From Pine View Farm

August, 2022 archive

Impunity 0

Lemont:  Republicans sure are upset about the FBI going after a criminal.  Susan:  I don't think you can call Donald Trump a

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“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0

Politeness is a family value.

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Riding on the Disinformation Superhighway 0

The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse--War, Famine, Pestilence, and Death--are galloping along the Disinformation Superhighway.  A fifth rider, holding a

Via Job’s Anger.

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Trump-Colored Glasses 0

Title:  Never mind the Metaverse!  Join your fellow patriots in the Magaverse.  Frame One:  Red-hated man and companion wearing VR goggles.  Red-hatted man says,

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Freedom of Screech 0

Florida Man.

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QOTD 0

Chauncey Wright:

We receive the truths of science by compulsion. Nothing but ignorance is able to resist them.

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Geeking Out 0

VirtualBox virtual machine of Slackware –Current with the Plasma Desktop on Mageia v. 8 with the Fluxbox window manager.

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He Must Be Guilty 0

After all, he fits the profile.

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“The Groomer” 0

Title:  Groomer.  Image:  Republican Elephant styling children's hair to spell out

Via Job’s Anger.

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“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0

Yet another responsible gun owner (sic) discharges his responsibility.

We are a failing state.

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All the News that Fits, Foxy Shady Dept. 0

I think I might just read this book . . . .

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Light Bloggery 0

Family matters.

Blogging will be sporadic this week.

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QOTD 0

Euripides:

Every man is like the company he is wont to keep.

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A Tune for the Times 0

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Screened In 0

When I was a kid, I would come home from school and then go on long walks or, later, bicycle rides (being, as I was, out in the country surrounded by woods and fields). Today as I drive around my neighborhood, I rarely to see children playing outside.

At Psychology Today Blogs, Jenny Perkel argues cogently that children who remain inside their rooms hidden behind their screens are losing out on valuable growth experiences.

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All the News that Fits, Foxy Shady Dept. 0

Aside:

I must say, I’m getting increasingly annoyed by persons who don’t know what “begs the question” means.

We are watching words lose their meaning before our very ears.

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The Rule of Flaw 0

Mona Charen is not sanguine.

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“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0

Self-politeness is the politest kind.

Musical NotesGuns and stupid, guns and stupid.
They go together like love and Cupid.
Let me tell you brother,
You can’t have one without the other.

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Vaccine Nation 0

There’s a little less disinformation crowding the Disinformation Superhighway today.

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Facebook Frolics 0

Yet more fraudulent frolics.

One more time, “social” media isn’t.

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