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“So Your Source Is ‘Trust Me, Bro’?'” 0
The Pillow of the Community loses an argument with a 12-year-old. And other stuff.
Aside, Accessory after the Fact Dept.:
Yesterday, First Daughter, her son, and I visited Norfolk’s Gardens by the Sea (which is a marvelous place which you should visit if you are ever in these parts). As we entered the visitors’ center, we saw an old white guy–maybe even older than I–wearing a tee-shirt that read “I’m voting for the felon.”
Honest to Pete, it made me ashamed to be an old white guy.
The Crypto Con 0
I guess a life-long con artist just can’t resist the temptation, even if he be a bit late to the game.
No doubt, though, he will find plenty of pigeons in his flock.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Yet another child . . . .
One more time, “accidental” and “negligent” are not synonyms. Law enforcement and news media should stop pretending that they are.
Still Rising Again after All These Years 0
Michael in Norfolk feels a need to point out what is obvious to anyone willing to look. A snippet:
Follow the link for his reasoning.
“Chicago Is Her Kind of Town” 0
In a hoot of a bit, Stephen Colbert interviews (ersatz) Melania Trump.
Afterthought:
When I worked for the railroad, I spent a lot of time in Chicago. Chicago gave me some of my fondest memories.
Criminalizing Camping 0
Emma talks with investigative reporter and journalist Rebecca Burns about the right-wing’s effort to punish homeless persons for being in this new gilded age.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Yet another “responsible gun owner” has politeness in the bag.
One person was taken to a hospital with a gunshot wound.
Loan Sharks 0
I notice that, when student loans are discussed, it is seldom noted that the price of college has skyrocketed while middle-class income has stagnated over the past 40 years of this new gilded age.
Party Liners 0
Freedom of thought? What is this thing that you call “freedom of thought.”
Hate Fair 0
The San Francisco Chronicle’s Soleil Ho visited her family in rural Illinois and accompanied them to the local state fair and found herself surrounded with persons bearing Trump paraphernalia. She found the experience somewhat–er–disconcerting. Here’s a bit from her article (emphasis added):
(Broken link fixed.)
Gauging the Gouge in This New Gilded Age 0
Sam and the crew reveal the market farces used to rationalize greedflation.
