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And Now for a Musical Interlude 0
For some reason, this tune popped into my head today.
It’s the Stupid, Economy 0
Michael in Norfolk isn’t buying the narrative that Trump’s winning the election was about the economy. He argues that
Follow the link for the rest of his remarks.
Base Desires 0
The Rude One offers his thoughts about Donald Trump’s victory. The gist:
Follow the link for context.
(Warning: Language.)
After the Trumpling 0
Jim Wright is somewhat less than optimistic.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
And, as we all know, a polite society is a clean society.
Guns and stupid, guns and stupid.
They go together like love and Cupid.
Let me tell you brother,
You can’t have one without the other.
Artificial? Yes. Intelligent? Not So Much. 0
The movie: The Criminal Within (aka Murder at Glen Athol).
The dialog: Why would she do it? She loved Muriel.
The closed caption: Why would she do it she love me oreo.
The stupid: It burns.
Aside:
I love me oreo too, but I prefer Chips Ahoy.
A Tune for the Times 0
(Warning: Mild language.)
“History Does Not Repeat Itself, but It Often Rhymes”* 0
Over at Juanita Jean’s, Fenway Fran hears a rhyme. A snippet:
Remember, remember, the fifth of November . . . .
Post Mortem (Updated) 0
PoliticalProf shares some thoughts.
Addendum:
Regardless of the election of Obama, methinks he did not give America’s original sin of chattel slavery and the doctrine of racism created to rationalize it anywhere near the weight they deserve.
The Rule of Flaw 0
I go to sleep worrying about the American dream.
I wake up to the American scream.
I am not sanguine.
Still Rising after All These Years 0
If at first you can’t secede, try, try again.
No, I Am Not Watching the Election Coverage 0
I am stressed out enough already from worrying that we are on the verge of the end of the American dream.
I’ll read about it tomorrow.
“History Does Not Repeat Itself, but It Often Rhymes”* 0
Robert Cauthorn, writing at the Las Vegas Sun, hears a number of rhymes between today and the era of McCarthyism and the “Red Scare.” Here’s just one of them; follow the link for the rest.
Just like today, in the 1950s the forces of authoritarianism talked about the people who opposed them as degenerates and sexual deviants. And it should not go unnoticed that McCarthy’s right hand was lawyer Roy Cohn, who later became Donald Trump’s prized mentor.
Methinks you will find his article somewhat disquieting.
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*Mark Twain.