2022 archive
Recommended Listening 0
The NBC University Theater of the Air at the Internet Archive.
These dramatizations of classic literature are extremely well done and quite worth your while.
A Tune for the Times 0
A note of hopefulness for hellish times.
Gutting Out the Vote 0
My friend saw a news report about the goons folks whe have been patrolling Arizona’s ballot drop boxes while carrying weapons and wearing body armor; she asked me if I knew anthing about it.
I said, “They claim that they are protecting the integrity of the vote, but they are actually right-wing–er–enthusiasts trying to intimidate voters.”
Twits Own Twitter 0
The twit who owns Twitter gets fact-checked on Twitter just as said tsit fires the Twitter moderator.
To echo Atrios, “Oh, Elon.”
The New Gilded Age 0
At the Portland Press-Herald, Judith Foster sums up the essence of “personal liberty” as defined by today’s Republican Party. A snippet; follow the link for the complete article.
Karen Karen-Like 0
The stupid. It burns.
QOTD 0
Rex Stout, in the voice of Nero Wolfe:
The more you put in a brain, the more it will hold–if you have a brain.
Stout, Rex, Might As Well Be Dead (New York: Bantam, 1993) p. 94.
I Think I No the Answer 0
Michael in Norfolk has a question:
Follow the link for his thoughts on the matter.
Mythbuster 0
At the Idaho State Journal, Nick Gier debunks the Republicans’ falsehoods about President Biden. Here’s the topics he addresses; follow the link for his evidence about each one.
- False: Joe Biden and Democrats are responsible for violent crime.
- False: Biden and the Democrats have defunded the police.
- False: Biden is responsible for inflation.
- False: Biden caused high gas prices.
- False: National debt has exploded under Biden.
- False: Biden caused a recession.
- False: Biden slowed economic growth.
“The Beating Heart of Trumpism” 0
Seth analyzes the EKG.
Aside:
Since Seth started out talking about Lindsey Graham, my original title for this post included the phrase “The Graham Cracker” (full disclosure: I’m winging it stream of consciousness off the top of my head). Later on, I changed the title. But “cracker” still applies. There’s a whole box of crackers here.
I’m a Southern Boy. I know what a cracker is, and Graham is a cracker who hangs around with crackers.
If you don’t know what a cracker is, you might look it up.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Yet another oxymoronic responsible gun owner exposes a toddler to politeness.
Paper Trail 0
At Above the Law, Liz Dye points her finger at John Eastman and says, “But the emails!”
Underground Railroad Redux 0
Thanks to Der Spiegel, we are again reminded of Mark Twain’s statement that history does not repeat itself, but it often rhymes.
The Candidates Debase 0
I must say, I find this person’s profession of ignorance to be somewhat questionable.