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Gutting Out the Vote 0

Will Bunch looks at newly released evidence of Republicans’ efforts to undermine the power of the polling place. A nugget (emphasis added):

If you’re thinking that hidden ads on Facebook alone couldn’t have caused this (the 2016 results in Wisconsin–ed.), you’re right. Experts also found that Wisconsin’s strict voter ID laws kept thousands more at home in November 16 — another implement in a giant Republican toolbox that is broadly labelled as “voter suppression.” Simply put, with its white and increasingly working-class base of supporters shrinking every year, GOP strategy increasingly relies on finding ways not to win over a diverse electorate but to find ways to keep those folks from voting at all.

“Democracy isn’t the objective; liberty, peace, and prospefity (sic) are,” Utah Republican Sen. Mike Lee wrote on Twitter Thursday, as the formerly silent part of voter suppression is now becoming a roar. “We want the human condition to flourish. Rank democracy can thwart that.”

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October 9, 2020 | Posted by: Frank | Posted in: Political Theatre, Republican Hypocrisy |

The American Antithesis 0

At the Bangor Daily News, Jack Nobel makes the case that Donald Trump is antithetical to America’s founding values (however sporadically and imperfectly those values may have been manifest in the past). A snippet:

There are thousands of small town memorials to American veterans who went to war and died to defeat German Nazis who marched, wore swastikas and chanted in torch-lit parades. Today, we have an American president who is supported by marchers who proudly display those same symbols as did the Nazis in World War II. What does that say for our promise to honor the deep sacrifice of our fathers and grandfathers who risked their lives to fight that hatred?

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October 9, 2020 | Posted by: Frank | Posted in: Political Theatre, Republican Hypocrisy |

“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0

Gather ye politeness while ye may,
For tomorrow the tourists go away.

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October 9, 2020 | Posted by: Frank | Posted in: Gunnuttery |

QOTD 0

Charles A. Reich:

The American dream was not, at least at the beginning, a rags-to-riches type of narrow materialism.

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October 9, 2020 | Posted by: Frank | Posted in: QOTD |

Core Values 0

Donald Trump says,

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October 8, 2020 | Posted by: Frank | Posted in: Political Theatre |

Facebook Frolics, Turning a Blind Eye Dept. 0

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October 8, 2020 | Posted by: Frank | Posted in: Mammon, Political Theatre |

Maskless Marauders 0

Restaurant rudeness.

In related news, Susan A. Nolan and Michael Kimball, writing at Psychology Today Blogs, try to understand the maskless.

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October 8, 2020 | Posted by: Frank | Posted in: Culture Warriors, Health and Sanity |

“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0

Be polite to our furry friends.

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October 8, 2020 | Posted by: Frank | Posted in: Gunnuttery |

The Caddy and the Carrier 0

Donald Trump on golf course with caddy dressed as plague doctor.

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October 8, 2020 | Posted by: Frank | Posted in: Health and Sanity, Political Economy |

Twits on Twitter 0

Yet another mendacious twit.

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October 8, 2020 | Posted by: Frank | Posted in: "That Conversation about Race", Too Venal for Words |

The Answer 0

Charniele Herring answers Donald Trump at The Roanoke Times. A nugget:

Whenever Donald Trump thinks he’s talking to Black voters, the question he loves to ask is, “what do you have to lose?” The answer to that question has always been obvious, but never quite as clear as it is right now: just about everything.

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October 8, 2020 | Posted by: Frank | Posted in: "That Conversation about Race", Political Theatre |

QOTD 0

Alan Turing:

We can only see a short distance ahead, but we can see plenty there that needs to be done.

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October 8, 2020 | Posted by: Frank | Posted in: QOTD |

Stray Thought 0

I must confess that every morning, when I find this thing is still working, I am somewhat gratified and mildly surprised.

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October 7, 2020 | Posted by: Frank | Posted in: Personal Musings |

A Tune for the Times 0

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October 7, 2020 | Posted by: Frank | Posted in: Political Theatre |

Colossal Flailure 0

What Noz said.

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October 7, 2020 | Posted by: Frank | Posted in: Political Theatre |

“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0

Settle disagreements politely.

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October 7, 2020 | Posted by: Frank | Posted in: Gunnuttery |

“Principled Conservatives” 0

Field presents an argument that, as regards today’s Republican Party, “principled conservative” in an oxymoron.

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October 7, 2020 | Posted by: Frank | Posted in: Republican Hypocrisy |

The Candidates Debate, Graham Cracker Dept. 0

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October 7, 2020 | Posted by: Frank | Posted in: Political Theatre, Republican Hypocrisy |

While You Watch Your “Smart” TV . . . . 0

. . . . Your “smart” TV is watching you.

Via Harry Shearer.

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October 7, 2020 | Posted by: Frank | Posted in: Geek Stuff, Mammon, Running Naked through the Internet |

The Epidemiologist Speaks 0

Donald Trump speaks the graveyard filled with over 200,000 victims of COVID-19: Don't be afraid of COVID. Don't let it dominate your life.

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October 7, 2020 | Posted by: Frank | Posted in: Health and Sanity, Too Stupid for Words |
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