From Pine View Farm

February, 2022 archive

“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0

Politeness can be a challenge.

We are a society of stupid.

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The Republican Contract on America 0

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Picturing the Fifth Column 0

GOP Elephants standing around a tank driven by Putin, which has crushed a figure labeled

Via Juanita Jean.

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Just as Stupid as You Thought They Were 0

Truckers who need to check their GPS locations.

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QOTD 0

Anacharsis:

Written laws are like spiders’ webs, and will, like them, only entangle and hold the poor and weak, while the rich and powerful will easily break through them.

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Recommended Listening 0

Vicky Van, by Carolyn Wells.

Yes, the conclusion is nonsensical, but it is a darned good tale.

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A Tune for the Times 0

From the Youtube page:

Trump loves to “go with a winner”, and he sees Vladimir Putin as a HUGE winner of late, making major real estate acquisitions with very little investment of his own, just as Trump always did. Trump can’t help but envy Putin’s incredible ability to skip legalities and jump right to the ‘moving-in’ stage. That, and Putin’s ability to look good shirtless give Trump a major case of “nipple envy”, but in a really wholesome, Christian sort of way.

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A Fifth Columnist 0

Margaret Sullivan profiles an American Quisling.

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The Disinformation Superhighway Goes to War . . . 0

. . . with a blistering blitzkrieg of bogosity.

One more time, “social” media isn’t.

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The Fifth Column, Reprise 0

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The Voter Fraud Fraud 0

Title:  False Flag Operation.  Image:  Republican Elephant driving tank labeled GOP

Click to view the original image.

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“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0

A study in a medical journal calculates the cost of NRA Paradise. Here’s a bit from the news report:

They found that in 2017 and 2018 the YPLL (years of potential life lost–ed.) was higher for firearms than car crashes. In particular, in 2018 the number of YPLL for firearms was 1.42 million years compared to 1.34 million years for MVC (motor vehicle crash–ed.).

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Game of Thrones 0

I do not see what Vladimir Putin hopes to gain by attacking Ukraine, other than a step towards the resurrection of the Russian Empire. It does not seem to be a rational move in any sort of chess game of international diplomacy.

Bloomberg’s Andrew Kluth argues that, indeed, it is not.

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QOTD 0

Anne Bradstreet:

Authority without wisdom is like a heavy axe without an edge, fitter to bruise than polish.

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The Stalker 0

Cat on top of aquarium

Image via All Things Amazing, an image site (some images NSFW).

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The Fifth Column 0

At Above the Law, Alaric Dearment minces no words about Putin’s American dupes, symps, and fellow travelers. A snippet:

What Carlson, Trump, and others praising, defending, or equivocating about Putin’s unprovoked attack are is nothing less than an unpatriotic, un-American fifth column. Their support for a fascist regime’s mission to conquer a fledgling democracy and snuff out its hard-won freedom goes far beyond party politics and shows hatred for the fundamental values of our own country, as well as contempt for the many innocent Ukrainians who will likely die or be displaced at the hands of Russian invaders.

More unminced words at the link.

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Loyalty 0

Title:  Cold War.  Image One, labeled

Via Job’s Anger.

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Gutting Out the Vote 0

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Facebook Frolics 0

Astronomical frolics.

Facebook is the a megaphone for stupid.

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All the History that Fits 0

The writer of a letter to the editor of the South Jersey Times offers what I consider a reasonable explanation for Republican’s book-banning frenzy. Follow the link and see for yourself.

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