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A Tune for the Times 0

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Republican Family Values 0

It appears that mean for the sake of mean is a Republican family value.

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The Rule of Lawless, Reprise 0

Jacob Sullum argues that, when it comes to disregard of law and precedent, Donald Trump is the belle of the ballroom.

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The Rule of Lawless 0

If the numbers don’t support the Trump maladministration’s position, its solution is simple:

Hide the numbers.

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Fly the Fiendly Skies 0

They get fiendlier every day.

Boy, am I glad that my days of stepping airplanes once or twice a month are behind me.

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“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0

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

Just go read it for yourself.

Afterthought:

I haven’t owned a gun in years, but as a country boy who grew up practicing marksmanship taking pot shots at tin cans in the back yard, I find myself amazed and appalled that so many persons do not treat these instruments of death with the caution and respect that they deserve.

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Still Rising Again after All These Years 0

And this surprises you just how exactly?

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QOTD 0

Robert Lutz:

People who fear losing their jobs start lying.

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A Tune for the Times 0

Via the Hartford Courant.

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Cosplayers 0

In the course of a larger article about how the Trump maladministration relied on AI fabrications in a legal brief (which was subsequently rejected by the court), Techdirt pretty much sums up the rule of lawless:

In a real, functioning government, this sort of embarrassment would result in action by somebody, somewhere, somehow. Sadly, we don’t have that. We have a bunch of con-artists cosplaying as government officials instead.

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The Rule of Lawless 0

It appears that the Trump maladministration has decided that, if they can’t get judges to agree with their actions, they needn’t try to change the law. Instead, they can just change the judges.

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Gutting Out the Vote 0

Ring of Fire’s Josh Gay discusses Texas Republicans’ efforts to gut out the vote in Tarrant County, home of Fort Worth, Texas, by cutting the number of polling places almost by a third.

It occurs to me that one might ask: why are Republicans so afraid of voters might actually vote?

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The Criteria 0

General talking to woman at cocktail party.  He points to the three stars on his shoulder, saying,

Click for the original image.

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“History Does Not Repeat Itself, but It Often Rhymes”* 0

Marc Champion looks at the Trump maladministration’s attempts to bully Canada and hears a rhyme in Russian.

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*Mark Twain.

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“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0

Yet another “responsible gun owner” feels compelled to expose his portable phallus to a fellow driver.

So many guns. So much stupid.

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QOTD 0

Harry S. Truman:

When even one American – who has done nothing wrong – is forced by fear to shut his mind and close his mouth – then all Americans are in peril.

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Geeking Out 0

Mageia v. 9 with the IceWM window manager. The wallpaper is from my collection. (And, no, I don’t know what city that is. I wish I did.)

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A Tune for the Times 0

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American Stasi 0

Via The Charlotte Observer, Amelia Robinson tells the story of a legal Haitian immigrant driven to suicide. A snippet:

Like 350,000 other Haitian immigrants, Bel was stripped of his Temporary Protected Status as part of President Donald Trump’s ruthless campaign against immigrants, particularly those who were not born with ivory skin.

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Extra-Special Bonus QOTD 0

Gale Storm, in the voice of Margie Albright:

Why bother with the truth? It’s so dull.

Pretty much sums up dis coarse discourse, does it not?

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