April, 2021 archive
The Spate of Hate 0
Senator Mazie Hirono talks with Thom. Among the topics is the rise in hate-full acts and crimes against persons of Asian descent.
The Republican Nothingburger 0
Ashley Parker takes a long look at the implications of Republicans’ willingness to fall for the made-up story that President Biden was going to take away their hamburgers. A snippet (emphasis added):
And the episode underscores how the shadow of Donald Trump’s presidency — rife with misinformation and mistruths and lies — still lingers, providing Republicans with a mendacious road map for demonizing a political rival. The nation experienced 30,573 false or misleading claims over Trump’s four years in office, according to The Washington Post Fact Checker — culminating in the baseless claim that the 2020 election was stolen, which ultimately help provoke the deadly Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol.
Aside:
Methinks “still lingers” is a phrase too weak to describe the poisonous legacy of government by con.
Have Cake, Eat It Too 0
Sidney Powell’s “no one should have believed a word I said” defense is seems to be having unexpected side effects.
Geeking Out 0
Listing to The Bat by Mary Roberts Rinehart with the VLC Media Player on Ubuntu MATE under the Fluxbox window manager. The wallpaper is from my collection.
Vaccine Nation 0
At Psychology Today Blogs, Paul Thagard argues forcefully that there is such a thing as the common good and that it extends to actions to protect public health. Here’s a bit of his piece:
Upon Reflection . . . . 0
A police detective from Savannah, Georgia, reflects on the verdict in the case of the murder of George Floyd. Here’s a couple of those reflections; more reflections at the link:
(snip)
Here’s the second thing that needs to happen: We police need to fight the destructive reaction we have resorted to before, saying that if we can’t do our job the way we have always done our job, well then, we won’t do our job at all.
