2023 archive
Meanwhile, Down on the Animal Farm . . . 0
Jeffery Leving considers Florida Man’s attempt to prevent the teaching of America’s history and reminds us that George Orwell knew whereof he writ (emphasis added):.
It’s ironic that one of the arguments DeSantis is making in favor of limiting what can be taught in schools is that these actions are in the interest of academic freedom — when the exact opposite appears to be true. It reminds me of another Orwell quote, from his novel “Animal Farm”: “If liberty means anything at all it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear.”
Riding the Republican Road 0
Aside:
I never drove the L. I. E. The few times my job took me to Long Island, I cut across Staten Island to the Verrazzano Bridge to the Belt.
I had a gig in Amityville once. It was not horrifying. In fact, it was rather nice.
All the News that Fits 0
At Fox News, the truth will out the door . . . .
Follow the link for more.
Afterthought:
It doesn’t seem like much of a stretch to me to suggest that Fox News is the right-wing’s own Pravda.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Treat your your neighbors with politeness.
The Climates They Are a-Changing 0
I ran an errand today and put my convertible’s top down because the temperature was in the low 70s Fahrenheit. I was wearing a short-sleeved shirt because it was not long-sleeved weather.
In February.
This is not the weather that I knew when I grew up 40 miles north of where I sit.
I fear for my grandchildren.
I fear that they will be faced with relentless peril because we refuse to admit that the peril exists.
Foxy Shady 0
(Short commercial at the end.)
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
And yet another child is sacrificed on said altar . . . .
The Toxic Train Wreck 0
Thom talks with the Inky’s Will Bunch about the disastrous and toxin-laden train derailment in Palestine, Ohio.
This was also discussed in depth in Tuesday’s edition of The Bob Cesca Show, which I commend to your earbuds.
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Twits Own Twitter 0
Methinks my old friend Noz has a point.
QOTD 0
Ellery Queen:
I must have been born under some sort of curse, I live in hope always that some rationale can be applied to even the most hap-hazard human set-up.
Queen, Ellery, There Was an Old Woman (New York: Jabberwocky, 2017), p. 105
The Climates They Are a-Changing 0
The high today was over 70 Fahrenheits. The high tomorrow is predicted to be higher.
In February.
I grew up in these parts. This is not normal.
I fear for my grandchildren.