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Courting Disaster 0
Michael Westerhaus follows the money.
And Now for a Musical Interlude 0
I first ran across the Arthur Lyman Group in old episodes of Hawaiian Eye.
Lyman made magic with marimbas.
Republican Family Values 0
At Psychology Today Blogs, Elliot D. Cohen takes a look at the likely effects of the recent spate of anti-LGBTQ legislation in Republican-controlled states. His conclusions are disturbing.
He makes three main points:
- LGBTQ youth are twice as likely to entertain and attempt suicide as all other adolescents.
- LGBTQ-based discrimination is a major risk factor for poor mental health and suicidality in LGBTQ youth.
- Legislation that discriminates against LGBTQ people increases the likelihood of suicidality among LGBTQ youth.
Follow the link for a detailed exploration of the topic.
An Unintentional Truth 2
The editorial board of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch found itself somewhat taken aback by the statements of Florida Governor DeSantis defending chattel slavery. Here’s a little bit from their editorial:
What’s next? Suggesting that the Nazis’ horrendous wartime experiments on Jews weren’t entirely evil, because they yielded medical data?
Little did they expect that what they intended, in my opinion, as rhetorical hyperbole for emphasis would, within a matter of days, become a prophecy come true.
The Fifth Freedom 0
Franklin Roosevelt famously enumerated “the Four Freedoms.”
Now comes Rudy Giuliani to enumberate the fifth: The freedom to lie.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Another oxymoronic “responsible gun owner,” another random act of politeness, another day in NRA Paradise.
“Goodbye, Dollie” 0
Sam and the crew marvel at how the Barbie movie seems to have triggered wingnuts.
We are a society of stupid.
Courting Disaster 0
Recently, the Supreme Supremacist Court ruled that Alabama had to redraw its House districts because black persons, who make up a quarter of the state’s population, were under represented. Instead of one majority black district, said the Court, there must be at least two. Alabama has indeed redrawn its districts, once more with only one majority black district, ignoring the Court’s ruling.
The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette’s Gene Collier has a theory as to why:
See, there is no judicial branch, and thus no Supreme Court. So if you hear from SCOTUS on something, you can comply, don’t comply, up to you.
Follow the link for the complete article.
The Climates They Are a-Changing 0
Current events do not give cause for complacency.
Still Rising Again after All These Years 0
On-the-job training, Florida style:
Image via Yellowdoggranny.
Afterthought:
It occurs to me that a case could be made that some states are trying to secede once more all over again, but this time they’ve chosen not to put it in writing.
Beyond the Vacuity of the Dolls 0
At Above the Law, Chris Williams tries figure out why some right-wingers seem to have been triggered by the Barbie movie.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
And another random act of politeness . . . .