American Stasi 0
AL.com’s John Archibald tells another family’s story. An excerpt:
Leaving those grandchildren, scarred by heartache, to wonder again what would become of them, and the people they love.
Again we are reminded that mean for the sake of mean is a Republican family value.
Who’s Macklemore? 0
Inquiring minds want to know. Emma explains it to Sam.
“Barefoot and Pregnant” 0
At the Des Moines Register, Rehka Basu looks at recent remarks by J. D. Vance about the role of women in families and decodes de code.
Stray Thought 0
One of the distressing things about dis coarse discourse is that one our political parties, even members of it that have sworn an oath of office to protect and defend the United States Constitution, seems to have forsaken loyalty to the country for loyalty to the Clown Prince of Hot Air.
And Now for a Change of Pace 0
Louis Armstrong performs La Vie en Rose.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Another oxymoronic “responsible gun owner” with another improperly stored exposed portable phallus.
Another example that “accidental” can be a “Get Out of Jail Free” card for the negligent.
Republican Thought Police 0
A U. S. District Court Judge has ruled that (gasp!) that it’s within the bounds of the Constitutional guarantee of freedom of speech to criticize the American Stasi. Here’s a bit from the report; much more at the link.
“Streever has a right to express his political views through non-threatening speech, however degrading the speech might be,” (Judge Rudolph–ed.) Contreras said.
The Surveillance Industry 0
One more time, there’s a reason that they are called “pervert glasses.”
Imagine. Persons used to fret about the possiblity of a “surveillance state.”
How quaint.
Vaccine Nation 0
Sam and Emma discuss the Florida Surgeon-General’s plan to eliminate vaccine mandates in the face of rising disease, not to mention 200 years of history showing that vaccines work.
We are a society of stupid.
The Climates They Are a-Changing . . . 0
. . . and the Trump maladministration seems to thinks that global warming is really cool.
“Smile, You’re on Copper Camera” 0
The EFF makes a strong case that, all too often, police are using ALPR (Automated License Plate Readers–think “FLock” cameras) not to solve crimes, but just because they can.
If One Standard Is Good, Two Must Be Better 0
At the Las Vegas Sun, Tom Harper argues that, “If Trump can use a mail-in ballot, we all can.”
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Yet another “responsible gun owner” exposes a portable phallus to a toddler.
Ruining America Like One of His Businesses 0
Thom talks with Sabrina Haake about how the Trump maladministration’s fiscal incompetence will tank the economy. Haake minces no words, but she does mince Trump’s you-can-hardly-call-them policies.
The Climates They Are a-Changing . . . 0
. . . and the American West, it is a dryin’ up.
Republican Thought Police 0
It’s pretty clear to anyone who’s paying attention that the Trump maladministration wants a government of the Trump, by the Trump, and for the Trump.