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Recommended Viewing 0
Black Widow, with Van Heflin, Gene Tierney, George Raft, and Ginger Rogers.
If you can find it, it is well worth a watch. We caught it on Movies.
The Squandering 0
Michael in Norfolk mourns America’s loss of respect and respectability. Here’s a bit:
Methinks he has a point.
Still Rising Again after All These Years 0
Thom decodes de code.
Republican Family Values, Meet a Notion of Immigrants 0
Natch, the result of the meeting is more mean for the sake of mean.
“History Does Not Repeat Itself, but It Often Rhymes”* 0
Robert Reich hears a rhyme. Here’s the opening couplet:
Next, subdue the courts by ignoring or threatening to ignore court rulings you disagree with.
Follow the link. The verse gets worse.
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*Mark Twain.
The Disinformation Superhighway 0
At Psychology Today Blogs, Gina Simmons Schneider reminds us that
Follow the link for some tools and techniques to protect yourself from poison on the disinformation superhighway.
The Self-Fulfilling Prophecy 0
After years of warning us that the federal government cannot be trusted, the right-wing and the Republican Party have succeeded in giving us . . .
. . . a federal government that cannot be trusted.
Market Farces, Reprise 0
David points out that, “(n)o matter what MAGA tells you, not buying a Tesla is not ‘cancel culture,’ it’s capitalism.” (Warning: Short promo at the end.)
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Yet another “responsible gun owner” exposes toddlers to politeness.
Authorities didn’t describe the extent of the toddler’s injuries but said they’re expected to be OK, WSB-TV reported. So far, no charges have been filed.
Thus passeth another day in gun nut Garden of Eden.
Break Time 0
Off to drink liberally.
Establishmentarians 0
At Al.com, John Archibald notes that an Alabama legislator has offered a bill requiring public schools to start their day with a Christian prayer or risk losing a portion of their funding.
Archibald goes on to offer a prayer for said legislators, one which methinks is spot on.
I commend it to your attention.