2020 archive
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Apologetic politeness:
The man who fired the shot reportedly spoke with the two victims and apologized, but then left the scene.
Police say the man, 59-year-old Scott Brown, has been charged with third-degree assault and second-degree reckless endangerment.
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.
The Fix Isn’t In 0
At the Washington Monthly, David Atkins suggests that one reason Donald Trump has so severely bobbled the COVID-19 pandemic is that the coronavirus does not respond to his usual tools in his toolbox.
A virus, unlike porn stars, creditors, or contractors, can’t be bullied, bought, or BSed into submission.
Inventory 0
Connie Schultz tries to wrap her mind around the damage done to the polity in just three years of Donald Trump.
Stray Thought 0
I’m so old that I can remember when the Republican Party had a conscience.
Flailing the Test 0
PoliticalProf does the math.
The Rule of Lawless 0
At Above the Law, Joe Patrice rounds up a flock of flummery about Attorney-General Barr’s decision not to prosecute confessed criminal Michael Flynn.
Playing Grown-Up 0
Afterthought:
Try to imagine Donald Trump voicing the words, “With malice toward none, with charity for all . . . .”
Malice is his default setting.
The Unheeded Wake-Up Call? 0
Thom wonders when (and why) Americans will wake up to the danger posed by COVID-19 and Donald Trump’s mishandling of it.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Politeness is a family affair.
According to a report, the 3-year-old boy came into the room with what his mother first thought was a toy gun, but then it discharged, hitting Byers in the head, killing her.
Police believe the toddler found the gun in Byers’ purse, which she kept there for protection. According to investigators, the boy told officers he does have a green toy gun, so he may have thought Byers’ gun was also a toy.