From Pine View Farm

July, 2016 archive

A Haven for Hate 0

Jared Yates attends a Trump rally and muses over why Donald Trump appeals to his followers. A nugget:

Perhaps the appeal lies elsewhere. Maybe all this electoral chaos has been sown as an excuse to gather in public, under the guise of civil engagement, to say the vile, hateful things that the majority of the country has long shunned. It’s not about Trump; he’s just the cover, the cheerleader, not the quarterback.

Do please read the rest.

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“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0

Politeness starts stops at a young age (emphasis added).

A 3-year-old boy was fatally wounded in an accidental shooting Friday in Clarksville, according to police.

Clarksville officers responded to a 911 call on Samantha Lane. In a statement, police said the boy accidentally shot himself in the head with a .40 caliber pistol, but police did not say how he got ahold of the firearm, which belongs to the homeowner.

Thus passeth another day in NRA’s Eden of Execution.

Aside:

“Fatally wounded.” That’s telling it like it is, now, is it not?

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Tales of the Tarheel Potty Police 0

It’s a disaster!

The North Carolina state legislature is poised to transfer $500,000 from the state’s disaster relief fund to aid in the legal defense of HB2, the heavily-criticized law restricting restroom access, WRAL-TV reported.

“The governor asked for it,” said state Senate Budget Chair Harry Brown (R).

In other words, they want to move the money from a disaster relief fund to a new disaster no relief fund.

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News from the Troll Booth 0

Picture of Trey Gowdy waving Benghazi report and saying,

In a sane world, they’d be hiding under a bridge somewhere.

Via Juanita Jean.

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QOTD 0

Charlotte Whitton:

Man cannot live by incompetence alone.

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All Over but the Counting 2

Werner Herzog’s Bear is feeling Berned out.

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“It’s Always an Accident” 0

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Chris-Crossed, the Apprentice Dept. 0

Alfred P. Doblin is not impressed with Chris Christie’s pitiful posturing in pursuit of positioning himself as Donald Trump’s new apprentice. A nugget:

Christie has never looked so small. He still can bluster and slam opponents — and he does. In recent days that side of the governor has been in full view as he batted away criticisms over his education funding plan and the effects of a sales tax decrease on the state budget. But for all that bluster, he lacks the credibility he once had. It has been chipped away bit by bit, not so much by the media or his opponents, but by Christie himself. By the choices he made in his own inner office, by the appointees who received cushy public jobs and abused the public trust, and to his open embrace of Trump and all his xenophobic rhetoric.

The governor clearly doesn’t want to be governor and he cannot be president – at least not in this election cycle – so sidling up to Trump is his only way out of New Jersey and into national politics.

You must admit that Christie’s making himself look small is quite a feat.

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“Like It Isn’t” 0

Donald Trump on TV saying,


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Facebook Frolics 0

Meet me at the intersection of Ignorant and Stupid, two blocks down from Empty Gesture.

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“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0

Practice random acts of politeness.

Surry County deputies said Vue was working in a rice garden with her husband when she was hit by an apparent stray bullet. Deputies believe the bullet came from somewhere in the neighborhood, but nobody has come forward.

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“The Help” 0

Woman to man carrying


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Brexit and the Privatization Scam 0

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QOTD 0

Margaret Chase Smith:

Those of us who shout the loudest about Americanism in making character assassinations are all too frequently those who, by our own words and acts, ignore some of the basic principles of Americanism:
The right to criticize;
The right to hold unpopular beliefs;
The right to protest;
The right of independent thought.

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