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The Six-Step Plan 0
David discusses the Trump administration’s blueprint for a coup d’etat. (Warning: Short advertisement at the end.)
The No-Account Recount 0
The results are in. The Arizona Republic’s Laurie Roberts reports:
By a larger margin than previously reported.
So much shame to go around today, as we await the findings of the final report.
Follow the link for some schadenfreude.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Yet another child has been sacrificed on the NRA’s altar of armament.
It Was Too Car Gone To Keep 0
I recently purchased a new(er) car. After 18 years and 150k+ miles, including some miles pulling a 2,600 pound boat back in my boating days, my little pick-up truck had had enough. Given that an 18-year old vehicle has minimal (to put it mildly) resale or trade-in value (the new tires I got a year ago were probably worth more than the vehicle that wore them), I decided to donate my truck to my local NPR station. (The process went very smoothly, I must say.)
I found out that the donated vehicles go to auction. The donation center, which is apparently an organization that contracts with the radio stations, passes the information to a local auction house, which in turn arranges for picking up the vehicle.
I signed over the title to the picker-up of my pick-up a couple of days ago.
A Notion of Immigrants 0
Immigrants welcomed to the land of opportunity.
H/T to my brother in Virginia’s Northern Neck for linking me to this story.
Facebook Frolics, Defending the Indefensible Dept. 0
The Zuckerborg is implementing a new Ministry of Truth.
Once again, we are reminded that “social” media isn’t.
Vaccine Nation, Lies Come Back To Haunt Dept. 0
As I have several times mentioned, my old history professor, Dr. Shade, would often say, “History is irony.”
Aside:
I wonder whether he ever expected one of his students to be quoting him half a century later?
The Climates They Are a-Changing . . . 0
. . . and, after looking at America’s response to the COVID pandemic, AL.com’s John Archibald is less than optimistic. An excerpt from his article:
Profits always trump prophets, and we’d rather kill each other than do what’s required to save us all.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Be polite at the while shopping for bargains at the big box store.
The child’s relative was accessing a gun when it discharged, striking the boy in his left foot.
Afterthought:
I do hereby nominate “accessing a gun” for mealy-mouthed euphemism of the month.
Death and Taxes 0
What happens when someone makes a typo that results in the SSA or the IRS deciding that you are dead?
Sally Parsons can tell you. A snippet:
Her saving grace is a 2013 apology letter from the Social Security Administration, which reads: “Our records incorrectly showed you as deceased. However, we have since found that you are alive.”
In the last year, she tried to refinance her home but underwriters told her she was dead. She can’t get rebates for the solar panels she installed on her house. She didn’t receive any stimulus checks, and she paid her taxes but didn’t receive any tax refund.