From Pine View Farm

“Why Don’t We Do It in the Road”* 0

Florida Man.

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*With apologies to the Beatles.

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Still Rising Again after All These Years 0

Brandeis professor Robert Kuttner observes that

Republicans in the former Confederacy seem determined to refight the Civil War.

Follow the link for his reasoning.

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Real Big Men 0

Cartoon lampooning electric cars that are tricked up to sound like gas-powered cars to satisfy men who want to make noise.

Click for the original image.

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“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0

Once again, politeness goes to the dogs.

We are a failing state.

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

At the Portland Press-Herald, Victoria Hugo-Vidal looks at the conflict in Gaza and hears an echo.

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*Mark Twain

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The Quiet Part Out Loud, Reprise 0

Jen Psaki puts Donald Trump’s remarks in full context.

Via C&L, which has the transcript.

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The Quiet Part Out Loud 0

PoliticalProf.

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QOTD 0

Twm Morys:

While we’re still afraid of what we don’t understand, there will be monsters.

(Incorrect attribution correxed. Frankly–I do everything frankly–in this show it is rather difficult to know who is saying what.)

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A Tune for the Times 0

(Warning: Mild language.)

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The Great TikTok Misdirection Play 0

Youngster in bed looking at TikTok on a smart phone.  Eye stares through the window saying,

Via Job’s Anger.

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“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0

More politeness on the pavement.

We are a failing state.

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The Legacy 0

Donald Trump asks,

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American Taliban 0

A caller shares some stories about the antics of what he I think most aptly refers to as “Talibangelicals.”

Aside:

I was brought up Southern Baptist before the Texans took over the Southern Baptist Convention, or, to put it another way, when the SBC was sane.

I’ve read the Bible multiple times (mostly the Jerusalem translation, because in my opinion it best blends modern English with lyricism). It was a great comfort to me when my first marriage broke up. Nevertheless, I must say I haven’t read it recently, mainly as a visceral reaction to the antics of right-wing they-call-themselves Christian evangelicals merchants of hate.

These “Talibangelicals” worship no Jesus that I know.

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The Truth Will Out in Most Mysterious Fashion 0

For example.

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The Lake Effect 0

The Arizona Republic’s Laurie Roberts looks at Kari Lake and Mike Lindell’s latest attempt to resuscitate their failed attempt to overthrow Arizona’s 2020 presidential vote count and concludes that there’s no there there.

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QOTD 0

D. H. Lawrence:

To have news value is to have a tin can tied to one’s tail.

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And Now for a Musical Interlude 0

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“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0

Once again, a “responsible gun owner” uses his portable phallus to show politeness to a fellow motorist.

We are a broken society.

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Misting Water-Colored Memories of the Way We Were 0

Frame One:  Katie Britt says,

Via Job’s Anger.

Aside:

Q. Why didn’t she say “four years ago,” when Donald Trump was still in office.

A. Because she knew the answer.

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Vaccine Nation, Quack Quack Quack Dept. 0

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