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A Picture Is Worth 0
What happens when members of a society eschew the common good and ignore the social contract?
The answer is below the fold.
Tournament of Trumpians 0
Above the Law’s Joe Patrice asks, “Which Trump Lawyer Is The Biggest Disgrace?”
Follow the link to see how he handicaps the brackets.
I disagree with his prediction. I think we would see Bill Barr v. Sidney Powell in the Trumpianship playoff, but I am not a lawyer and Patrice is.
Aside:
I thought I wanted to be a lawyer when I went off to college, but then I met some law students. I decided nothing was worth being that uptight. Of course, I’m not claiming I met a representative sample of law students by any means . . . .
Vindictive Vagueness 0
The Angry Grammarian parses Florida’s “Don’t Say Gay” and finds it an intentionally uninterpretable linguistic mishmash. He concludes
Follow the link for his reasoning.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
He was just doing his bit to spread a little politeness . . . .
The Hole Truth 0
Methinks Alby has a point.
A Tune for the Times 0
Mangy comments at the Youtube page:
When Putin announced his plans to ‘liberate’ part of Ukraine, and unilaterally declared sections of Ukraine to be independent nations, Trump praised Putin for being “smart”, “savvy” and “genius”. If given a second term, Trump would have withdrawn from NATO and would have allowed Putin free rein to march unimpeded into Ukraine. That’s what happens when the Russians have ‘kompromat’ on a sleazy US official like our former president.
Mangy Fetlocks wanted to call out some of the ramifications of the ‘genius’ move that Putin has made, as Trump was busy labelling American diplomats and officials “dumb”. Only a sociopath like Trump could make such a call.
Still Rising Again after All These Years 0
Charles Blow summarizes Republicans’ seven step plan to salvage segregation.
Russian Impulses 0
Warning: Short commercial at the end.
Q. What’s Stupid, Pointless, Vindictive, and Counter-Factual? 0
A. Why, a Rand gesture, of course.
The Medicine Show 0
Quack! Quack! Quack!
(Warning: Short commercial at the end.)