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Too Venal for Words category archive

Fly the Fiendly Skies 0

Enjoy the cutting-edge fiendliness.

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Twits on Twitter 0

Twits who are not who they say they are.

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Objectively Objectionable 0

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Republican Family Values 0

Jesus, Mary, and Joseph.

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One Thing Is Not Like the Other Thing 0

Frame One:  Republican Elephant, standing in front of Pa. gubernatorial candidiate Fetterman (who is recovering from a stroke), says,

Fetterman has a little trouble speaking from time to time.

He does not have trouble thinking.

Via Job’s Anger.

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Looting Libraries 0

Welcome to the fee marketplace of ideas.

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Scams and Scamming Scammers . . . and So It Begins 0

I received a phone call today telling me I am eligible for student loan relief and to call [some number].

I don’t have a student loan. (I once had a parent loan, but it was paid off years ago.)

When you get such calls, adopt the motto, “Mistrust, but villify.”

And don’t call them back at [some number]. They are phishing for your SSN &c. so they can defraud you.

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What’s in a Word? 0

Per PoliticalProf, not nearly enough.

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Vaccine Nation 0

Rebecca Watson quantifies the quackery.

Transcript here.

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The Artless Dodger 0

Honest to Betsy, you can’t make this stuff up.

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Illegal Procedure 0

At AL.com, Roy S. Johnson takes takes a long look at Brett Farve’s role in misappropriating public funds intended to help the needy. Johnson points out that

The pocket is collapsing around Brett Favre.

Follow the link for the play-by-play.

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Twits Who Would Own Twitter 0

Above the Law’s Joe Patrice looks at the latest twist in Elon Musk’s attempt to weasel out of his deal to buy Twitter.

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The Maddening Maddened Crowd 0

Yet another (particularly vile) example that “social” media isn’t.

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Fly the Fiendly Skies 0

They are fiendlier than ever before.

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Facebook Frolics 0

Denial of history frolics.

The Zuckerborg is a soulless monster.

And, in further proof that “social” media isn’t, there’s Florida Woman.

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The Clown Prince . . . 0

. . . but even clowns can be dangerous.

Donald Trump watching television report on

Click to view the original image.

In 2016, he thought he was not elected, but anointed. He intends to regain his imaginary throne by any means possible.

And far too many of the polity happily volunteer as his dupes, symps, and fellow travelers, wallowing happily in the hate-full-ness.

Not that I have strong feelings on this matter or anything like that . . . .

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Facebook Frolics 0

Marketplace miscreants.

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Judicial Rebuke 0

Judge ridicules Donald Trump’s trumped up RICO suit against Hilary Clinton.

Here’s a bit from the report:

“Plaintiff’s theory of this case, set forth over 527 paragraphs in the first 118 pages of the Amended Complaint, is difficult to summarize in a concise and cohesive manner,” the court begins. “It was certainly not presented that way. Nevertheless, I will attempt to distill it here.”

Follow the link for said distillation.

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Water Deviltry 0

Nor any brain to think . . . .

Last week, a small Central Texas county just west of Austin made national news after its entire elections staff quit their jobs, leaving the department’s cupboard bare just a few months from the midterms.

(snip)

But a new report from Votebeat and the Texas Tribune shows that the harassment and threats that ultimately drove Gillespie County’s elections department staffers to leave their jobs stemmed specifically from activists invested in conspiracies related to fluoride in local drinking water.

We are a society of stupid.

Details at the link.

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A Pile Up On the Disinformation Superhighway 0

SFGate’s Katie Dowd details the destruction.

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