May, 2021 archive
Still Rising Again after All These Years 0
Thom Hartmann argues Donald Trump and his dupes, symps, and fellow travelers are trying to rewrite the history of the January 6 invasion of the Capitol and points out that whitewashing (I use that term advisedly) is nothing new. Here’s a bit from his article:
But what I remember most vividly about those years is the answer I got one night at dinner when I asked our kids what they learned in school that day.
“We learned about the War of Northern Aggression,” one said, explaining that the New York bankers were trying to rob people in the South and so the South had to fight back.
This is what happens when history is allowed to be re-written for over a century. And it’s happening again, today.
Follow the link for the evidence.
Recommended Listening 0
The Bat, by Mary Roberts Rinehart. If you would rather read the story, you can find the print version at Project Gutenberg.
Some think that this novel helped inspire the comic book hero, Batman.
Afterthought:
When I was a young ‘un, my mother would patronize a local fabric shop run by a lady named Gin Walker, who also was a milliner. Mrs. Walker, being no dummy, had several boxes of comic books for her customers’ kids to read while their mothers browsed.
As my mother selected fabrics for sewing, my brother and I would sit under the display tables which held the fabrics and read the comic books.
That’s where I first met Batman.
Denial Is Not Just a River in Egypt 0
At the Des Moines Register, Walter Suza takes issue with South Carolina Senator Tim Scott.
Mythbuster 0
Thom debates a gun nut, busting myths along the way.
QOTD 0
Norman Schwarzkopf, Jr.:
Any soldier worth his salt should be antiwar. And still there are things worth fighting for.
Maskless Marauders 0
I must say, this does seem a wee bit intrusive to me. It certainly intrudes on the rights of local government to govern locally.
Meanwhile . . . .
