From Pine View Farm

May, 2019 archive

A Steep Learning Swerve 0

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QOTD 0

Emily Bronte:

Honest people don’t hide their deeds.

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Welcome to the Medicine Snow Job 0

Kirk, Spock, and Bones on the bridge of the starship Enterprise.  Kirk holds the Ohio Heartbeat Bill.  Bones says,

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The Wall-Eyed Piker Goes for a Drive 0

Trump, driving car with MAGA license plate, stopped before a wall spanning the road from one horizon to another.  The wall is labeled

Via The Bob Cesca Show Blog.

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Those Who Ignore History . . . . 0

Read Eric Alterman’s article.

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Facebook Frolics 0

School Board election frolics.

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Republican Family Values 0

Little girl to Georgia GOP, who is holding a copy of the

Image via Juanita Jean.

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“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0

Have a pocket full of politeness.

When police arrived, they found a 37-year-old man on the garage floor. He was bleeding from his leg. Flight for Life took him to Advocate Condell Medical Center in Libertyville with injuries that were not life-threatening, Lanz said.

The man told police he had been putting his handgun into his pocket when he accidentally shot it, Lanz said.

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Banacek:

Christine Belford as Carlie Kirkland: I don’t know why I have so much trouble saying what I really mean.

George Peppard as Thomas Banacek: We all do. It comes from lack of practice.

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Facebook Frolics 0

Frolicking Flori-duh woman.

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Reading Material 0

Title:  Alabama's Bookshelf.  Image:  Bookshelf containing Huxley's Brave New World, Vonnegut's Player Piano, Orwell's 1984, and The Handmaid's Tale.  Hand is removing the last one from the shelf.

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In related news, Werner Herzog’s Bear shares some thoughts.

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The Pusher Men 0

PoliticalProf.

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Melted Pot 0

Title:  Trump Administration proposes new legal immigration criteria.  Image:  Donald Trump as the Statue of Liberty, waving a gold club.  Tour guide reads inscription:

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Tirade Warrior 0

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“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0

. . . and a polite society is a well-trained society.

Yesterday a woman was standing in the checkout line at a West Kendall Publix when a man near her reached into his pocket, causing his gun to go off. Officials said the woman, who was grazed by the bullet, would be fine after being treated for minor injuries.

It turns out, though, the accidental shooter is a Miami Police officer. And he isn’t just any cop: A department spokeswoman confirmed to New Times this afternoon that the officer is Mario Gonzalez, a police firearms instructor.

or not.

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John Pilger:

It is not enough for journalists to see themselves as mere messengers without understanding the hidden agendas of the message and the myths that surround it.

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A Horse of a Different Choler 0

The owners of Maximum Security, the first Kentucky Derby winner to be disqualified for a rules violation, have looked up from their mint juleps long enough to sue in Federal court.

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Republican Family Values 0

Once again, words fail me.

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Presidented 0

The North Jersey Record takes a look at the time the state of New Jersey “fired” Donald Trump and sees in it the seeds of his behavior as President.

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All the News that Fits 0

See the study that Farron is discussing.

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