June, 2021 archive
Fantasy Land 0
The Seattle Times’s David Horsey recalls the film, Independence Day, and the fantasy it presented. He contrasts it with the reality of humans’ response to climate change. A snippet; much more at the link.
Horsey is not sanguine.
Nor, for that matter, am I. I fear that we are well past the tipping point.
Still Rising Again after All These Years 0
A school board meeting descends into chaos because white fragility can’t handle the truth (emphasis added).
Critical race theory is an academic term that has been misappropriated by mostly white conservatives (i. e., white supremacists–ed.) in the wake of the New York Times’ Pulitzer Prize–winning 1619 Project as a stand-in for almost any educational discussion that might frame US history through a critical racial lens.
We are a society of stupid.
An Apt Comparison, the Art of the Con Dept. 0
Farron shares the best analogy yet.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Fly the fiendly skies with politeness.
Need To Know 0
General Mark Milley responds to statements from Matt Gaetz regarding critical race theory.
Via Juanita Jean.
Our Computerized Cesspools 0
Kiki Monifa explains one way in which social media isn’t.
Vaccine Nation 0
The Manatee County, Florida, government shut down because of an outbreak of COVID-19. A snippet (emphasis added):
One staffer in the department who worked closely with the other five and didn’t contract the coronavirus was vaccinated. All five who contracted the virus were known not to be vaccinated . . . .
The stupid.
It burns.
Via The Bob Cesca Show.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Politeness once again is child’s play.
In this case, the child was two-years-old.
And thus passeth another life in NRA Paradise.
All the News that Fits, Reprise 0
Thom uses on what to do about those who disseminate disinformation.
