2023 archive
Still Rising Again after All These Years 0
If the truth hurts, ban the truth.
American Exceptionalism America’s Exception
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Llewellyn King tries to understand (some) Americans’ fascination with portable phalluses. Here’s a bit from his article:
Regarding that other great national indulgence — guns — society has said safety doesn’t count.
I comment the entire piece to your attention.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
He just had to show his politeness.
Yet more evidence that “responsible gun owner” is an oxymoron, as if we needed it.
QOTD 0
Howard Duff as Sam Spake and Lorene Tuttle as Effie:
Effie: Sam, why is the world so cruel?
Sam: Because people live in it.
Masked Marauders 0
A caller tells Thom a tale of the Trumpling.
The Rule of Lawless 0
The Arizona Republic’s E. J. Montini looks at how right-wing evangelical they-call-themselves Christians are reacting to the indictment of Donald Trump and concludes
Follow that link for context.
Hoist on His Own Petard 0
Honest to Betsy (Pete’s on break), you can’t make this stuff up.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Thus passeth another day in NRA Paradise.
A Taxing Issue 0
Oliver Wendel Holmes, Jr., once said, “I like to pay taxes. With them, I buy civilization.” Methinks his point is well taken: roads don’t build themselves, teachers need to eat, fires don’t put themselves out, and tornadoes don’t warn you when conditions are just right for them tear down your house, just to pick a few examples out of the air.
At the Portland Press Herald, Victoria Hugo-Vidal offers some concrete examples, some from her personal experience, illustrating the validity of Holmes’s sentiment and suggests that