2016 archive
The Galt and the Lamers 0
One more time, in Wingnut World, there is no such thing as the common good.
The “Trump Effect” 0
Werner Herzog’s Bear explains how Donald Trump has given white supremacists license.
Stray Question 0
Have you noticed that, when it’s black folks, the drug is heroin and usage is a crime wave; when it’s white folks, the drug is “opioids” and usage is a health emergency?
Just sayin’.
Mail Bagman 0
No doubt you’ve seen stories about Donald Trump’s campaign soliciting money from foreign politicians (which directly violates US law, by the by).
Now comes Driftglass with the text* of one of those emails.
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*Purported text, to be accurate.
A Haven for Hate 0
Jared Yates attends a Trump rally and muses over why Donald Trump appeals to his followers. A nugget:
Do please read the rest.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Politeness starts stops at a young age (emphasis added).
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?
Tales of the Tarheel Potty Police 0
It’s a disaster!
“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.
All Over but the Counting 2
Werner Herzog’s Bear is feeling Berned out.
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:
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.