August, 2024 archive
“But It’s the Only Possible Explanation” 0
At Psychology Today Blogs, Matthew J. Sharps explores some of the factors that lead persons to see conspiracies where none exist. Given the debased state of dis coarse discourse, I find it a timely read. A snippet:
Patriot Gamers 0
David Hyde has had enough.
“But They All Look Alike” 0
(Warning: short commercial at the end. And our cats prefer kibbles. Honest to Betsy, I can open a can of tuna and they couldn’t care less.)
I’m a Southern boy.
I grew up under Jim Crow and went to segregated schools. I was there when they were desegregated.
You really can’t get much more racist than “they all look alike.”
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
More courtesy on the concrete.
Guns 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.
Gutting Out the Vote 0
Noah Feldman argues that persons aren’t really noticing because the right-wing is doing it one baby step at a time.
The Eagle Has Landed Watered
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One of a series of photos from my brother in Virginia’s Northern Neck.
I must say that it never occurred to me that eagles might enjoy a dip from time to time. (Although, given how miserably hot and humid the weather was last week, on second thought, I guess I shouldn’t be all that surprised.) My brother tells me that they use their wings to propel themselves through the water.
Tales of the Establishmentarians. 0
The Establishmentarian who worships a false idol.
Stray Thought 0
Today’s Republican Party does not want to govern.
It wants to rule.
Know Them by the Company They Keep 0
That pretty much sums up what Pete Buttigieg said about J. D. Vance.
Meta: Down at the Farm 0
I woke this morning to a broken blog. The error message told me that one of the database tables needed repair.
Quick like a bunny, before even having a cup of coffee, I logged into my hosting provider, started phpMyAdmin, and ran a check, repair, and optimize on on the primary database. (As a matter of routine, I do a check, repair, and optimize, as well as a database backup, at least once a week, ever since I had major database crash back when this blog was still a toddler.) The process took less than two minutes.
Dis Coarse Discourse 0
At the Portland Press-Herald, Victoria Hugo-Vidal predicts an avalanche of sexism in response to Kamala Harris’s run for president. She starts by discussing an email signed “A Friend” that she received in response to an earlier column:
This sexism will come from the mouths of friends, strangers, family members and household names.
I think her prediction will be borne out and commend her article to your attention.