December, 2023 archive
Devolution 0
AL.com’s John Archibald charts the regress.
“I Know You Are But What Am I,” Reprise 0
The Rude One analyzes the Republican game plan. (Warning: Rudeness.)
QOTD 0
Stacy Keach, in the voice of Mike Hammer:
The real victims of war are people who live at ground zero, cannon fodder for failed leaders.
Aside:
In normal times, whatever they are, I like would not have cited this, but it seemed somehow quite a propos.
The Hunt for Hunter 0
Thom dissects the misdirection play.
Know Them by the Company They Keep 0
Methinks the Arizona Republic’s E. J. Montini is onto something.
Courting Disaster 0
Gene Collier, writing at the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, fears that the current Supreme Supremacist Court is forsaking the rule of law for the rule of flaw. A snippet:
Follow the link to see why he said that.
Stray Question 0
As I was watching a television commercial, a question occurred to me:
Can I get a Bachelors of Transgressing from Strayer University
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
A 2-year-old died in the hospital after police say she “accidentally shot herself.”
Around 1 p.m. Tuesday, Hampton police went to the 500 block of Marcella Road after a call about a shooting, according to a recent press release. Officers found a 2-year-old suffering from a single gunshot wound, and she was taken to a local hospital. . . .
Thus passeth another child in the NRA’s Garden of Eden Ending.
Denial Is Not Just a River in Egypt 0
Seth dissects Republicans’ pretense that Donald Trump is somehow not the person that he is.
Gazing at Gaza 0
I think this post from Lawyers, Guns, and Money goes a long way to helping me understand why I have so many mixed(-up) emotions about the conflict in Gaza. I commend it to your attention.
H/T Noz for bringing it to my attention.
American Legacy 0
America’s original sin of chattel slavery refuses to go away.
It may morph and reshape, it may reclothe and redrape, but it continues to poison our polity.
Dis Coarse Discourse 0
AL.com’s Kyle Whitmire considers Vivek Ramaswamy’s behavior in the most recent Republican debate and concludes that we have a problem.
But let’s be clear. He wasn’t in Tuscaloosa Wednesday night because of legislation he’s passed or policies he has implemented.
He was there because he’s a jerk. And a certain portion of the American electorate has decided they like jerks and want more jerks to run things.
Follow the link for his evidence.
A Tune for the Times 0
Mangy points out that it’s probably not a good idea to hand out with the wrong people.