From Pine View Farm

March, 2024 archive

Establishmentarians 0

Long-time Baptist pastor Stephen Jones argues that right-wing extremist they-call-themselves Christians get it precisely backwards:

I take exception to white Christian nationalism because it is a complete misrepresentation of Jesus of Nazareth.

Follow the link for context.

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The Party of Flaw and Disorder 0

Michael in Norfolk documents the duplicity.

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The Rule of Flaw, Courting Disaster Dept. 0

Justice John Roberts says to a smirking Donald Trump,

Click to view the original image and the artist’s commentary.

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“Put or Put Up” 0

To paraphrase what the judge said to the mope.

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QOTD 0

Benjamin Harrison:

I pity the man who wants a coat so cheap that the man or woman who produces the cloth will starve in the process.

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Recommended Viewing 0

Hamish Macbeth. The series starts off kind of slow, but quickly gains speed. The Lochdubh Assassin, season 3, episode 3, is an absolute hoot.

I saw it on Tubitv.com.

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Withdrawal Symptoms 0

Ohio women take drive-through banking to the next level.

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Florida Fly-by-Night Man 0

At the Tampa Bay Times, Daniel Ruth notes that Florida governor DeSantis (remember Desantis–he was much in the news a few months ago) and his staff refuse to disclose where DeSantis goes using a state-owned jet funded by Floridians’ tax payments. Ruth offers several theories for the refusal to disclose this information.

So why all the secrecy in the first place? Perhaps DeSantis, R-DeSantis, Ron DeSantis, sees himself as an international man of mystery even when he uses the Citation to fly into Yeehaw Junction for a “your eyes only” ribbon cutting at a new pig farm.

It’s entirely possible the governor moonlights as a CIA contract assassin, who jets off to the Middle East on weekends to do battle with Hamas terrorists in the tunnels under Gaza.

Or maybe in the end, all the mystery is simply a matter of a little man, surrounded by silly, venal lap dogs who want to deny the public’s right to know — because they can, or think they can. Because if the public exercises their right to know stuff, then they’ll, you know, know stuff. That’s no fun.

Follow the link for the rest of Ruth’s column. It’s a gem.

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Republican Thought Police 0

At AL.com, Williesha Morris catalogs the crazy. A snippet:

One library in north Alabama even flagged a book for removal because the author’s last name is Gay.

Read the rest.

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All That Was Old Is New Again 0

PoliticalProf.

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A Notion of Immigrants 0

Thom debunks the Muskrat lies.

Aside:

Remember, Elon Musk is an immigrant to America.

Perhaps that is ipso facto evidence that we need to erect higher barriers to entr–oh, never mind.

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A Picture Is Worth 0

The RNC planning session.

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Walk on the Weird Side 0

Florida Man.

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QOTD 0

Robert A. Heinlein:

Never underestimate the power of human stupidity.

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The Wedding Industrial Complex 0

Seth salutes a couple who defied the wedding industrial complex.

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GOP 2025 Inaugural Ball 0

Red-hatted GOP Elephant riding a wrecking ball in the image of Donald Trump as the wrecking ball swings towards a building labeled

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The Greene New Spiel 0

David dissects the dissimulation. (Warning: Short commercial at the end.)

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Court Packing 0

Donald Trump's

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“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society’ 0

Yet another “responsible gun owner” demonstrates that “responsible gun owner” is an oxymoron.

Musical NotesGuns 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.

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Deep Uncovered 0

So much for attorney-client privilege.

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