From Pine View Farm

June, 2022 archive

“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0

Once again, politeness is child’s play.

We are a failing state.

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Mandating Molestation, Reprise 0

Sam and his crew discuss the Republican war on trans persons.

Aside:

The number of trans people is minuscule.

The number of people driven absolutely bonkers by the very idea of trans people is appalling.

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Stemming the Flow 0

As Congress lacks the will As the Republican Party resists any effort to curb guns and gun nuts, Marc Dion offers forth an immodest proposal.

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All the News that Fits 0

Foxy shady.

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Watershed 0

In a post looking forward to the House hearings on the January 6, 2021, insurrection, Michael in Norfolk looks back to the Watergate hearings and, almost in passing, sums up the difference between then and now:

Of course, back then a majority of Republicans put support of the U.S. Constitution ahead of loyalty to Nixon . . .

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QOTD 0

Bernard Katz:

Organized religion: the world’s largest pyramid scheme.

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Red Flag 0

One of the warning signs of disinformation just around the corner on the Disinformation Syperhighway is statements that begin with

I read a lot online about . . . .

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Suffer the Children 0

Child entering school through a TSA-like screening process says,

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Afterthought:

What is it that makes gun nuts want to shoot children?

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Jim Crow Keeps Rising from the Grave 0

And this surprises you how?

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The Best Armor for the Body Politic 0

Frame One:  Man with an assault rifle running towards a school, captioned,

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“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0

When visiting family in the hospital, treat the patient with politeness.

We are a society of stupider.

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A Case of Piles 0

Thomas Bass wonders what can be done about our mounting mass of nuclear waste. An excerpt:

Nuclear energy produces nuclear waste, and 80 years into the nuclear age, we still have no idea what to do with these lethal byproducts.

Follow the link for a detailed look at the problem.

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Facebook Frolics 0

Falsehoods a-froliking.

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QOTD 0

William Pitt the Younger:

Necessity is the plea for every infringement of human freedom. It is the argument of tyrants; it is the creed of slaves.

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A Tune for the Times 0

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Still Rising Again after All These Years 0

Florida Man wants to resurrect Pravda with a Southern accent.

The blatant obviousness of it does rather take one aback, does it not?

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“It Doesn’t Make Any Sense” 0

David discusses delusions.

Read the article that David discusses.

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“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0

Targeted practice.

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The Crypto-Con 0

Two girls behind a stand labeled

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Misdirection Play, Merchants of Death Dept. 0

Kevin McDermott deciphers the doubletalk.

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