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May, 2017 archive

QOTD 0

Paul Tillich:

Boredom is rage spread thin.

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May 21, 2017 | Posted by: Frank | Posted in: QOTD |

“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0

Be polite to your life-long partner.

According to State Police, Joan Reichard, 78 of Red Lion was taken to York Hospital after she was shot in the chest by her husband at their home on the 300 block of West Maple Street early Saturday morning. Her husband, whose name has not been released at this time, suffers from medical issues and believed that she was an intruder according to State Police spokesperson Brent Miller.

Reichard was in the bathroom when she was shot Saturday morning around 3:30 a.m.

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May 20, 2017 | Posted by: Frank | Posted in: Gunnuttery |

Ego-A-Go-Go 0

Rekha Basu marvels at how Donald Trump is compelled to prove over and over that he is a Real Big Man. A snippet:

Many of us have laughed at the size of Trump’s ego, especially during the presidential campaign, when it led him into some bizarre talk about the size of his hands. Of course the underpinning of narcissism can be insecurity which demands constant affirmation. But whatever we call it and however we try to analyze its source, there’s a pattern to Trump’s behavior that can no longer be tiptoed around in the context of his presidency. In deference to his ego needs, he seems willing to throw anything, anyone, any ally, any principle under the bus, including national security.

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May 20, 2017 | Posted by: Frank | Posted in: Political Theatre |

Puerto Ripped-Off 0

Warning: Language.

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May 20, 2017 | Posted by: Frank | Posted in: Mammon, Political Economy |

Airborne 0

Donald Trump flying through the air riding a broom and trailed by a witch's hat towing a banner that says

Alfred Doblin claims that Trump don’t know from witch hunts.

Image via Job’s Anger.

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May 20, 2017 | Posted by: Frank | Posted in: Political Theatre |

“A Party of Apparatchiks” 0

Paul Krugman points out that today’s Republican Party has no boundaries. Here’s a bit from his article.

The fact that the GOP is a party of apparatchiks was one crucial factor in last year’s election. Why did Marine Le Pen, often portrayed as the French equivalent of Trump, lose by a huge margin? Because France’s conservatives were only willing to go so far; they simply would not support a candidate whose motives and qualifications they distrusted. Republicans, however, went all in behind Trump, knowing full well that he was totally unqualified, strongly suspecting that he was corrupt and even speculating that he might be in Russian pay, simply because there was an “R” after his name on the ballot.

Today’s Republican Party is a vile and loathsome thing.

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May 20, 2017 | Posted by: Frank | Posted in: Political Theatre, Republican Hypocrisy |

All in the Family 0

Dick Polman finds himself sickened by Republican complicity with Trumpery’s Russian impulses.

I can’t excerpt or summarize it. Just please follow the link.

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May 20, 2017 | Posted by: Frank | Posted in: Political Theatre, Republican Hypocrisy |

One Thing Is Not Like the Other Thing(s) 0

Reporter on television: Connections to Russia. The firing of Comey. Multiple Investigations. A Special Counsel. Possible Obstruction of Justice. Man on couch wearing


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May 20, 2017 | Posted by: Frank | Posted in: Political Theatre, Republican Hypocrisy |

Baby Talk 0

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May 20, 2017 | Posted by: Frank | Posted in: Political Theatre, Too Stupid for Words |

QOTD 0

Katherine Hepburn:

If you always do what interests you, at least one person is pleased.

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May 20, 2017 | Posted by: Frank | Posted in: QOTD |

“Untruth in Labeling” 0

Wolfe named

Via Juanita Jean.

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May 19, 2017 | Posted by: Frank | Posted in: Republican Lies |

“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0

Politeness is for the birds.

A Smithfield man is accused of shooting a bald eagle earlier this year before fatally running over it with an all-terrain vehicle, according to court documents.

Details at the link. This is not related to a similar case here in these parts that I mentioned last week.

This is a different Real Big Man.

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May 19, 2017 | Posted by: Frank | Posted in: Gunnuttery |

Legacy 0

“The evil that men do lives after them . . . .”

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May 19, 2017 | Posted by: Frank | Posted in: Politics of Hate, Republican Hypocrisy, Republican Lies |

Facebook Frolics 0

Crying in his beer frolics.

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May 19, 2017 | Posted by: Frank | Posted in: "That Conversation about Race", Too Stupid for Words |

Semper Paratus Whinus 0

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May 19, 2017 | Posted by: Frank | Posted in: Political Theatre, Too Stupid for Words |

Ring-a-Ding-Ding-a-Ling 0

Picture of one wing of the White House labeled


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May 19, 2017 | Posted by: Frank | Posted in: Political Theatre |

All the News that Fits 0

Thom reads Fox News headlines to show how Fox News is not reporting bad news about Donald Trump and discusses how right-wing media is polluting dis coarse discourse.

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May 19, 2017 | Posted by: Frank | Posted in: Political Theatre, Republican Hypocrisy |

The Voter Fraud Fraud 0

In my local rag, Roger Chesley cannot conceal his disdain for Trump’s recent order to create a panel to investigate “voter fraud”–a panel to be led by two experts at voter suppression, to boot.

A snippet:

No one can take the panel seriously, though, because its formation plays into the president’s penchant for wild conspiracies.

In January, Trump claimed – without a scintilla of proof – that between 3 million and 5 million undocumented immigrants voted in the 2016 presidential election. Oh, and as he theorized later: “They all voted for Hillary. They didn’t vote for me.”

It must be his psychic connection.

Follow the link for the complete article.

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May 19, 2017 | Posted by: Frank | Posted in: Republican Lies |

QOTD 0

Rex Stout:

Like every argument I ever had a part in, nobody changed anybody.

Stout, Rex, Death of a Dude (New York, The Viking Press, 1969), p. 121

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May 19, 2017 | Posted by: Frank | Posted in: QOTD |

And Now, a Musical Interlude 0

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May 18, 2017 | Posted by: Frank | Posted in: Music That Swings |
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