Huerta told Los Angeles ABC station KABC.
We are a broken society.
The Climates They Are a-Changing 0
The other day, I flippantly wondered whether the Florida legislator who proposed outlawing manipulating the weather would go after the fossil fuel industry.
Yesterday, I learned that a town in North Carolina is suing Duke Energy for precisely that reason.
Oh, and while we’re on the subject, as I type this, I can look out my window and see trees that still have leaves on them.
In bleeping December.
The Crypto Con 0
Plus ca change, plus la meme chose.
Real Big Men 0
The Arizona Republic’s E. J. Montini marvels at the machismo.
The Voter Fraud Fraudsters 0
David bloviates about the bogosity (warning: short promo at the end).
The Vice of the Turtle 0
At Above the Law, Kathryn Rubino finds it somewhat–er–ironic that Mitch McConnell has the unmitigated gall nerve to charge someone else with placing party over country.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Yet another “responsible gun owner” exposes a portable phallus to a child.
We are again reminded that “responsible gun owner” is an oxymoron.
Twits Own Twitter X Offenders
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Robert Reich argues that X has truly become the bullies’ pulpit, with Musk as the Bully-in-Chief.
“History Does Not Repeat Itself, but It Often Rhymes”* 0
Thom and Heidi Siegmund Cuda hear some very scary rhymes. A quote:
It can happen anywhere where you can get a mob together over fear and othering and have them become your foot soldiers for fascism.
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*Mark Twain.
If One Standard Is Good, Two Must Be Better 0
Afterthought:
Do I think Biden should have pardoned his son? No, not after promising not to.
Do I understand why he did? Yes
Hunter Biden was not being prosecuted. He was being persecuted, solely because his father is Joe Biden.
If his last name were, oh, just to pick one, Kushne–oh, never mind.
Karen Karen-Like 0
Meet a Karen who flies the fiendly skies.
Tongue Got Her Cat? 0
You can’t make this stuff up.