A Tune for the Times 0
Mangy sings of the dynamics of the Trump maladministration.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Yet another one of those “responsible gun owners” exposes a portable phallus to a toddler.
(Fortunately, the child suffered only minor injuries, at least, minor physical injuries.)
One more time, “responsible gun owner” is an oxymoron.
“The Stew of Aggrievement” 0
Sam and the crew argue that today’s Republican Party is all about the grievances, using a Republican congress person’s obnoxious response to a letter from a fourth grader as a springboard.
Know Them by the Company They Keep 0
What would you think, for example, when this is the company that they keep?
There’s a Price Tag on Prejudice 0
Farron runs the numbers.
QOTD 0
Rex Stout:
. . . impetuosity is a virtue only when delay is dangerous.
Stout, Rex, Too Many Clients (New York: Bantam, 1971) p. 22.
The Acolytization Process 0
At the Psychology Today website, John Tsilimparis notes that “(a) cult is categorized by a strict, hierarchical system of totalistic authority.” He then goes on to explore how that authority is perpetuated.
Go read his article and consider whether it reminds you in any way of any current political phenomena.
Big Brother Business, Facebook Frolics Dept. 0
Meta employees caught in a mousetrap.
The Rule of Lawless 0
Thom wonders, “What happens when a President stops following the Constitution?”
Extra-Special Bonus QOTD 0
Bruce Schneier:
Follow the link for the backstory.
Republican Thought Police 0
At Above the Law, Kathryn Rubino takesa deep look at the Trump maladministration’s campaign against the American Bar Association. Here’s a bit from her article (emphasis added):
Afterthought:
“Ideologically hostile” indeed.
Ideologically hostile to the rule of lawless maybe.
Still Rising Again after All These Years 0
Field explains why today’s Republican Party is determined to gut out the vote.
Vaccine Nation 0
At the Psychology Today website, Christopher Lane discusses a recent book by Kira Ganga Kieffer, in which Kieffer explores whether (some) vaccine hesitancy in the U. S. may have religious roots.
In these times of measles outbreaks and other incipient infections, methinks his article is worth a look.
All the News that Fits 0
David dissects the torrent of lies that a Fox News host is able to cram into a 41 second clip. (Short promo at the end.)