“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Yet another “responsible gun owner” discharges his responsibility.
The person in the tent was identified as Seth Nicholas Pritchard, 31, of Kokomo, Indiana.
Pritchard was reportedly changing his clothes when his handgun accidentally discharged and struck him in the chest.
So many guns. So much stupid.
American Stasi 0
Thom comments on the Trump maladministration’s persecution of Ilhan Omar and the implications thereof.
Aside:
I’m a Southern boy. I grew up under Jim Crow. I went to segregated schools. I know naked racism when I see it.
This is naked racism.
Originalist Sin 0
“Originalist” Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito has just published a new book, So Ordered, a defense of the doctrine of Constitutional originalism (a misnomer if there ever was one, but I digress). At the legal website, Balls and Strikes, Madiba K. Dennie debunks de bunk.
The Rule of Lawless 0
Donald Trump refers to a judge as “insane” for placing the rule law over the rule of Trump.
Still Rising Again after All These Years 0
As I have observed before, Richard Nixon’s southern strategy has come full circle and consumed today’s Republican Party. As further evidence, in a longer article about the Trump maladministration’s pursuit of Ilhan Omar, Michelle Goldberg notes, almost in passing, the obvious:
For Trump and his movement, real Americans are defined by race and ancestry.
Follow the link for the context of her comment.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
The hunt for politeness continues.
One must needs wonder, was it her antlers or her fluffy little white tail that led him to think she was a deer?
Inquiring minds want to know.
American Stasi 0
ABC News runs the numbers.
Emoluments 0
Field has some numbers.
Still Rising Again after All These Years 0
Honest to Betsy, you can’t make this stuff up.
America’s original sin of chattel slavery and the myth of racial superiority created to justify it continue to pollute our polity.
They Got It in Writing 0
David comments on the buried lede in an editorial comment.
This New Gilded Age 0
Via The Sacramento Bee, Daniel de Visé runs the numbers. A snippet; follow the link for context.
The American Dream will cost you $5.3 million over a lifetime.
(snip)
That $5.3 million tab is more than the average American can afford. The typical full-time worker with a bachelor’s degree can expect to earn $3.6 million from ages 25 to 64, Investopedia says. Twenty years of Social Security benefits raise that worker’s lifetime income to $4.1 million, still $1.2 million less than the cost of the American Dream.