From Pine View Farm

March, 2023 archive

Still Rising Again after All These Years 0

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Sanctuary 0

Little girl asks,

Via Job’s Anger.

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Twits on Twitter 0

Yet another hate-full twit.

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Disney Whirled 0

It looks as if Disney may have outmaneuvered Florida Man.

It’s too complicated for me, but my old NPR station offers an explainer.

(I’m sure my current NPR station does too, but I don’t subscribe to their RSS feed. I listen to their classical station.)

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Behind that Curtain 0

Der Speigel pulls back the curtain on Russian hacking.

Just read it.

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The New National Sport 0

Title:  American Roulette.  Image:  Counter labeled

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“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0

Yet another responsible gun owner demonstrates the oxymoronic (emphasis on the “moronic”) nature of the phrase, “responsible gun owner.”

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QOTD 0

Hal Abelson:

Universities are meant to pass the torch of civilization.

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Stray Question 0

Does the Republican Party remember–or care–that one of the words in the Pledge of Allegiance to the flag which they claim to revere is “indivisible”?

Inquiring minds want to know.

Aside:

The next few weeks may serve to answer that question.

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A Tune for the Times 0

Mangy comments at the Youtuve page:

Having taught pretty much all levels of students, Mangy Fetlocks feels schools should be safe places for students to learn and grow and that a responsible, nurturing society should be willing to do all that they can to ensure that that is the case, even if it means ‘giving up’ something, like the ability to buy and own weapons of war, since in that case, nothing is actually ‘given up’, but rather, simply exchanged for something more valuable that is for the greater good. While Mangy is a lifelong gun owner, he values kids way more than he values any perceived security derived from high-powered weaponry. At the risk of offending a few snowflakes, he wrote this song anyway because this is America, and real patriots speak out if they think it will benefit us collectively.

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“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0

And, again, politeness becomes child’s play.

We are a failed society.

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“Actions Speak Louder . . . .” 0

Roy Johnson sums it up:

Let’s just be truthful. Let’s look in the mirror and stop pretending. Look in the mirror and stop denying what we see. Look in the mirror and stop lying.

America, we love our guns more than we love our children.

Follow the link for his reasoning.

Aside:

Methinks that. when he typed “A-m-e-r-i-c-a,” he missplet “R-e-p-u-b-l-i-c-a-n-s.”

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Suffer the Children 0

We are again reminded that that is not scripture.

That is Republican policy.

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Wronging a Right 0

Founding Fathers gathered about the Constitution.  Ben Franklin asks,

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Freedom of Screech 0

At Above the Law, Joe Patrice reminds us that freedom of speech does not mean freedom from disagreement, even if said disagreement is expressed in a manner that some might find disagreeable.

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Decoding de Code: “Parents’ Rights” 0

Michael in Norfolk clarifies the concept.

What the real goal of the “parents’ rights” groups – many funded by far right dark money – and elected officials pandering to the GOP base is to force the views of a loud (and vicious) minority on all Americans and in the process rewrite history to meet their often white supremacist beliefs and ban books and curriculums that they in their ignorance and prejudice find offensive.

Follow the link for the complete clarification.

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QOTD 0

Florence Lake, in the voice of Martha Dudley:

I don’t watch television. I have a fireplace.

Methinks she’s onto something.

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The Republican Flight Plan for Democracy 0

Small airplane upside down in a field.

Image via All Things Amazing, an image site (some images NSFW).

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A Question of Priorities 0

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The Supplicant 0

Title:  Thoughts and Prayers. Image:  Man in suit with an NRA patch clasping his bloodied hands in a gesture of prayer.

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