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“Great Caesar’s Ghost!” 0
I always associated that phrase with the old Superman television show starring George Reeves, in which it was often uttered by Perry White, Clark Kent’s editor at The Daily Planet.
I don’t know the origin of that phrase, but I just learned that it is much older than the 1950s, as it occurs in Mary Roberts Rinehart’s More Tish, which Rinehart wrote a century ago after her stint as a war correspondent in WWI.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Fly the fiendly skies and be sure to do so politely.
Jesus, Mary, and Joseph.
If you can’t remember that you are packing heat, you’re too stupid to pack heat.
Guns and stupid, guns and stupid.
They go together like love and Cupid.
Let me tell you brother,
You can’t have one without the other.
“But There’s No Other Possible Explanation” 0
Thom talks with Kelly Weill about why persons are susceptible to conspiracy theories.
This discussion is well worth a listen.
Suffer the Children 0
One more time, that’s not scripture. That’s Republican policy.
Do Unto Others . . . . 0
. . . and Florida Man did.
A Tune for the Times 0
Mangy comments at the Youtube page:
Only really weak, insecure, pathetic, or painfully obsequious individuals like Tucker Carlson or Donald Trump would admire and praise Vladimir Putin, a coward who hides from his own people, while sending troops to carry out bloody attacks on citizens of a friendly neighboring country. Such a person is not “manly”, but merely a sociopathic madman. The weaklings that admire him only do so because they believe they are powerful by association.
All the History that Fits 0
At The Roanoke Times, Richard Sullivan, Jr., envisions a history class free of “divisive concepts” as mandated by Virginia’s Governor Trumpkin.
No excerpt or summary can do his article justice. Just read it.
A Notion of Immigrants 0
A caller calls out America’s color-coded double standard on granting refuge to refugees.
War and Mongers of War 0
At the Bangor Daily News, Gordon Weil decodes de code, in this case, Vladimir Putin’s self-styled “justifications” for invading Ukraine. Here’s one little bit; follow the link for the rest.
Still Rising Again after All These Years 0
The St. Louis Post-Gazette’s Kevin McDermott offers some profiles in cowardice.
The Climates They Are a-Changing 0
It’s March 6 and I had to turn on the AC to remove humidity from the house.
But climate change is a myth.
Also, pigs, wings.