2022 archive
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 2
One more time, “accidental” and “negligent” are not synonyms.
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:
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.
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.
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.
“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’.
American Oligarchy 0
Thom reminds us that, in an economy of monopolies, monopolies monopolize.
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.
Freedom of Screech 0
They’re just fighting for their right to be mean for the sake of mean.
Twits on Twitter 0
Yet more hate-full twits.
The Echo Chamber 0
Sam and his crew discuss the transitory nature of Republican introspection.
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Twits Own Twitter 0
Above the Law’s Chris Williams discerns a madness in the method.
The Pity Party 0
