April, 2019 archive
A Nation of Immigrant Haters 0
A recurring pattern in U. S. history is that some members of each generation of immigrants have tried to close the “golden door” behind them. Donald Trump, a second-generation American, is not unique in this.
He recently ludicrously claimed that “the country is full.” (Really, Donald? Have you been to say for example Montana or New Mexico?)
Field explains that the country is not full, but Donald Trump is full of it.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Politeness is going to the cats.
QOTD 0
Rex Stout:
Archie Goodwin: “What do you swear on, the Bible?”
Julie Jaquette: “No, some of the men in it are awful, and so are the women.”
Stout, Rex, Death of a Doxy (New York: Bantam, 1995), p. 116.
Working Crass 0
Shorter Atrios: Persons who have never done an honest day’s work in their lives are criticizing AOC because she has.
Aside:
Reworded Monday morning, but the same thought.
Mean for the Sake of Mean 0
Seth and Digby discuss a recent Supreme Court ruling normalizing cruel and unusual punishment.
Still Rising Again after All These Years 0
Gene Nichol reports on the dilution solution.
Mulling Mueller 0
Mike is not sanguine (but he is, as usual, profane).
Kabuki 0
Gordon Weil outs the Republican Senators’ misdirection play on the “Green New Deal” and the press’s deplorable failure as competent drama critics. After pointing out the the “Green New Deal” was merely a statement of goals, not a serious legislative proposal, he explains the Republicans’ misdirection.
A snippet:
He then scheduled his bill for what has been called a “bluff vote.” Though the Republicans had proposed the bill, they really opposed it and would seek to kill it. That was their bluff. They apparently hoped that some Democrats, to please the party’s most liberal wing, would err and vote for the proposal, causing an internal party split.
Follow the link for details.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Be polite when traversing the nation’s byways.
Summerbell Brown was sleeping in the back seat of a car in her family’s driveway when a man behind the wheel of a white, four-door Ford pickup truck opened fire on their vehicle, her family told ABC15.
Thus passeth another day in the NRA’s Garden of Earthly Delights.