2019 archive
Russian Impulses 0
Shaun Mullen has the latest.
Tanking 0
Chris Huston shares his thoughts about the Trumpling of Independence Day at the Idaho State Journal. A snippet (emphasis added):
Call me cynical, but I was underwhelmed. Before Thursday did any of you have any doubt about whether our military is the world’s biggest and best? After all, we spend more on our military than the next seven nations in the world combined.
But Thursday’s optics were magnificent. It reminded me of the Cold War days, when legions of troops and missiles rolled in front of the Kremlin, while autocrats stood above it all and waved to the grim-faced People’s Army below.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Another instance of courtesy whilst encased in an automotive conveyance . . . .
Authorities said Erica Cole attempted to shoot a second party, but instead struck her husband. Nicholas Cole was shot in in the head and is reportedly in stable condition.
Meta: Phillies RSS Feed 0
I updated the widget for the Philadelphia Phillies RSS feed, over there —-> on the sidebar. The xml for the feed had changed in February and I finally got around to noticing.
The Phils certainly had a rough month in June.
Immunity Impunity
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Ronald E. Riggio explains why the rich, the powerful, and the famous believe that they are above the law. (And if you don’t recognize that many of them do, you just aren’t paying attention.)
Consensus Census Con
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Mike Littwin takes a deep-dive into the Trump Administration’s changing rationales for adding a citizenship question to the census. A snippet:
Oops. Redistricting? Number one? That’s what the question’s opponents say it’s about.
Stray Thought 0
One indicator that a TV show or movie is from the last century is that the characters find payphones whenever they need to make telephone calls.
“Err Power” 0
The San Francisco Chronicle’s John Gohlke finds a lesson in Donald’s foray into fiction in his Independence Day spiel.
Follow the link for the reasoning behind his conclusion.
