August, 2022 archive
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Yet another responsible gun owner–well, you know the rest.
All the News that Fits 0
I don’t think that I would agree with Thom’s statement that we have “three right-wing television networks.” I do think, however, that we have three (or more) television networks that are more interested in furor than in facts.
An Inapt Inept Comparison
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Susan Young notes the inept comparison:
“What is the difference between this and Watergate, when operatives broke into the [Democratic] National Committee? Here, in reverse, Democrats broke into the home of the 45th President of the United States,” Trump said in a statement posted on social media Monday night.
Follow the link, where she meticulously proves that one thing is not like the other thing.
Not remotely.
All the News that Fits, Foxy Shady Dept. 0
Above the Law’s Joe Patrice dissects the dissimulation.
“But It’s the Only Possible Explanation” 0
At the Seattle Times, Nancy Chappelle tells of the toll that conspiracy theories about COVID-19 have taken on her friendships.
It is a compelling and distressing read.
Know Them by the Company They Keep 0
My local rag takes exception to the decision by Virginia’s Governor Trumpkin and Virginia Beach House candidate Kiggans to condemn the Department of Justice and the Federal Bureau of Investigation for the search of Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Largo property under the power of a legal warrant. From the editorial:
In going off half-cocked, Youngkin and Kiggans have some distasteful company.
Follow the link for details.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
There’s nothing like partying with politeness in NRA Paradise.
Break Time 0
Off to drink liberally.
Joust the Facts, Ma’am 0
University of Connecticut Professor Keith M. Bellizzi explores why persons are impervious to facts, with a focus on facts vs. political positions. Here’s a bit from the opening of his piece:
Your worldview, including beliefs and opinions, starts to form during childhood as you’re socialized within a particular cultural context. It gets reinforced over time by the social groups you keep, the media you consume, even how your brain functions. It influences how you think of yourself and how you interact with the world.
For many people, a challenge to their worldview feels like an attack on their personal identity and can cause them to harden their position.
I commend his article to your attention. It helps explain dis coarse discourse.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Yet another “responsible gun owner” (sic) asserts that “negligent” and “accidental” are synonyms.
Look them up. They are not.
We are a society of stupid.
Guns 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.
If One Standard Is Good, Two Must Be Better 0
At the Charlotte Observer, Isaac Bailey remarks on the irony of Republicans’ outrage over Donald Trump’s having been served with a legal warrant at Mar-a-Largo. A snippet: