April, 2019 archive
Pondering Purism* 0
My two or three regular readers know that I occasionally grump about “purists” on the left.
I find David’s discussion of “purity tests” regarding the herd of declared candidates for the Democratic nomination for president to be interesting. I don’t say that I agree with him completely, but I don’t have to agree with someone completely to find his or her comments interesting.
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* I think the case can be made that, in politics, “purism” differs from “purity.”
I submit that the term “purism” should apply to those of whom I have grumped: the I agree with you on 95% of the issues but I disagree with you on [insert tiny thing], therefore I’m going to vote for [insert whacko third party candidate] crowd.
Lost in a Lost World 0
One of my friends came over last weekend. He told me that this neighborhood made him start to distrust his GPS.
I told, “I don’t use a GPS. I prefer this new thing. It’s called a map . . . .”
Sinsory Overload 0
Brian Klass is disturbed that we seem to have become inured to tennis ball machine of Trumpling. A snippet:
Follow the link for the rest.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Loaded diapers are bad enough, but, really, now.
Guns and stupid, guns and stupid,
They go together like love and Cupid.
Let me tell you brother,
You can’t have one without the other.
The Rich Are Different from You and Me 0
They get to have their own special brand of “socialism,” only don’t you dare call it that.
Robert Reich explains:
If this isn’t socialism, what is it?
Yet it’s a particular form of socialism.
Follow the link to learn more about this “particular form of socialism.”
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Another gun seems to have exercised autonomous politeness.
Vestavia Police Lt. Keller says the shooting appears to be accidental.
Three people were in a vehicle and as the child’s diaper was being changed, a weapon fired one round and struck both the adult and child.
The adult was hit in the upper body and the child was stuck in the leg.
Russian Instincts 0
Shaun Mullen is not sanguine. A snippet:
Follow the link for his explanation.
“I Was Just Following Orders” 0
Citing a column by Michel Goldberg, Mike goes off on Cancel Kirstjen and her supporters. Warning: More profanity than usual, so I put the video below the fold.
“A Notion of Immigrants” 0
Ruben Navarette sums up Donald Trump’s immigration “policy.” A snippet (emphasis added):
This was true with the English, Irish, Italians and Jews. It’s true with the Mexicans, Salvadorans, Guatemalans and Hondurans.
It’s the American story. The only difference is skin color. Unfortunately, that’s all some people see.