From Pine View Farm

March, 2024 archive

Trapped by the Transcript 0

David dissects the duplicity. (Warning: Short commercial at the end, but you can certainly skip that.)

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Still Rising Again after All These Years 0

Actions have consequences. Here’s the lede from the news report at my old Philly NPR station:

Black college athletes should rethink any decision to attend public colleges and universities in Florida, the NAACP advised in an extraordinary letter issued in response to efforts by Gov. Ron DeSantis to weaken diversity, equity and inclusion efforts statewide.

Aside:

I became a member of the NAACP when George W. Bush was elected president. (One does not have to be a “colored person” to support the NAACP.) Somehow, I sensed that the Republican Party was headed in the wrong direction. I must say, though, I did not realize just how wrong a direction it was.

I am not sanguine.

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“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0

Show politeness to our furry friends.

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Muskrat Love 0

Mailing it in.

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QOTD 0

Rosa Parks:

As far back as I can remember, I knew there was something wrong with our way of life when people could be mistreated because of the color of their skin.

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The Hostile Takeover 0

Liz Dye has more at Above the Law.

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Suffer the Children 0

Marie Antoinette (allegedly) said, “Let them eat cake.”

Republican governors and attorneys-general definitely say, “Let them drink lead.”

Afterthought:

I think it not an exaggeration to suggest that today’s Republican Party has abandoned the concept of the “common good.”

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The Tactics of the Trumpling 0

The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette’s Gene Collier looks at the tactics of Donald Trump and the Trumpettes and concludes

This is basic thuggery.

Follow the link to learn how he reached that conclusion.

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Real Big Men 0

Armed man in big box store says to employee,

Via Job’s Anger.

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Lies and Lying Liars 0

Sam and the crew discuss (one of) Alabama Republican Senator Katie Britt’s lies in her response to President Biden’s State of the Union address.

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“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0

Yet another proponent of the pellets of politeness practices random acts of politeness with his portable phallus.

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Courting Disaster 0

A Cannon law violation?

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QOTD 0

Ted Lieu:

Refugees don’t make our country less safe. But xenophobia, fear and hate do.

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Playing Politics 0

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Beach Bummer 0

Florida Man.

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“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0

Once again, politeness goes to the dogs.

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Foxy Shady 0

Seth takes a closer look at the shovelers of–er–shinola.

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Dis Coarse Discourse 0

Just when you think it can’t get any coarser . . . .

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The Princess of Quibble 0

Fair maiden labeled

Click for the original image and the artist’s commentary.

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Sound Familiar? 0

Does this remind you of the trump, trump, trump of anyone in the news?

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