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Too Venal for Words category archive

Know Them by the Company They Keep 0

As cynical as I have become been made, I must admit that this rather takes me aback.

I expect that my father, who was in the Ardennes, would be appalled.

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Where Is She Now? 0

Florida Man wanted to know.

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The Rule of Flaw 0

A Solomonic ruling rooted in Cannon law.

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Vaccine Nation 0

At the Des Moines Register, Kimberly Witt remembers her mother’s struggles with polio when she was still a child, before the vaccine existed. She fears that Donald Trump and RFK Jr. will bring those days back.

Here’s tiny piece from her article:

It was 1952, a month before my mom was scheduled to start kindergarten. She was excited to attend her neighborhood country school and planned to walk the half-mile with her friends. But one morning she couldn’t walk down the stairs.

“I was at the top of the stairs crying, and my parents had to carry me down,” my mom recalls. They took her to the doctor where she was diagnosed with paralytic polio.

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The Lizard of Oz 0

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Kashing It In 0

Mrs. Betty Bowers looks into why Donald Trump wants Kash Patel to run the FBI.

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Above the Law 0

Get out of Jail free cardMethinks my old Philly DL friend Noz makes some telling points.

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Vaccine Nation 0

As ye sow, so shall ye reap.

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The Snaring Economy 0

The artful dodger.

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Health Care Schmealth Care, Reprise 0

More evidence that it’s all about the Benjamins: Elisabeth Rosenthal dissects the relabeling scam.

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A Consummation Devoutly To Be Wished . . . 0

. . . for he was well and truly hoist on his own petard.

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A Tune for the Times 0

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Cabinet of Horrors 0

Michael in Norfolk looks at who Trump has announced as nominees for his cabinet positions and argues that anyone who is surprised at them hasn’t been paying attention.

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The Least and the Blightest 0

Boris Badenov and Natasha.  Boris says,

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A Tune for the Times 0

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The Vetting Process 0

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The Desecration 0

Woman pushing a wheelchair holding man labeled

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Vaccine Nation, Science Schmience Dept. 0

Steven M. is not sanguine, as he hears more Republicans seem to say

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Fly the Fiendly Skies 0

They get fiendlier every day.

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Choosing the Dark Side 0

The Washington Post’s slogan is “Democracy dies in darkness.”

The same newspaper that once famously shined a light on the misconduct of Richard Nixon has chosen not to endorse a candidate for president (or, to put it another way, has chosen to go dark) in what might be the most important election since 1860.

Dick Polman offers some thoughts as to why the Post has chosen darkness.

I commend them to your attention.

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