January, 2021 archive
Stray Question 0
I wonder whether trying to overthrow the results of an election would qualify under Article III, Section 3, of the United States Constitution.
The Doctor Is In, Reprise 0
At Psychology Today Blogs, Audrey Nelson, Ph. D., remembers a moment:
Follow the link to see how she relates this to the recent devaluation of Dr. Jill Biden’s doctorate.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Celebrate special occasions politely.
The woman had suffered a gunshot wound to the head after a bullet fell from the sky. When Orozco realized what had happened she called 911.
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.
Geeking Out 0
Ubuntu MATE with the MATE desktop. Firefox is shaded toward the top of the screen; Swisswatch is in the upper right and GKrellM with the “glass” theme is in the lower right. The wallpaper is from my collection.
True Colors 0
At the Bangor Daily News, long-time Republican Kurt Bardella laments the current state of the Republican Party, which he has chosen to abandon. A snippet; follow the link to see his reasoning:
The party’s true platform has become a toxic combination of authoritarianism and white nationalism.
A Lethal Legacy 0
Will Bunch offers a theory as to why the roll out of the COVID-19 vaccine has been so badly botched. He suggest that is the fault of a president, but not necessarily the one who might spring first to mind.
Man at Shirk 0
Aside:
This was drawn Saturday, before the news broke that the current federal administrator was (still) actively browbeating a public official to subvert the will of the people.
Maskless Marauders 0
Let me put this circumspectly.
Aside:
Not to change the subject, but the petulant pestilence cheapens everything that he touches.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Show your politeness to the TSA.
Follow the link for the rest of the story.
The Lies of the Land 0
David Atkins marvels at the circular reasoning of seditious Republicans seeking to perpetuate the presidency of the petulant pestilence. A snippet (emphasis added):
It’s a perfect self-referential paradox of propaganda. Lie to millions of Americans in order to justify destroying democracy, then use the fact that millions of Americans believed your lies as the reason to try to do so, regardless of the validity of the underlying claims.