From Pine View Farm

February, 2023 archive

Different Strokes at Different Folks 0

Eric Foster tells a tale or people, pigment, and perception.

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“Market Fundamentalism” and the Roots of the New Gilded Age 0

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How Stuff Works, Internet Influencers Dept. 0

Agnes:  Welcome to my cooking show.  Trout:  You have a cooking show?  Agnes:  Anyone that asks nicely may have one.  Do you want to be my celebrity guest?  Trout:  But I'm not a celebrity.  Agnes:  So?  I'm not a cook.  They world has thrown all its standards into the toilet.  Trout:  OK.  I'm in if you promise th have no standard.

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Facebook Frolics 0

Pay to play Cash-grab frolics.

Aside:

I wonder just how many persons will be willing to pay the Zuckerborg for the privilege of being assimilated?

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Still Rising Again after All Those Years 0

The ghost of the Grey Ghost saddles up.

And this surprises you how?

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QOTD 0

Steve Allen:

If there is a God, the phrase that must disgust him is “holy war.”

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School for Scamdal 0

At the Des Moines Register, Steve Westerberg dissects the lies that lying liars are spreading about public schools and libraries to advance an agenda of racism and privatization.

He focuses on Iowa, but it’s happening all over the country.

Here’s one bit of bunk he debunks; follow the link for more.

Spreading widely rumors that there are public school students identifying as cats, and that those students are being accommodated by schools providing kitty litter in the bathrooms. This ridiculous rumor has no basis in fact, yet continues to circulate across the country, including Iowa.

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Suburban Guerillas 0

No, not that suburban guerrilla.

This suburban guerilla.

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Fly the Fiendly Skies 0

They get fiendlier every day.

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Dis Coarse Discourse 0

Title:  How To Talk to a Person Who Doesn't Think Like You Politically.  Rat is talking to a guy.  Rat:  I see, well, that's a very interesting opinion.  May I suggest a different way to look at this.  Man:  Sure.  Rat:  Great.  Well, I think we all bring different prespectives to the issues.  Man:   Right.  Rat:  Perspectives based on our past, our experience, or education.  Man:  Agreed.  Rat:  So I think the point is this.  You may just be a moron.  (Frame:  Not Like That.)  Rat:  Have you considered hitting your head with a shoe until your brain restarts?  Man:  Leaving now.

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Speaking of Too Many Guns and Too Much Stupid . . . 0

We are a broken society.

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“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0

Once again, politeness becomes child’s play.

Too many guns and too much stupid is a lethal mixture.

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Twits Own Twitter 0

Man in Tesla to service station attendant:  Can I get the windows tinted so no one will recognize me?

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QOTD 0

Henry Cabot Lodge:

Animosity is not a policy.

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A Tune for the Times 0

Mangy comments at the Youtube page:

Releases of information from the Dominion Voting Machines lawsuit against Fox Network have that Fox commentators knew The Big Lie by Trump about a ‘stolen election’ was complete bullshit, but they pushed it anyway, knowing that it helped to boost ratings. Mangy Fetlocks offers this humble song about it.

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“I Don’t Think That Word Means What You Think It Means” 0

The writer of a letter to the editor of the Las Vegas Sun tries to understand the Republicans’ War on Woke.

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Thought Control 0

Read the article that David discusses.

Aside:

David’s distinction between Orwellian and Huxleyan dystopias provoked a thought or two.

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“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0

Yet another responsible gun owner demonstrates that said phrase is an oxymoron.

The stupid. It burns.

Now, about those IQ tests for persons who think they should have access to firearms . . . .

Oh! In more news of gunnuttery. . . .

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All the News that Fits, Foxy Shady Dept. 0

The Arizona Republic’s E. J. Montini explores the evidence.

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Who Coulda Knowed? 0

Man in Haxmat suit labeled

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