From Pine View Farm

May, 2022 archive

The Violation 0

Justices Alito, Comey Barrett, Gorsuch, Thomas, and Kavanaugh are grouped together.  Alito, holding his draft abortion opinion, says,

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Potempkin Pillages 0

Der Spiegel offers a long and detailed analysis of what’s currently happening as regards the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

I commend it to your attention.

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“A Republic, If You Can Keep It” 0

Will Bunch is less than optimistic.

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QOTD 0

John Larroquette, in the voice of Dan Fielding:

If you can’t laugh at other people, who can you laugh at?

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The Reboot 0

Title:  Genesis 2.0.  Image:  Cave family gatthered about a fire.  Father says,

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Aside:

If Alexa doesn’t do it soon, climate change will do it later.

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The Faustian Bargain 0

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Republican Family Values 0

You can’t make this stuff up.

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What’s in a Word? 0

PoliticalProf would like to know.

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Unions and the Graham Cracker 0

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Twits on Twitter 0

Twits who make stuff up.

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“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0

Sport your politeness.

In a related piece at Psychology Today Blogs, Michael Austin exposes the fallacy underlying the quotation that forms the title of this series of posts. A snippet:

There is evidence that an armed society is not a polite society.

Follow the link for the evidence.

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QOTD 0

Elizabeth Gould Davis:

Men insist that they don’t mind women succeeding so long as they retain their “femininity”. Yet the qualities that men consider “feminine” timidity, submissiveness, obedience, silliness, and self-debasement — are the very qualities best guaranteed to assure the defeat of even the most gifted aspirant.

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The Uncuttest Kind of All 0

Florida Man.

Words fail me.

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Still Rising Again after All These Years 0

At the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Maureen Downey explores the effects of the state of Georgia’s war on historical fact. Here’s a bit:

The bills reveal the willingness of this Legislature and governor to exploit ginned-up fears of conservative white parents that schools are becoming woke boot camps where their kids learn about LGBTQ relationships, Black Lives Matter and white privilege.

It’s not a coincidence that the misinformation campaign that Georgia schools taught critical race theory followed the election of Georgia’s first Black and Jewish American senators, and as Confederate monuments fell across the country.

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Republican Family Values 0

Know them by the precedents they cite

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Dominion 0

Wooden carving of a woman lying on an American flag.  One arrow labeled

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“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0

Yet another responsible gun owner discharges his responsibility.

Yet another child is introduced to politeness.

And our society moves one more step to failure.

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A Coup d’Court 0

Yes, I’m quite sure that’s not an understatement.

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Twits on Twitter 0

Professor Twit.

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QOTD 0

Dian Fossey:

The more you learn about the dignity of the gorilla, the more you want to avoid people.

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