2022 archive
QOTD 0
Patrick Malahide, in the voice of Chief Inspector Roderick Alleyn:
It’s always the way, isn’t it? There are those who take and those who give.
Maskless Marauders 0
A marauder who would suffer the children.
Neglected Legacy 0
Leonard Pitts, Jr., reminds us that Martin Luther King, Jr., gave more than one speech.
Courting Disaster 0
Methinks Noz has a point.
Maskless Marauders 0
Just stupid and bullheaded for the sake of stupid and bullheadedness.
But that should come as no surprise.
Vaccine Nation 0
Michael in Norfolk looks at recent actions by Virginia’s incoming Republican governor and is less than favorably impressed. A snippet:
Patriot Gamers, Reprise 0
The Arizona Republic’s E. J. Montini minces no words. A snippet:
So how else should we view the men and women who signed fake electoral certificates after the 2020 election hoping to subvert that constitutional work of the Electoral College, overturn the outcome of a duly certified election and, in essence, stage a coup that would have kept Donald Trump in office?
More unminced words at the link.
Navigating the Disinformation Superhighway 0
Snopes offers some suggestions for avoiding the hazards on the toxic throughway.
QOTD 0
Mary Frann, as Joanna Loudon:
She just wants to come over and pick your brain. How long can that take?
Funny Money 0
It is a storied right-wing position to question “fiat currencies” and to yearn for a return to, say, the gold standard. And bitcoin and its imitators are the ultimate in fiat currency. Yet right-wingers seem fascinated with bitcoin, as Paul Krugman notes:
So what’s that about?
Follow the link for his theory.