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September, 2021 archive

Droning On 0

Title:  Hey kids!  It's Droney--the friendly  drone.  Image:  Little girl says to Droney,

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The Bullies’ Pulpit 0

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Doing the Jersey Stomp 0

Florida Man.

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Facebook Frolics 0

Brier Dudley grasps at a straw.

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Vaccine Nation 0

Hostest to couple entering restaurant:  Good evening, folks.  Which section would you prefer . . . fully vaccinated, not vaccinated, or don't tread on me?

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QOTD 0

Noam Shipancer, on the topic of “positive thinking”:

If you are falling, there’s no use in telling yourself that you’ve learned how to fly.

Shipancer, Noam, “Laws of Emotional Mastery” (Psychology Today, June 2021), p. 54.

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A Tune for the Times 0

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Twits on Twitter 0

Fat-shameful twits.

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The Privatization Scam, the Bill Comes Due Dept. 0

Governor McDonnell outsourced management of public roads to a private company.

The con is now taking its toll.

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Zuckerdorsey’s Monster 0

Frames One and Two:  Mad Scientist pushes button and Frankenstein-like monster sits up and says,

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At Psychology Today Blogs, Phil Reed offers some thoughts. A snippet:

Multinational companies and corporations are set up for a clear purpose—to make money. The rest, such as facilitating expression and communication between people, is just advertising and marketing.

(Syntax error fixed.)

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A Pillow of the Community 0

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“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0

Party politely.

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The Squad, Republican Style 0

The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, Pestilence, Famine, War, and Death,

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QOTD 0

W. E. B. Du Bois:

The power of the ballot we need in sheer defense, else what shall save us from a second slavery?

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Maskless Marauders 0

We are a society of stupid.

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Facebook Frolics, Reprise 0

And it goes on.

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Facebook Frolics 0

Methinks Parmy Olson is unduly optimistic.

Plus, she provides yet more evidence that “social” media isn’t.

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A Notion of Immigrants 0

Sam, Emma, their guest, attorney and writer Sam Melo, discuss the history of immigration and immigration legislation in the United States.

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Fly the Fiendly Skies 0

They get fiendlier every day.

Aside:

The first rule of flight club is don’t tell anyone about flight club.

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If One Standard Is Good, Two Must Be Better 0

Frame One:  Mitch McConnell climbing a ladder says,

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