From Pine View Farm

Author's archive

The Election Thief 0

Seth discusses Donald Trump’s plan to confiscate voting machines after he lost the 2020 election.

Share

“The Happiest Place on Earth” . . . 0

. . . unless they sign your paycheck.

Share

Storming Snowflakes 0

MAGA-hatted man says,

Click for the original image.

Share

A Rude by Any Other Name . . . . 0

The Local offers a fascinating look at why translating profanity from one language to another poses peculiar problems.

Share

Twits on Twitter 0

A twit who seems to lack a certain amount of whaddycallit? let’s say self-awareness.

Words fail me.

Share

QOTD 0

Pliny the Younger:

The lust of lucre has so totally seized upon mankind, that their wealth seems rather to possess them, than they to possess their wealth.

Share

A Tune for the Times 0

Share

Immunity Impunity 0

C-Dog:  Couple LAPD cops didn't respond to a robbery call 'cause they was playin' Pokeman.  They fired them on the spot.  Lemont:  Wait . . . you mean they didn't put them on paid leave?  C-Dog:  Uh-uh.  Lemont:  They didn't have to

Click for the original image.

Share

“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0

Practice random acts of politeness.

Share

A Slip of the Tongue Truth 0

Oh, goodness gracious me, fetch me my pearls that I may clutch them as I fswoon upon my fainting couch!

Share

Maskless Marauders 0

The Marauder Rewarder.

Share

Half the Truth, Nothing Like the Truth 0

Republican legislator seated in front of a picture of Martin Luther King, Jr., says to a group of students,

Click for the original image.

Share

Maskless Marauders 0

A notable lack of judgement.

Share

QOTD 0

Vincent Price:

A man who limits his interests, limits his life.

Share

And Now for a Musical Interlude 0

Share

“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0

Be polite to our furry four-legged friends.

Aside:

Yes, I agree, the concept of “support animals” has been warped beyond recognition. But that’s irrelevant to the point of this post, which is that the concept of the “right to bear arms” has been warped beyong recognition.

Share

A Trumpled Democracy, Reprise 0

Share

A Trumpled Democracy 0

Title:  New Democracy Island.  Image:  Man on desert island to second man who is wearing a horned hat and holding a torch:  Whoa, whoa, whoa . . . It's my turn to launch and insurrection.

Click to view the original image.

Share

Still Rising Again after All These Years 0

Florida Man’s Republican cancel culture cancels (a lecture about) the Civil Rights Movement.

Afterthought:

I think that cancelling the Civil Rights Movement, not just lectures about it, would not be an unwelcome outcome in the eyes of today’s Republican Party.

Share

Vaccine Nation 0

The writer of a letter to the Kansas City Star points out that Santayana was right.

Share
From Pine View Farm
Privacy Policy

This website does not track you.

It contains no private information. It does not drop persistent cookies, does not collect data other than incoming ip addresses and page views (the internet is a public place), and certainly does not collect and sell your information to others.

Some sites that I link to may try to track you, but that's between you and them, not you and me.

I do collect statistics, but I use a simple stand-alone Wordpress plugin, not third-party services such as Google Analitics over which I have no control.

Finally, this is website is a hobby. It's a hobby in which I am deeply invested, about which I care deeply, and which has enabled me to learn a lot about computers and computing, but it is still ultimately an avocation, not a vocation; it is certainly not a money-making enterprise (unless you click the "Donate" button--go ahead, you can be the first!).

I appreciate your visiting this site, and I desire not to violate your trust.