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And Now for a Musical Interlude 0
Connie Stevens and the Arthur Lyman Group perform the Hawaiian Eye theme song. (The Hawaiian Village was the hotel where the Hawaiian Eye detective agency was based. It was bought by Hilton about halfway through the run of the show.)
Precedented 0
Writing at the Bangor Daily News, Gordon Weil suggests that there is an historical precedent for Donald Trump, but that it’s not necessarily who you might expect. Here’s a bit:
The king in question is King George III of Great Britain, a man we like to dislike.
Methinks he makes a pretty good case. Follow the link for his reasoning.
“The Victim Complex” 0
Farron suggests that Trump voters fear that karma is real and that it’s coming for them.
I Feel Like I Know This Person from Somewhere . . . . 0
Does this remind you of anyone in the news?
The Price of Admission 0
In his remarks, the artist notes that
Competition for elite colleges, whatever that means, is fierce. Over the past several decades these august institutions of higher learning have squeezed enrollment to the point where the only way to get in is to be extraordinary or have your dad donate a library.
Alien Nation 0
Snopes parses the persiflage about the recent House of Representatives hearing about UAPS (what used to be called UFOs) and concludes that, based on what we know today, there’s no there there.
One Thing Is Like the Other Thing 0
When I was a young ‘un, back in the olden days, it was perfectly okay to use race to keep persons out of college (and many other places).
Now, per the Supreme Supremacist Court, it’s not okay to use race to help them get into college.
Yup. They are still rising again after all these years.
Still Rising Again after All These Years 0
Richard Nixon’s Southern Strategy has come full circle.
The “Party of Lincoln” is now the “Party of Stinkin’.”
Image via Juanita Jean.
Suffer the Children 0
Self-proclaimed follower of Jesus Christ makes manifest those words.
Triggers 0
At the Portland Press-Herald, Daniel Smith offers an interesting perspective on why some Republicans are so frightened by “wokeness.”
The Time Machine 0
John Young, discussing the recent Supreme Supremacist Court ruling in Moore v. Harper, argues that MAGA Republicans and their sponsors (might one call them “groomers”?), such as the Federalist Society, want to roll back the clock by packing the Court with their dupes, symps, and fellow-travelers.
Here’s a bit of his article:
And so, in a right-wing laboratory, rows of judge-robots were programmed:
“I will destroy democracy.”
“I will destroy democracy.”
“I will destroy democracy.”
MAGA true believers will say this is not the intention of their chosen jurists. They mean only to return the workings of our democracy back to the way they were in the — uh, oh, what the heck — 18th century.
Before the invention of flush toilets. When slaves, not electricity, powered the economy. When only property owners, White ones, ran the place.
Republican Family Entertainment 0
And, in related news . . . .
Image via Job’s Anger.
Afterthought:
It’s just another Republican culture war misdirection play, but it is truly an exceptionally stupid one
Foxy Shady 0
Thom and Julie Millican of Media Matters discuss Fox News’s role in incubating insurrection and suggest that it’s all about the Benjamins.
Here’s the website mentioned in the clip.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Yet another responsible gun owner exposes her family to politeness.
The report quotes one of the neighbors as saying
“My big message for parents out here: monitor your kids. Please monitor your kids,” said Sherrie Richardson.
As far as I am concerned, it would be better that the guns weren’t there in the first place than to have to “monitor the kids.”