August, 2022 archive
A Tune for the Times 0
Mangy comments at the Youtube page:
When asked about his role in the ‘fake elector’ scheme meant to steal the 2020 election, Wisconsin Senator Ron Johnson downplayed his part in it, saying he was only involved in it for “a few seconds”. If only other criminal-types were as brilliant as Ron Johnson, they could have used this foolproof defense. Mangy Fetlocks imagines how such logic might have played out in one other Wisconsin case.
Dis Coarse Discourse 0
At the Idaho State Journal, Chris Huston reflects on the marketplace of ideologues.
It’s All about the Benjamins 0
When I went to college, my parents were able to pay my tuition and I left college debt-free. In contrast, it was only a few years ago that I finished paying off the “parent loans” that I incurred to educate my own kids.
The cost of “higher education” and the student loan industry is a scam and a con designed to extract money from what should be a public good. But, natch, we live in a society that no longer believes in the public good. It believes only in extracting as much money as possible in as many ways as possible from as many people as possible.
Thank the Chicago School.
Immunity Impunity
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“But he fit my profile . . . .”
The Paper Chase 0
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Yet another responsible gun owner (sic) treats a loved one with politeness.
We are a decaying society.
Stray Question 0
When you cut through the persiflage, you realize that “woke” means “aware.”
What does that tell you about folks who don’t want persons to be “woke”?
The Disinformation Superhighway 0
At Psychology Today Blogs, Suzanne Degges-White explores how “social” media isn’t.
A Pile Up On the Disinformation Superhighway
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SFGate’s Katie Dowd details the destruction.
The Acolytes 0
The Des Moines Register’s Reka Basu wonders at the hold Donald Trump has over his followers. Here’s a bit (emphasis added):
Follow the link for the complete article; it’s worth the three or four minutes it will take you to read it.
Still Rising Again after All These Years 0
At AL.com, Roy S. Johnson explains the difference between an error and a mistake.
