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“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Yet another oxymoronic “responsible gun owner” performs random acts of politeness.
We are a broken society.
Establishmentarians 0
Sociology professor Art Jipson takes a deep look at New Apostolic Reformation (NAR), one of the right-wing evangelical they-call-themselves Christian groups that have anointed Donald Trump as Jesus 2.0.
Afterthought:
Methinks the right-wing evangelical they-call-themselves Christian movmment is not at all about the spreading the gospel of love.
It’s about the propagating the power of preachers.
A Tune for the Times 0
(Warning: Mild language.)
Running Nekkid through the Inner Webs 0
The EFF explains some ways of protecting yourself from being tracked via your cell phone.
In these days of the surveillance economy, this is a worthwhile read.
Unjust Deserts? 0
Thom takes exception to Elie Mystal’s column about the recent election, in which Mystal argues that “Trump is our reckoning.”
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Yet another “responsible gun owner” feels constrained to show his politeness to one of our furry friends.
A Tune for the Times 0
Mangy comments at the Youtube page:
The main problem with America is we got too much education, which only confuses people. The less people know, the less they have to think, and the less they think, the more time they have for TV and sitting still. Sitting still never hurt anybody. You always hear about people being ticketed for a moving violation, but did you ever hear of anybody getting ticketed for a sitting violation? Didn’t think so.
Still Rising Again after All These Years 0
Joy Reid pulls no punches.
Make no mistake.
The pundits and politicians who are trying to blame Kamala Harris’s losing the election on Democratic strategy or poor messaging or you-name-it are (often willfully) missing the point.
Harris, despite being the most capable (not to mention coherent) candidate, lost to America’s original sin of chattel slavery and the construct of white racial superiority that was formulated to rationalize it.
Any claim otherwise is bullsh from the pundit hand book on how to mislabel maliciousness and normalize narcissism..
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
More courtesy on the concrete.
Back in the olden days, when I was a young ‘un before this became NRA Paradise, all we exchanged after an accident was insurance information.
It’s Bubblelicious 0
At Psychology Today Blogs, Jessica Koehler explores the effects of living in a bubble, like, say, just as a for instance, a news bubble. Here’s a bit:
I commend the entire piece to your attention as being a most timely read.
And Now for a Musical Interlude 0
For some reason, this tune popped into my head today.