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In Case You Wondered Why There’s
Hamburger All Over the Highways
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This afternoon, as I was running errands, I was sitting at a red light in the right lane of a major three-lane street, because, at the next block, I intended to turn right to go to my bank.
A vehicle came up in the lane to my left, that is, not the right lane, then turned right, crossing in front of me to enter thw shopping center to my right.
Two more vehicles followed it.
Somehow, I doubt that this is what “right turn on red after stop” is about.
We are not only a society of stupid.
We are a society of selfish.
Decoding Deconstructing De Code
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Emma and Blair LM Kelley discuss that the “working class,” despite what the press seems to think, is not personified by Trump supporters lounging in diners in the Midwest.
Pet Sociopathylogy
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Stanley Coren cites research that confirms what you already knew. Cats are sociopaths.
Aside:
We have two cats. And we have had other cats in the past.
As far as I can tell, all they care about is getting their own way.
Recommended Viewing 0
Secrets of the Stones: Decoding Ireland’s Lost Past, a look at the archeology of Ireland’s from its earliest past through the early Christian era. Plus, the photography is stunning. I would recommend having Google Maps satellite view open as you watch it.
I saw it on Tubi, but I gather it’s available on other streaming services as well.
Deceptive by Definition 0
At the Idaho State Journal, Randy Stapilus notes that, in Right-Wing Wonderland, words mean what they–right-wingers, that is–want them to mean.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
People of Walmart proceed to park with politeness.
Down at the Farm 0
I don’t know exactly what happened yesterday. (My hosting provider’s most excellent tech support told me it wasn’t anything I did.)
But things seem to be working again.
A Question of Identity 0
Not long ago, I heard an apocryphal quotation from a fictional Native America chief. I forget exactly where, but it stuck with me. The chief was speaking to a cavalry officer and said something like this: “If you win a battle, it’s a victory. If we win, it’s a massacre.”
At Psychology Today Blogs, Joe Pierre explores the line between labeling acts of violence as “terrorism” or as “mental illness.” Here’s a bit:
I think his article a worthwhile read, especially in the light of recent events.
The Mussolini Mimic 0
Seth dissects the desire to dictate.
Republican Family Values 0
If this is not a miscarriage of justice, I have no idea what would qualify as such.
I am beyond appalled.
Aside:
I know someone who had a miscarriage.
She was devastated.
As far as she was concerned, she had not “had a miscarriage,” she had lost a baby. In her case, it happened under medical care, so she was she was not faced with the issue that this woman was faced with–what to do with the baby.
That Republicans would choose turn someone who suffered an unavoidable medical emergency into a criminal defendant exemplifies the moral bankruptcy of the organization that portrays itself as the party of family values.
Today’s Republican Party is a vile and loathsome thing.
A Voter Fraud Fraudster 0
Have you noticed that, when one gets caught, he or she almost always turn out to be a Republican?