2022 archive
Decoding De Code 0
Farron translates.
The Party of “Nasty, Brutish, and Short” 0
Paul Krugman makes a strong case that the Republican Party has abandoned the concept of the common good and social cooperation. A snippet; follow the link for his reasoning:
Misdirection Play, Hey! Rubio! Dept. 0
At the Orlando Sentinel, Pam Vety explains the con.
Freedom of Screech, Reprise 0
Liz Dye has a question for Donald Trump:
How are you going to argue that your speech is being chilled when you never shut up?
Consolidation 0
At the Portland Press-Herald, Greg Kesich argues cogently that we are on the verge of a new “Gilded Age.”
Personally, I think we are already well into it.
Gutting Out the Vote 0
Gordon Weil notes a trend.
Follow the link for his reasoning.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
When patronizing your local commercial establishments, practice politeness with personnel providing service to customers.
Vaccine Nation 0
Sam, Emma, and Alex Pareene unpack the layers of COVID denial.
Thought Police, Redux 0
Heaven forbid that students should be exposed to ideas and facts while at school.
We are a society of stupid.
Freedom of Screech 0
At Above the Law, Joe Patrice explains that one thing is not like the other thing. An excerpt; follow the link for more.
Maskless Marauders 0
Rex Huppke minces no words about the maskless morons who saw fit to invade a public library.
A reasonable person might ask, “Why is there a threat to health and safety at a public library?” The answer, not surprisingly, involves a number of unreasonable people acting like jerks.
On Jan. 18, a group of 30 to 40 unmasked people took a bold stance against rule-following and trotted into the library’s youth service department to protest the library board’s mandatory mask policy, which is in line with the statewide mask mandate. This unsafe and truly pathetic act is apparently what passes for “patriotic” among those who think posting videos of themselves doing childish, unfunny things on social media is a path to right-wing-goober celebrity status.
More unminced words at the link.
Facebook Frolics in Blue 0
One more time, “social” media isn’t.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Once again, children are exposed to politeness by a responsible gun owner (sic).
The child was said to be shot accidentally by a 9-year-old inside a car according to WSB-TV.
Police say an adult went inside to pick up food and left a gun inside the vehicle.
Misdiagnosis 0
Atrios reminds us that not all price increases result from inflation.
Given the who-shot-john about recent price increases, most of which result from concrete supply-chain and production issues, his post and the article it links to are worth your while.
QOTD 0
Jerry Coyne:
Theology is the post hoc rationalization of what you want to believe.
Aside:
I must say, it is somewhat disconcerting to run across a Wikiquote page for someone you once knew. Of course, he wouldn’t remember me on a bet, but we went to the same college and were casual acquaintances.
I recognized even then that he was brilliant.