December, 2023 archive
Recommended Viewing 0
Canals: The Making of a Nation, about how Britain’s canals, mostly created in the late 1700s and early 1800s, affected British economy and society.
I find it a fascinating watch.
You can find it on Tubi (tubitv.com) and likely elsewhere.
Medicare Disadvantage, One More Time 0
“Medicare Advantage” is little more than a Republican con to let insurance companies get their paws on money that belonged to the citizenry.
Ask me nicely, I’ll tell you what I really think.
(Syntax error fixed.)
The Party of the New Secesh 0
In a letter to the editor of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Gerald Kreienkamp argues that Republicans aren’t even trying to hide it anymore.
Stray Thought 0
Right-wing evangelical they-call-themselves Christians are today’s scribes and pharisees.
Dis Coarse Discourse 0
Sam discusses our deplorable political news coverage.
A Quibble:
I do not endorse Sam’s comments about Biden and Hamas. In particular, I disagree with Sam’s claim that Biden is “completely enabling” Netanyahu’s tactics.
Expressing support for the existence of Israel, which is what Biden has done, is not “enabling” Netanyahu’s tactics. Netanyahu would do what he is doing with or without Biden’s support for the existence of Israel.
I also deplore the deaths of civilians in Gaza and in Israel. But I think it’s delusional to think that the U. S. is either responsible for or could have prevented them.
But that’s just me. (And international history was not my field. My field was U. S. Southern.)
But I think Sam’s primary message regarding dis coarse discourse is spot on.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Show politeness to your friends.
Guns and stupid, guns and stupid.
They go together like love and Cupid.
Let me tell you brother,
You can’t have one without the other.
Kevin McCarthy Plays “What’s My Spine?” 0
Farron points out that Kevin McCarthy lacks the courage of his conniptions.
The Climates They Are a-Changing . . . 0
. . . and, as the evidence shows, it’s no shrimp of a problem.
As an aside, the forecast high for today in these parts is 70 Fahrenheits.
In December.
Afterthought:
In my darker moments, I find it difficult to avoid fearing that we are nearing an extinction event.