April, 2022 archive
Cause—>Effect—>Backlash 0
At the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Maureen Downey considers recent Georgia laws hamstringing the teaching of actual factual United States history in Georgia’s schools. A snippet; follow the link for the rest.
Republican Family Values 0
(The relevant portion takes up the first half or so of the video.)
Still Rising Again after All These Years 0
Leonard Pitts, Jr., counsels us to stop looking away, looking away, looking away from the party of Dixieland.
Misdirection Play, Patriot Gamers Dept. 0
Jack Bernard looks up “patriot” and “mandate” in a dictionary and discovers that they don’t mean what the right-wing would have you think they mean.
Still Rising Again after All These Years 0
Michael in Norfolk suspects Virginia’s Governor Trumpkin of having somewhat dubious motives for a recent proposal regarding the cultivation of a certain herb.
Florida Man 0
Methinks Noz has a point.
We are a society of stupid in which bigots perpetuate ignorance so as to profit from prejudice and hate.
I am less than optimistic.
A Notion of Immigrants, Bordeline Disorder Dept. 0
Warning: Mild language.
Supply Change 0
Ukraine is a major exporter of grain.
Der Spiegel takes an in-depth look at the implications of Putin’s war for the world’s food supply. It is disquieting.
A snippet:
Now that a significant share of this supply has vanished from the tightly woven global market, it has created a shockwave that can be felt in many areas of the world . . . .
You Don’t Count . . . 0
. . . if you aren’t counted.
Geeking Out 0
Listening to Wait! Wait! Don’t Tell Me with the QMMP media player on Debian Sid with the Plasma Desktop. The wallpaper is from my collection.
The Venality Is in the Vagueness 0
Rebecca Watson dissects the duplicity of Florida’s “Don’t Say Gay” bill. This is really worth a listen, as she goes into the details of the law–the nuts and bolts of what the law says and how it will be used to foster hatred and discrimination–something that has not received much coverage in what Bob Cesca calls “the firehouse of news.”
Transcript here.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Yet another responsible gun owner–well, you know the rest.
Tantrum Time 0
Thom wonders why so many persons seem to be acting so badly.
Freedom of Screech 0
The Arizona Republic’s E. J. Montini points out the Arizona state senator Wendy Rogers does not understand the concept of “freedom of speech.” Here’s a tiny bit of what he says:
Follow the link for his reasoning.