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As the Twig Is Bent . . . (Updated) 0
Virginia’s Governor Trumpkin is looking to bend him some twigs.
Afterthought:
Hillsdale College was in on the rewrite.
Somehow or another, I got on Hillsdale College’s propaganda mailing list.
Talk about right-wing agitprop . . . .
Addendum:
A bit of a backtrack.
Still Rising Again after All These Years . . . 0
. . . and now they’re phoning it in.they’re phoning it in.they’re phoning it in.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Ed Finton, who has lived in the neighborhood for 40 years, saw the ordeal unfold.
“I woke up to gunfire,’’ Finton said. “My dog was going nuts.”
“I could see a guy standing in the middle of 80th Street with a long gun just shooting randomly,” he said. “When I saw that I called 911. The only thing I knew was the SUV had crashed into the pole.”
Just another day in the NRA’s Garden of Bleedin’.
American Oligarchy 0
Thom reminds us that, in an economy of monopolies, monopolies monopolize.
Twits off Twitter 0
In case you are a Twitter user turned off by the Muskrat love, I gather that a number of persons are turning to Mastodon.
If you are interested in Mastodon, you may find the EFF’s article about privacy and security on Mastadon useful.
Freedom of Screech 0
They’re just fighting for their right to be mean for the sake of mean.
Twits on Twitter 0
Yet more hate-full twits.
The Echo Chamber 0
Sam and his crew discuss the transitory nature of Republican introspection.
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Twits Own Twitter 0
Above the Law’s Chris Williams discerns a madness in the method.
The Pity Party 0
The Crypto Con 0
Bloomberg columnist Allison Schrager muses on the implications of the crypto crash. A snippet (emphasis added):
Barnum was wrong. There’s not one born every minute.
There’s one born every second.
All the News that Fits, It’s Bubblicious Dept. 0
Sam and a caller discuss the right-wing news bubble and confirmation bias.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Once again, politeness becomes child’s play.
Think for a moment: what is the common denominator in gun deaths?
No, it’s not “death”; that’s the quotient.