2022 archive
Courting Disaster 0
Robert Reich is less than impressed by the track record of Supreme Supremacist Court Chief Justice John Roberts. A nugget:
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Yet another oxymoronic “responsible gun owner” is polite to his hunting companion.
Guns are instruments of death. They should be treated with caution and respect.
Words desert me.
Guns and stupid, guns and stupid.
They go together like love and Cupid.
Let me tell you brother,
You can’t have one without the other.
Facebook Frolics 0
Yet more hate-full frolics.
Crybabies 0
At the San Francisco Chronicle, Anna Grzymala-Busse argues forcefully that we are at right of losing our democracy because of sore losers and their hurt fee-fees. Here’s how she starts her article; follow the link for the rest.
Yet a slew of American politicians, overwhelmingly Donald Trump supporters, fail this basic test.
Blind Justice 0
Honest to Pete, you can’t make this stuff up.
Twits Own Twitter, Reprise 0
Sam and his crew discuss Elon Musk’s latest Twitter temper tantrum.
A long time ago, while I was doing yard work, I listened to an interview with one of the founders of Twitter; it was about the time that Twitter was being launched. I don’t remember who the interviewer was or which Twitter founder it was, but I do remember his prattling on about how this new thing would contribute positively to our discourse. He succeeded in convincing me to avoid Twitter like the plague it has proven to be.
Cashing Out 0
Above the Law’s Liz Dye examines Donald Trump and his Organization’s attempt to squirrel assets away from legal oversight and escape accountability accounting. A snippet:
Follow the link for details.
Stray Thought 0
It’s the persons who don’t vote who should sport stickers.
Know Them by the Company They Keep 0
The Des Moines Register’s Rekha Basu argues that Iowa’s Senator Grassley is running with the wrong crowd.
Twits Own Twitter 0
Sam and his crew discuss the most fragile ego of them all.
Afterthought:
If Elon Musk destroys Twitter, as seems quite likely at this point, he will have quite inadvertently performed a positive public service.