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If One Standard Is Good, Two Must Be Better 0

PoliticalProf.

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The Medicine Show, Horse–er–Paste Dept. 0

The Majority Report crew discusses a Brazilian study that shows that Ivermectin is wholly ineffective as a treatment for COVID, despite the pipe dreams of wingnut whack jobs.

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Dis Coarse Stupid Discourse 0

Woman says,

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No, I didn’t watch the Oscars. I generally avoid awards shows.

I have no interest in watching show business–er–pleasure itself.

We are a society of stupid.

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“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0

Children should be polite in school.

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“A Fool for a Client” 0

At Above the Law, Jill Switzer rounds up some clients who make lawyers question their career choice.

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QOTD 0

Auguste Rodin:

Nothing is a waste of time if you use the experience wisely.

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And Now for a Musical Interlude 0

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Lies and Lying Liars 0

And this surprises you how?

(Not, mind you, that I think Washington, D. C., is some kind of paragon of purity. What place is?)

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It’s Bubblicious 0

Michael in Norfolk, who happens to be a real estate lawyer, sees signs of a nascent housing bubble.

I remember during the housing bubble of the early 2000’s reading a column in the Inky by a business columnist named, I think, Alan Heavens in which he posited that one of the first signs of a bubble was persons starting to ask, “Are we in a bubble?”

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All That Was Old Is New Again 0

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“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0

If you feud on Facebook, be sure to settle your differences politely.

We are a failing society.

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It’s in the Eye of the Beholder 0

PoliticalProf offers a theory as to why Donald Trump’s most loyal followers will never abandon him.

I commend it to your attention.

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“But the Text Messages!” 0

No, not Hillary Clinton’s. Ginni Thomas’s.

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QOTD 0

Harry Turtledove:

Fiction has to be plausible. All history has to do is happen.

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And Now for a Change of Pace 0

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Gutting Out the Vote 0

Title:  Modern Wonders.  Image One:  Man streaming movies right out of the air.  Image Two:  Woman shopping for anything at home, then having them delivered the next day.  Image Three:  Man depositing checks into his bank account with his smart phone.  Image Four:  Long line at polling place having to wiat for hours to vote.

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Dis Coarse Discourse 0

The stupid. It burns.

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One hopes that this fellow is not representative of those who voted him into office, but one fears that he is.

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Facebook Frolics 0

Deep-cover frolics.

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Stray Question 0

Donald Trump took an oath to “. . . preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States.”

How’s he doing so far?

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The Phoney’s Phalanx 0

Group of Republican Elephants form a protective shield around Donald Trump.  One of them asks Ketanji Brown Jackson,

Via Yellowdoggranny.

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