April, 2023 archive
Break Time 0
Off to drink liberally.
Foxy Shady 0
When the judge says something like this, it would seem to indicate that the portents are not propitious.
Follow the link for context.
(Broken link fixed.)
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Yet another oxymoronic “responsible gun owner” exposes a child to his politeness.
There’s a common denominator to all these injuries and deaths both accidental negligent and purposeful:
The gun.
That’s the one constant in gunnuttery.
Suffer the Children 0
Jessica Martinez and Marcy Goldstein-Gelb look at the push to return to the days of Charles Dickens in this, the New Gilded Age. A couple of excerpts from their article:
(snip)
Since 2021, legislators in 10 states have introduced bills, backed by industry, that would loosen child labor laws.
A Tune for the Times 0
Mangy comments at the Youtube page:
Do nothing, power-mad congressman, Jim Jordan of Ohio is REALLY upset that his hero and January 6th co-conspirator, Donald Trump, is in legal jeopardy in Manhattan. To deflect attention from Trump and muddy the legal waters, Jim Jordan has decided to investigate Manhattan DA, Alvin Bragg, claiming that crime is out of control in New York because Bragg is focused on unfairly prosecuting (and persecuting) Trump, while crime runs rampant. Sadly though, crime is down in all categories since Bragg has taken the DA’s position, and the murder rate in New York is a third of the murder rate in crime-ridden Columbus Ohio. Clearly, with all of Jim Jordan’s grandstanding in order to garner right-wing ‘clicks’ and donations, he has done a damn poor job of keeping an eye on his home state. Just as he stood by while sexual assault went on in the Ohio State wrestling program, Jim Jordan stands by while Ohioans die.
Stemming the Red Tide, Reprise
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To figure out why (mostly Republican) elected politicians refuse to take action against the flood of guns and gun violence, the Arizona Republic’s E. J. Montini follows the money.
It’s a weapon elected officials refuse to ban, because they love the money and the support provided by the gun lobby more than they love innocent civilians.
Or police officers.
Follow the link for his reasoning.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Once again, we are reminded that “responsible gun owner” is an oxymoron.
Plus ca Change 0
At the Tampa Bay Times, history professor Jonathan S. Perry looks back in time and sees parallels to Florida Governor DeSantis’s attempts to pretend history isn’t.
Stemming the Red Tide
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Michael in Norfolk points a finger. Here’s a bit from his article:
QOTD 0
Gavin MacLeod, in the voice of a striking Murray Slaughter:
Why are we always the heavies? It’s always “management offers,” but “unions demand.”
