Still Rising Again after All These Years 0
Michael in Norfolk decodes de code:
Follow the link for context.
Suffer the Children 0
As has been well-established, that’s not scripture. That’s a Republican family value.
And nothing says “Republican family values” more than detaining the father of a six-year old girl on his way to pick up their supper because he’s brown.
Devolution 0
Bob Molinaro, sportswriter extraordinaire, adds an entry to the “this surprises you how” category (emphasis in the original):
Sign of the apocalypse: Gambling is the second-fastest-growing industry in the U.S.
Speaking of that: What comes with unfettered, convenient access to sports gambling is this week’s federal indictments in connection with point-shaving, game-fixing schemes involving 39 college basketball players on 17 teams. Please, don’t anyone act surprised.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
We are a society that seems to have chosen to kill itself with lead poisoning.
“History Does Not Repeat Itself, but It Often Rhymes”* 0
Via The Sacramento Bee, Jackie Calmes says, “By George the Third, it surely does.”
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*Mark Twain.









