February, 2023 archive
A Tune for the Times 0
Amongst all the fuss about the Chinese balloon, it’s about all I can do not to remember Francis Gary Powers.
Furthermore, in these days of satellites, “social” media, and the like, all this fuss over a balloon at 60,000 feet seems a bit silly.
It’s not that I’m in favor of spy balloons, but that I’m in favor of a sense of perspective.
Furrfu.
An Empty Case of Whine 0
Once again, a court throws out a Trump lawsuit because there’s no there there.
To Demote the General Welfare . . . . 0
Michael Hiltzik skewers the specious sophistries being used to push for raising the age of eligibility for social security. A snippet; follow the link, where he debunks more bunk.
Separation of Church and State
The Establishmentarian Con
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Thom dissects the deception.
Durham’s Bull 0
Michele Goldberg exposes the manure spreaders.
Still Rising Again after All These Years, Reprise 0
Gary Franks, who served in the House of Representatives during the Clinton Presidency, was the first black Republican elected to the House in New England in five decades. Now, two decades later, he reminds us the KKK may no longer hide in hoods, but that it still does exist. Here’s a bit from his article:
Follow the link for the rest.
Still Rising Again after All These Years 0
The editorial board of the Las Vegas Sun parses Florida Man’s playbook; they conclude he is implementing a three-pronged strategy to bring back Jim Crow, Here are the prongs:
- The first is you must separate groups of people as much as possible.
- Importantly, an essential piece of isolating people from on another is not allowing the history and reality of other people to be discussed.
- The third essential element needed to create a society that will tolerate racism is to deny the oppressed group equal access to that core of democracy: the ballot box.
Follow the link for their reasoning.
(Not that there’s any kind of pattern that one might discern in recent events.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Once again, politeness becomes child’s play.
Once again, a child is sacrificed to the NRA’s leaden idol.
The Disinformation Superhighway Meets Vaccine Nation . . . . 0
. . . and become the pathway for perfidious propaganda putting you in peril
Geeking Out 0
Ubuntu MATE with the Fluxbox window manager. XClock is in the upper right, GKrellM with the “Glass” theme in the lower right. The wallpaper is from my collection.
Base Desires 0
Thom and Dean Obeidallah discuss why Republicans don’t like Representative Ilhan Omar and what it says about the Republican Party.
Marketing Malice 0
One of my post categories is “Hate Sells.” We see and hear persons trading in it every day.
At Psychology Today Blogs, Richard Lettieri explores why hate sells. He points out that, in the past few years, hate crimes–defined as “a crime against a person or property that is motivated by prejudice or hatred toward that group”–have increased, while other types of crimes have decreased. In his article, he explores the reasons for this. An excerpt:
It is a timely and worthwhile read.