From Pine View Farm

November, 2022 archive

Dis Coarse Discourse 0

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Birds of a Feather 0

Woman watching television while reading newspaper with headline,

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It’s All Relative 0

frame One, titled

Via Job’s Anger.

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Family Planning 0

Emma and her colleagues discuss how theocrats view sex from an exclusively male perspective and denigrate women in doing so.

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Freedom of Screech 0

At Above the Law, Liz Dye digs into a Federal Judge’s ruling that FLorida’s “Anti-Woke” law violates the U. S. Constitution. She quotes a bit from the decision (emphasis added):

To confront certain viewpoints that offend the powers that be, the State of Florida passed the so-called “Stop W.O.K.E.” Act2 in 2022—redubbed (in line with the State’s doublespeak) the “Individual Freedom Act.” The law officially bans professors from expressing disfavored viewpoints in university classrooms while permitting unfettered expression of the opposite viewpoints. Defendants argue that, under this Act, professors enjoy “academic freedom” so long as they express only those viewpoints of which the State approves. This is positively dystopian.

Follow the link for the rest.

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“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 2

One more time, “accidental” and “negligent” are not synonyms.

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QOTD 0

Philip K. Dick:

The basic tool for the manipulation of reality is the manipulation of words. If you can control the meaning of words, you can control the people who must use the words.

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All That Was Old Is New Again 0

Robert Reich reflects of the new Gilded Age and the two persons who most personify it. A snippet:

Musk is not exactly Donald Trump. They’re different generations, possess different skills, occupy different roles in the bizarre firmament of modern America. And Trump is far more dangerous to democracy — so far.

But both represent the emergence of a particularly American personality in the early years of the twenty-first century: the wildly disruptive narcissist. Both wield sledge hammers to protect their fragile egos. Both are utterly lacking in empathy. Both lie, and push baseless conspiracy theories (such as the one cooked up about Paul Pelosi).

And both are indefatigable self-promoters.

Both are billionaires but they are not motivated primarily by money. Nor are they fueled by any larger purpose, principle, or ideology. Their singular goal is to imprint their giant egos on everyone else — to exercise raw power over people. To make others grovel.

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As the Twig Is Bent . . . (Updated) 0

Virginia’s Governor Trumpkin is looking to bend him some twigs.

Afterthought:

Hillsdale College was in on the rewrite.

Somehow or another, I got on Hillsdale College’s propaganda mailing list.

Talk about right-wing agitprop . . . .

Addendum:

A bit of a backtrack.

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Still Rising Again after All These Years . . . 0

. . . and now they’re phoning it in.they’re phoning it in.they’re phoning it in.

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“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0

Ed Finton, who has lived in the neighborhood for 40 years, saw the ordeal unfold.

“I woke up to gunfire,’’ Finton said. “My dog was going nuts.”

“I could see a guy standing in the middle of 80th Street with a long gun just shooting randomly,” he said. “When I saw that I called 911. The only thing I knew was the SUV had crashed into the pole.”

Just another day in the NRA’s Garden of Bleedin’.

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American Oligarchy 0

Thom reminds us that, in an economy of monopolies, monopolies monopolize.

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Twits off Twitter 0

In case you are a Twitter user turned off by the Muskrat love, I gather that a number of persons are turning to Mastodon.

If you are interested in Mastodon, you may find the EFF’s article about privacy and security on Mastadon useful.

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Freedom of Screech 0

They’re just fighting for their right to be mean for the sake of mean.

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QOTD 0

Terry Farrell, in the voice of Reggie Kostas:

It’s part of life, Becker. People move on. They get older. Even pro golfers have to move on to the senior tour.

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A Tune for the Times 0

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Twits on Twitter 0

Yet more hate-full twits.

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The Ex Files 0

Republican Elephant drinking wine with Ron DeSantis.  Donald Trupm appears in the window.  Elephant says,

Via Yellowdoggranny.

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The Echo Chamber 0

Sam and his crew discuss the transitory nature of Republican introspection.

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The Sore Loser 0

Uncle Sam, holding a clipboard, asks man red-hatted man,

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