September, 2021 archive
Vaccine Nation 0
At the Portland Press-Herald, Bill Nimitz tells the tale of a couple who went from wanting vaccination to spurning it to numbers on a list. Here’s a bit of the article:
Finch is not ready to name the facility. “I’m still getting my ducks in a row,” he explained.
But he wants the world to know that if his parents could fall victim to wild, unfounded claims that the vaccines are a hoax, anyone can. And if he can stop it from happening again, that’s precisely what he’s going to do.
SLAPP-Back 0
One of the fundamental principles of filing SLAPP suits is to avoid suing those with the resources to fight back, as Devin Nunes is finding out.
All the News that Fits 0
See the news report that Farron is discussing.
Afterthought:
I don’t want to think Farron is correct when he says “these people are unreachable,” but I fear that he is.
I’ve known many persons who hear only what they want to hear.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Celebrate the impending birth, but do so politely.
It’s the Happiest Place on Earth . . . 0
. . . unless you happen to work there.
Limitations of Statues 0
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution’s Maureen Downey looks at efforts to change the names of schools honoring the Secesh and the obstacles those efforts are encountering. A snippet:
The SPLC inventory revealed the effectiveness of a campaign by United Daughters of the Confederacy to rebrand the events of the Civil War as heroic, especially through the naming of Southern schools. “These names are living symbols of white supremacy, and there is a difference between remembering history and showing a reverence for it,” said Lecia Brooks, chief of staff for the SPLC, during a recent media briefing. “Removing namesakes that celebrate a revisionist Confederate past does not erase history; it corrects it.”
Gutting Out the Vote 0
Gregory Svirnovskiy thinks Republicans have come up with a new gerrymandering strategy.
It’s a long and complex read, but, as states are starting to redraw voting districts based on the recent census, a worthwhile one.
Extra-Special Bonus QOTD 0
Thom Chadbon as Charles King and John Nettles as DCI Tom Barnaby:
Myth America 0
Billy Field argues that truth matters, even when some of it hurts.
Vaccine Nation, Dropping the Ball Dept. 0
Field seems concerned that our media and, for that matter, our polity don’t have their eyes on the right ball.
Twits on Twitter 0
A twit who says he didn’t intend to sound anti-semitic.
It appears that they just can’t stop themselves from showing their true colo–oh, never mind.
A Notion of Immigrants 0
At Chron.com, Dan Carson reports that Texas Lt. Gov. Patrick appears to have embraced the “great replacement” theory promoted by white supremacists. A snippet; follow the link for the rest.
“This is trying to take over our country without firing a shot,” Patrick said.
Patrick’s remarks sound strikingly like “Great Replacement” theory talking points — an old line of rhetoric used by white supremacist groups around the world to whip up fear using the specter of encroaching minority hordes. It warns of a future where white nations are overrun by black and brown immigrants, emphasizing cultural purity and the “securing” of the white race. And it’s had a disturbing renaissance of among conservative pundits in the Trump and post-Trump age.
They’re not even trying dress the racism up in Sunday-go-to-meeting clothes any more.
