2017 archive
Unable to Look Away . . . . 0
At Psychology Today Blogs, Steven Schlozman likens what’s happening in Washington to the plot of a horror movie, with one teeny-tiny difference:
What’s happening in Washington is real, though.
Follow the link for his reasoning.
Empty Gestures 0
Seth points out that retreating from the fray does not change the fray.
Dick Polman provides a contrast.
Real Big Men 0
Alfred Doblin muses on the state of “manhood” (whatever that is) and concludes that it has been Trumpled.
A snippet:
Click for the original image.“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
The hunt for politeness goes on.
The wounded man was transported to Avera Queen of Peace hospital in Mitchell by one of the other hunters in the group. The man received stitches and was discharged that evening.
I’m guessing they were hunting prairie hens, not nostrils.
Double Jeopardy 0
Solomon Jones sees a tell in how Trump has responded to Myeshia Johnson, the pregnant widow of Sgt. La David Johnson, one of the soldiers who fell in Niger. A snippet (emphasis added).
Myeshia Johnson is both. Therefore, it seems, she is unworthy of the respect that Trump afforded Navy widow Carryn Owens when Trump led Congress in two minutes of applause for Owens during his State of the Union address.
Follow the link for the rest.
(Link fixed.)
Cavalcade of Crazy 0
Aside:
I particularly like Olbermann’s coinage, “self-servatives.”
Tilting at Windbags 0
Oh, my.
Y’know, I think he’s onto something here. The Republican Party may indeed be subject to a RICO action, but not for the reasons this fellow thinks. After all, they nominated a Godfa–oh, never mind.
Details at the link.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Self-politeness is the politest kind.
The injury sustained in his right leg was non-threatening, but did require emergency surgery.
Clearly, he got a leg up on politeness.
The stupid.
It burns.
IOKIYR, Niger Dept. 0
Badtux explains the difference in the tunes played on the Wingnut Wurlitzer for Americans who in Benghazi vs. those who died in Niger.
He also has a nice summary of why American soldiers were in Niger in the first place.
class=”aligncenter” width=”500px” height=”373px”Tales of the Trumpling: Snapshots of Trickle-Down Trumpery 0
Anti-Semitic Trumplers:
In the video, the two men, Joseph Killian, 33, and Henry Killian II, 35, use multiple expletives as they yell slurs at the man, who filmed the encounter. Court documents identify him as Craig Johnston.
Henry Killian, who points his middle finger at Johnston throughout the interaction, says, “You should get in a f—in’ Jewish oven and die like your ancestors.”
And, in more news from the Trumpled States of America.
By the Numbers . . . 0
Thom asks, “Is this the America you wanted?”