December, 2023 archive
Our Welfare State 0
Robert Reich (emphasis added):
“We renew our resolve that America will never be a socialist country,” Donald Trump has said.
Someone should alert him that America is already a hotbed of socialism. But it’s socialism for the rich. Everyone else is treated to harsh capitalism.
Follow the link for his evidence.
H/T Job’s Anger.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Greer called her veterinarian to come over not knowing exactly what happened and that’s when they found a bullet hole.
According to Greer, neighbors heard a gunshot during the overnight hours.
She said LeMon was so friendly that he probably went right up to the shooter.
“All I could do was cry and scream,” Greer said. “It’s just evil.”
Thus endeth another life in our gun nuts’ Paradise of Politeness.
Fly the Fiendly Skies . . . 0
. . . and and you just may be pampered.
“But It’s the Only Possible Explanation” 0
Rebecca Watson is skeptical of those who believe in UFOs. Watch here or read the transcript.
My own opinion, which I may have expressed previously in these electrons, is that any civilization intelligent enough to circumvent the laws of physics* and master interstellar flight is intelligent enough to avoid humans for the poisonous, spiteful, petty, vindictive creatures that we are.
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*There’s a reason Gene Roddenberry came up with “warp speed.”
Woke to the Misdirection Play 0
LZ Granderson argues forcefully that the “wokeness” at universities is not the issue that some persons are trying to make it out to be. In his article, he calls out the misdirection play (emphasis added):
The criticism is all part of a larger bid to dismantle the attributes of diversity in general and on campus specifically. That’s why the question of merit arises from affirmative action programs, not from legacy admissions or the power of the donor class.
Follow the link for his reasoning.
Suffer the Children 0
Shorter Nebraska Governor Jim Pillen: Let them eat cake.
A Tune for the Times 0
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Manifest Dynasty 0
Thom looks at the intellectual rationales plutocrat propaganda used to justify This New Gilded Age.