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Diogenes MAGA 0

Mark Hermann has a wonder:

I’m just a typical MAGA Republican searching for the truth. Whose word can I trust?

Follow the link to join him on his quest.

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You Can Bet on It 0

Sportswriter extraoridnaire Bob Milinaro:

Hypocrisy alert: It’s really something how the NFL is so keen on restricting when, where and on what its players can gamble, while the league is joined at the hip with online betting sites.

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Humpty-Trumpty 0

In Trumpworld, words mean what Trump wants them to mean.

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Twits Own Twitter 0

Sam and his crew call out the muskrat lies.

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The Free Screech Brigade 0

Scene:  The Lib Owners Podcast.  Man ONe:  Welcome back to the Lib Owners--the podcast that always owns the Libs.  Man Two:  It's what we do.  Man One:  Okay, let's talk about cancel culture.   Can you believer the way those woke social justice warriors insist on safe spaces where they won't be challenged in any way?  Man Two:  It's truly a threat to free discourse upon which our great nation thrives.  But, before we get into that conversation, I just want to say how disgusted I am with Target for having LBGTQ merchandise on display.  Man One;  Yikes!  The stuff with all the rainbows?  Where children can see it?  Sounds like boycott time to me.  Man Two:  And of course Disney has gone full woke.  Now DeSantis says they're nothing but corporate groomers.  Man One:  That's disgusting.  I certainly won't be going to any of their popular movies or theme parks any more.  Man Two:  And--Chick-Fil-A--the fast food chain supposedly run by good conservative Christians--has a vice president of diversity, equity, and inclusion.  Man One:  The Lord's chicken has becom the woke chicken?  Well, add another boycott to the list.  Anyway, what were you saying about cancel culture?  Man Two:  Oh.  I'm appalled by these snowflakes who want to ban anything that might offend their delicate sensibilities.  Man One:  Have you heard of free speech, the founding principle of our republic?  Coming up next;  More states outlaw drag shows.  Man Two:  Ha ha!  Take that, you weirdo liberals!

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The Steel Fist 0

Sam and Greg Mitchell discuss the “Memorial Day Massacre” and the ensuing cover-up of the police riot.

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Courting Disaster 0

Federal Judge Judge James Ho has a notion of immigrants.

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A Pillow of the Community 0

I would not be surprised to find out that Mike Lindell’s favorite beverage is welcher’s grape juice.

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The Job-Seeker 0

Job applicant to employement counselor:  I want a job where I'm not bound by ethics rules.  Employment counselor:  There are no vacancies on the Supreme Court at the moment.

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The (Willfully) Blind Eye 0

At the Des Moines Register, Ivan Webber asks a question.

(The back story.)

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The Rule of Lawless 0

The Arizona Republic’s E. J. Montini looks at how right-wing evangelical they-call-themselves Christians are reacting to the indictment of Donald Trump and concludes

Not only is the former president above our laws, he is also, apparently, above God’s. Which is odd, since that isn’t how evangelical pastors reacted to the wayward behavior of former President Bill Clinton.

Follow that link for context.

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One Thing Is Not Like the Other Thing 0

Frame One:  Two groups, one bearing signs reading

The image is from a blistering take-down of both-siderism at Stanford Law at Above the Law. I commend the article to your attention.

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Foxy Shady 0

At Above the Law, Liz Dye asks

Can you get a judicial order to put the toothpaste back in the tube? Fox News is aiming to find out.

Follow the link to find out what sparked her question.

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Hoist on Their Own Petard 0

Mangy comments at the Youtube page:

Poor dumb Republicans. They planned to have what they thought would be a blockbuster hearing showing how Democrats manipulated Twitter to disadvantage Republicans, but instead they highlighted the fact that Trump pressured Twitter to take down unflattering posts about himself. So much for their dream of a ‘liberal-biased big tech’ expose. Mangy Fetlocks has known a few idiots in his many years, but James Comer, Jim Jordan, Kevin McCarthy, Marjorie Tater Greens, and friends display record-breaking ineptitude and stupidity.

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The Chutzpah Confounds 0

The Trump Organization tries to argue that it isn’t.

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The Microcosm 0

At Psychology Today Blogs, Debbie Peterson suggests that George Santos is, in many ways, the personification of this New Gilded Age. A snippet:

These alleged activities (of Santos–ed.) share many characteristics of the white-collar crimes that pose the most serious threat to the global order in decades, according to Transparency International. White-collar crimes include money laundering, dark money transactions, and tax evasion via networked structures that steal vital public resources – to the detriment of communities and the people who live in them. The line between politics and business can be blurred through campaign donations, opaque lobbying, and the revolving doors between industries and political benefactors.

The Pandora Papers Investigations (citation at the link–ed.) identified high-level officials, oligarchs, and billionaires from around the world who were shielded with the help of attorneys, commercial real estate brokers, title companies, banks, and company formation agents who were able to act anonymously and, in turn, obscure the identity of their clients. Corrupt overseas corporate investors operate through virtually unidentifiable shell companies and trusts, unrecorded real estate and company formation transactions, and offshore accounts. The service providers who facilitate corruption also escape regulation, supervision, and accountability.

Do please take a look at her article.

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Still Rising Again after All These Years 0

At the Charlotte Observer, Issac Bailey notes that we are seeing a trend of would-be oppressors claiming to be victims: Persons who wish to discriminate on the basis of race, creed, color, etc., are claiming that they are the real victims of discrimination because they are not allowed to discriminate. It’s a marvelous mental mobius strip of malicious mendacity.

Bailey also notes that such claims have a long history in the United States. Here’s a bit of his article:

It’s a well-worn story whose roots reach back to this nation’s founding. White enslavers claimed they were the real victims because they didn’t have a real say over the laws they were governed by. White Southerners claimed they were the real victims because a war they began to preserve slavery ended with the near destruction of this region and most of their wealth. White business owners were upset they could no longer freely discriminate against black customers, and white parents howled when the Supreme Court put the final nail in the coffin of officially-sanctioned Jim Crow.

Now, a growing number of white conservatives and others have been making the case that being called racist or the removal or rethinking of traditional standards that had long favored them is the real discrimination.

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American Exceptionalism 0

Once again, the United States sets an example that others follow.

Afterthought:

Americans need to stop kidding themselves that loftiness of the American dream somehow washes away the reality of America’s history.

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“But I’m the Victim Here” 0

Right-wingers, racists, and, especially these days, evangelical they-call-themselves Christians often claim that they are being persecuted for their beliefs, they they are, to quote the cliche, “the real victims here.” Their definition of “persecution,” match, is not getting everyone else bend to their will.

At Psychology Today Blogs, Araya Baker explores why these folks portray themselves as–indeed, can convince themselves that they are–victims. It is a complex and timely article and well worth the few minutes it will take you to read it.

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Republican Relativity 0

Frame One:  Man looks at gas price of 5.21 and thinks,

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(Broken link fixed.)

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