December, 2023 archive
Recommended Viewing 0
Secrets of the Stones: Decoding Ireland’s Lost Past, a look at the archeology of Ireland’s from its earliest past through the early Christian era. Plus, the photography is stunning. I would recommend having Google Maps satellite view open as you watch it.
I saw it on Tubi, but I gather it’s available on other streaming services as well.
Deceptive by Definition 0
At the Idaho State Journal, Randy Stapilus notes that, in Right-Wing Wonderland, words mean what they–right-wingers, that is–want them to mean.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
People of Walmart proceed to park with politeness.
Down at the Farm 0
I don’t know exactly what happened yesterday. (My hosting provider’s most excellent tech support told me it wasn’t anything I did.)
But things seem to be working again.
A Question of Identity 0
Not long ago, I heard an apocryphal quotation from a fictional Native America chief. I forget exactly where, but it stuck with me. The chief was speaking to a cavalry officer and said something like this: “If you win a battle, it’s a victory. If we win, it’s a massacre.”
At Psychology Today Blogs, Joe Pierre explores the line between labeling acts of violence as “terrorism” or as “mental illness.” Here’s a bit:
I think his article a worthwhile read, especially in the light of recent events.
The Mussolini Mimic 0
Seth dissects the desire to dictate.
Republican Family Values 0
If this is not a miscarriage of justice, I have no idea what would qualify as such.
I am beyond appalled.
Aside:
I know someone who had a miscarriage.
She was devastated.
As far as she was concerned, she had not “had a miscarriage,” she had lost a baby. In her case, it happened under medical care, so she was she was not faced with the issue that this woman was faced with–what to do with the baby.
That Republicans would choose turn someone who suffered an unavoidable medical emergency into a criminal defendant exemplifies the moral bankruptcy of the organization that portrays itself as the party of family values.
Today’s Republican Party is a vile and loathsome thing.
A Voter Fraud Fraudster 0
Have you noticed that, when one gets caught, he or she almost always turn out to be a Republican?
Establishmentarians 0
In longer post about (some) Republicans apparently unwillingness to support Ukraine against Russia’s invasion, long-time BJ blogger Betty Cracker writes:
I sure hope she’s wrong. Follow the link and draw your own conclusion
Our Polite Society 0
Thom discusses America’s most exceptional exceptionalism.
The Squeaker of the House 0
. . . foments disorder in the House.
Republican Family Values 0
At the Tampa Bay Times, Daniel Ruth comes out of retirement to call out the con(s).