2022 archive
Stray Thought 0
As my old professor, Dr. Shade, used to say, “History is irony.”
To wit, the persons trying hardest to destroy the American ideal wear American flags* and boast loudest about how patriotic they are.
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*A violation of the Flag Code, by the way.
Penny Dreadful 0
Somehow, one doubts that this is what John McCain would have chosen as an enduring legacy.
I disagreed with many of McCain’s positions and certainly did not support his campaign for the Presidency, but I found him a person of integrity–a characteristic that seemingly can no longer be attributed to persons in his political party.
“A Clear and Present Danger” 0
Tony Norman sounds the alarm.
The Blame Game, Reprise 0
At Above the Law, Chris Williams reminds us that, when you point the finger at someone, you have three fingers pointing back at yourself.
Fly the Fiendly Skies . . . . 0
. . . and meet Florida Man.
QOTD 0
Dwight Eisenhower:
A people that values its privileges above its principles soon loses both.
Q. E. D.
A Tune for the Times 0
Mangy comments at the Youtube page:
The other day, Democratic National Committee Chair Jaime Harrison described the present-day Republican party as ” …a party built on fraud, fear and fascism.” Seems pretty accurate. Mangy Fetlocks thought such a catchy, alliterative description should be a campaign slogan for midterm elections, so he wrote a snappy little campaign song with it.
Malicious Malefactors Manufacture
Manure To Manipulate Minions
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The Majority Report crew discusses Republicans’ ludicrous claims that Disney, librarians, and liberals are somehow conspiring to “groom” children with nefarious intent.
At Psychology Today Blogs, David J. Ley takes on this issue and finds these claims of “grooming” are–er, shall we say?–less than credible. A snippet (emphasis added); follow the link for a nuanced discussion of what “grooming” is–and isn’t.
Aside:
Never underestimate Republicans’ tolerance of the ridiculous. After all, they believe that Donald Trump is a competent businessman.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
And another child encounters politeness.
The Blame Game 2
I suspect that the writer of this letter to the editor of the Las Vegas Sun has not been keeping up with Fox News.
QOTD 0
Peter Scolari, in the voice of Michael Harris:
It’s fine to do a tradition once, but, after that, they get kind of repetitive and restrictive.
The Marketplace of Ideas, Reprise
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Writing at the Austin American-Statesman, Tom Leatherbury argues that recent attempts by right-wingers to control censor the content of school libraries and reading lists smells of authoritarianism. A snippet:
The Voter Fraud Fraud 0
Yet more evidence that Republicans’ charges of Democratic voter fraud stem from psychological projection . . . .
