From Pine View Farm

December, 2022 archive

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W. Bruce Cameron:

I’ve read that an average dog possesses a vocabulary of 200-300 words, which is enough for him to have his own Twitter account.

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Maskless Marauders 0

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Still Rising Again After All These Years 0

They just can’t seem to help themselves.

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Decoding De Code 0

Cartoon making the point that, when right-wingers complain about the

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Subjugation Nation 0

I suspect that our homegrown American Taliban is jealous.

Title: Talibanned.  Image One:  Woman reading a book.  Image Two:  Woman holding a scrub brush.

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“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0

On Christmas Eve, in the true spirit of the NRA’s meretricious marketing slogan, these folks settled their differences with politeness.

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The Lake Effect 0

The Arizona Republic’s Laurie Metcalf has a belated Christmas wish–sadly, one which she despairs of coming about.

This being Christmas, it would seem a good time for Kari Lake to offer the state of Arizona a gift.

After 46 days of decrying her loss and defaming the state’s election workers, Lake should muster the grace to accept the verdict of the judge and concede the governor’s race.

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Words Used To Have Meaning 0

PoliticalProf.

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Andrew Lang:

Politicians use statistics in the same way that a drunk uses lamp-posts—for support rather than illumination.

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The Observance 0

Angel speaking to the shepherds on Christmas:  And they will celebrate his birth with multi-million-dollar Hollywood blockbusters with gunfire and explosions and hideous supervillains. . . . No, seriously.

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(Too true to pass up.)

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Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas 0

If you have not done so, I highly recommend that you read Lena Horne’s autobiography.

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Excess 0

Give me a break.

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Joy 0

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Timothy Daly, in the voice of Joe Hackett:

If ifs and buts were candy and nuts, we’d all have wonderful Christmas.

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A Notion or Immigrants 0

The innkeeper of the

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(More about Title 42.)

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Manufactured Malice 0

David Roth is fed up with the mongers of the phony non-existent “War on Christmas.” Here’s a bit from his article at the Idaho State Journal:

Often, the most vocal defenders of Christmas are the worst offenders when it comes to remembering the central theme for the holiday. Apparently, it’s OK for those less fortunate to be hungry and freezing as long as you remember to say “Merry Christmas” as you pass by.

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Words Used To Have Meaning 0

The writer of a letter to the editor of The Roanoke Times points out that one thing is not like the other thing.

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“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0

Once again, politeness becomes child’s play.

Once again, we are reminded that “accidental” and “negligent” are not synonyms.

Once again, we are reminded that law enforcement needs to learn what words mean.

Afterthought:

As long as “negligence” is classified as “accident,” gun nuts have a “Get Our of Jail Free” card.

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