February, 2020 archive
A Notion of Immigrants, Have Cake, Eat It Too Dept. 0
Scott Maxwell discusses a proposed law in Florida to ensure that employers hire only legal immigrants except when they don’t.
The Rule of Lawless 0
Trudy Rubin weighs in on the Trump Administration’s decision to meddle in the sentencing of Roger Stone. Here’s how she starts:
They call it “telephone justice.” That means the official picks up a phone and tells the judge what verdict to deliver. It’s a phrase that dates back to Soviet Union days, when the Communist Party always dictated outcomes to the judge.
Follow the link for where she goes next.
When Fiction Is Truth 0
Mark Twain understood America.
The Duke is President; the Dauphin is Attorney-General.
Afterthought:
If you haven’t read Huckleberry Finn, do so now.
Forget that it uses the vocabulary of its time.
It is a story of redemption.
Judgement Day 0
David discusses a Federal Judge Frank Easterbrook, a conservative, decision to call out the rule of lawless.
Break Time 0
Off to drink liberally.
Fly the Fiendly Skies 0
From coffee break to coffee broken.
“Those Who Forget History . . . .” 0
I suspect that I am not the only person to fear that the leaders (Johnson:EU::Trump:NATO) of certain English-speaking countries that fought World War II have chosen to forget lessons learned from that struggle.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Exercise politeness whilst in your motorized automotive conveyance.
Still Rising Again after All These Years 0
The Kansas City Star, in a lengthy investigative article, reports that the persons who put Charlottesville, Virginia, in the news for something other than basketball and frat parties, have decided that they need to “rebrand” to try to capture the youth market.
Full Disclosure:
I did a year of grad work at C’ville, during which I learned I was not cut out to be an academician.
QOTD 0
Francois de La Rochefoucauld:
Old people love to give good advice; it compensates them for their inability to set a bad example.
The Voter Fraud Fraud 0
Thom and Greg Palast discusses Palast’s the recent court ruling favoring Palast’s investigation into Georgia Governor Kemp’s gut-out-the-vote strategy.
The Sentence of the End 0
As you have no doubt heard by now, Attorney-General Bill Barr has chosen to undercut prosecutors’ sentence recommendation for Roger Stone. Field finds this act to be somewhat disturbing.