2020 archive
Still Rising Again after All These Years 0
At The Roanoke Times, Betsy Biesenbach pens an eloquent rebuke to those who profess that flying the Stars and Bars is “about heritage, not hate”; she notes that symbols cannot be detached from what they symbolize.
A snippet; follow the link for the rest:
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Demonstrate politeness upon the nation’s highways.
The suspect then pulled in front of her and slammed on his brakes, police said. She temporarily lost control of her SUV, but was able to avoid having an accident, driving around the suspect.
But the suspect continued, pulling up next to the SUV and shooting at least three rounds into the driver’s side of the car, authorities said.
The woman’s 9-year-old daughter was shot once in her left side during the incident.
And thus passeth another day in NRA Paradise.
The Lies of the Land, in the Face of the Evidence Dept. 0
David discusses the willingness of Donald Trump’s dupes, symps, and fellow travelers to accept and rationalize Trump’s lies.
Disarchived 0
If you Photoshop it away, did it really happen?
Follow the link for the National Archives spokesperson’s truly lamer rationalization for pretending history wasn’t.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
It is widely considered inadvisable to play with your portable explosive ego exhancement engine whilst abed.
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.
