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October, 2018 archive

All the News that Fits 0

Frame One:  Thomas Jefferson says,

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QOTD 0

Humphrey Bogart:

The problem with the world is that everyone is a few drinks behind.

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Indecency Exposure 0

Jay Bookman.

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I Get Mail 0

I received an email purporting to show the most recent donation to Corey Stewart’s campaign for Virginia’s Senate seat. I pass it on for what it’s worth, but it seems credible to me.

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The View from Afar 0

What Noz said.

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Extra Special Bonus QOTD 0

Fred Dwyer (as Det. Sgt Rick Hunter) and Stephanie Kramer (as Det. Sgt. Dee Dee McCall):

Hunter: What are the basic food groups–the four basic food groups?
McCall: Dine in, take out, frozen, and canned.

Aside:

Light bloggery this weekend.

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Tales of the Trumpling: Snapshots of Trickle-Down Trumpery 0

Field opens an album.

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Facebook Frolics, Once More Breached into Dept. 0

The EFF offers advice on what to do if your account at the Zuckerborg was breached.

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Pete Hamill:

For years, the defenders of television have argued that the networks are only giving the people what they want. That might be true. But so is the Medellin cartel.

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Tucker for Tucker 0

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Facebook Frolics 0

The stupid, it burns.

One more time, the internet is a public place

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“Round Up the Usual Suspects” 0

PoliticalProf.

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The Bully’s Pulpit 0

Will Bunch.

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Tales of the Trumpling: Snapshots of Trickle-Down Trumpery 0

Dunkin’ Trumplin’.

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Silence Is Complicity 0

Dan Simpson is not amused with the United States’s passivity regarding the Khashoggi case and the Trump “administration’s” seeming wish that it all would just go away. Here’s a snippet from his column:

Saudi Arabia has always been a cross between a rich, hedonistic paradise for the ruling families and a humanitarian nightmare for everyone else. The minority Saudis live very well; most of the labor is performed by foreign workers from the poorer countries of the Middle East and South Asia. It used to be slaves from Africa. The level of cruelty practiced by the rulers was brutal, but largely unknown by the outside world. Every once in a while flashes of truth seeped out. One, in 1977, the execution of Princess Mishaal bint Fahd bin Mohammed for adultery became a scandal, but didn’t spill over into international policy toward the kingdom.

It used to be that the reliance of the world, including the United States, on Saudi oil served to give the kingdom a pass on humane behavior. In the case of the United States, there was also heavy U.S. oil company involvement in Saudi oil production. In the case of the United States, there was also heavy U.S. oil company involvement in Saudi oil production. U.S. arms sales to Saudi Arabia also became increasingly important to America over the years. . . .

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Stray Question 0

When was the law requiring supermarkets to keep all produce dripping wet at all times passed?

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QOTD 0

William Gaddis:

Power doesn’t corrupt people, people corrupt power.

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“Us” and “Them” 0

Nigel Barber looks at the dynamic of tribalism. Here’s a bit:

Social psychologists have long known that it is very easy to whip up group conflict but trickier to calm it down. Incitement can be as trivial as giving randomly-selected groups a different hat or badge.

Read it. It will help you understand our collective descent into the maelstrom.

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The Art of the Arms Deal 0

Mike Pompeo:  Trummp feels corrective measures are in order.  Saudi shiek:  Like a completed arms deal?

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The Invisible Protective Shield 0

Get out of Jail free cardElie Mystal explains the Kavanaugh Doctrine and how it differs from the legal concept of “presumption of innocence.” An excerpt:

We are supposed to have state actors who understand the difference between their official functions and their private sensibilities. Unfortunately, a majority of white people decided to elect a chief executive who has a complete inability to distinguish between himself and his office, or his beliefs versus his responsibilities. Donald Trump doesn’t think he represents America, he thinks he’s the only person in America who matters. He doesn’t understand the presumption of innocence as a legal concept, he only thinks that if he thinks a person is innocent, everybody must agree with him: unless they can prove him wrong which they never can because he also doesn’t believe in facts.

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