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October, 2020 archive

Facebook Frolics 0

Unmasking the frolics.

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QOTD 0

Werner Herzog:

I am fascinated by the idea that our civilization is like a thin layer of ice upon a deep ocean of chaos and darkness.

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Gutting Gunning Out the Vote 0

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Tales of the Trumpling: Snapshots of Trickle-Down Trumpery 0

Signs of the Trumpling of the signs.

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A. Close Their Eyes, Click Their Heels Together, and Wait 0

Q. What is the Trump administration’s strategy for dealing with the pandemic?

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“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0

Ensure that birthday celebrations have occasion for politeness.

One more time, “responsible gun owner” is an oxymoron.

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MIA 0

Title:  How the World Sees Us Now.  Image:  Couple looking at large void in North America where the United States used to be as Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping look on.  Woman says to man,

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Echoes of the Past 0

Alan Garfield reports on the unpleasant stirrings that Donald Trump has awakened in a survivor of the Holocaust.

Be forewarned, it’s uncomfortable reading.

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The Entitlement Society 0

Words fail me.

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Kerry Greenwood, in the voice Tom Ventura:

I remember being bored. It was nice. I didn’t appreciate it at the time.

Greenwood, Kerry, Murder in the Dark (Scottsdale, AZ: Poisoned Pen Press, 2009), p. 5

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And Now for a Musical Interlude 0

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Republican Family Values 0

Caption:  In these times, mask wearing is necessary. Image:  Lady Liberty, holding a tablet which reads,

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The Shamelessverse* 0

Tony Norman.

Just read it.

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*With apologies to Tom Tomorrow.

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The Wannabe Martinet 0

In related news, it may be worse than you could imagine (H/T to Juanita Jean).

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The Diagnosis 0

Title:  Bad Air Quality.

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Tales of the Trumpling: Snapshots of Trickle-Down Trumpery 0

A Cape Cod Trumpling.

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Public Funding, Private Prejudice 0

Scot Maxwell reports on how Florida is allowing public funds to pay for private prejudice under the guise of “freedom of religion.”

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QOTD 0

Peter Ustinov:

Politicians only get to the top because they have no qualifications to detain them at the bottom.

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The Voter Fraud Fraud 0

Susan Estrich points out that the voter fraud fraud is little more than a massive misdirection play.

The Republicans aren’t afraid of fraud. They are afraid that the more people who vote, the more likely Joe Biden is to win.

Follow the link for her reasoning.

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Traveling the Disinformation Superhighway 0

Man reading QAnon posts on laptop:  Bin Laden is alive.  But I'm not crazy.  It's not as if I think he's hiding with Elvis.  Then, again . . . .

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