September, 2024 archive
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Living the dream in NRA Paradise . . . .
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.
Republican Family Values 0
Apparently, suffer the children (and the parents and the grandparents) is a Republican Family Value.
Dis Coarse Discourse 0
In a letter to the editor of The Charlotte Observer, Dan Busch describes a sign of the times.
Grave Offense 0
Cliff Schecter reacts to Donald Trump’s desecration of deceased veterans.
The Fifth Columnist 2
The Arizona Republic’s Laurie Roberts is less than pleased at how Arizona state senator Wendy Rogers has embraced fascism.
The Bullies’ Pulpit 0
Thom looks at the right-wing’s use of bullying as a political tactic.
“An Armed Societ Is a Polite Society,” Reprise 0
In an eerily prescient article at Psychology Today Blogs (given that there was yet another school shooting on the day it was published, Dr. Tahir Rahman looks at the factors which may contribute to mass shootings. Here are two of the points he makes:
- Extreme overvalued beliefs (EOBs) and not delusions are a key driver of most school and mass shootings.
- Online subcultures provide an echo chamber for the nurturance of extreme overvalued beliefs.
I commend his entire article to you attention.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Yet another “responsible gun owner” commits yet another random act of politeness.
The bullet flew through the window of the sixth-floor classroom, striking the 33-year-old teacher in his right hand, police said.
Still Rising Again after All These Years 0
At AL.com, Roy S. Johnson decodes de code.
All the News that Fits, Foxy Shady Dept. 0
At SFgate, Alec Regimbal does a deep dive into Fox News’s coverage of the attempted robbery and shooting of NFL rookie Ricky Pearsall, pointing out that it demonstrates just how far Fox News will go to make stuff up and call it “news.”
A Self Made-Up Man 0
Mrs. Betty Bowers explodes the myth that Donald Trump is a successful businessperson.
Rather, she makes it clear that what he is successful at is giving others the business.
(The Youtube page lists sources for the facts cited in this report.)
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Yet another oxymoronic “responsible gun owner” exposes a child to politeness.
The boy was alone in the car in Lehi, Utah, on Monday, when he was said to have found the loaded gun underneath a seat.
Yeah, I know I’ve typed those words too many times.
That’s because it keeps happening time after time.
A Notion of Immigrants 0
At the Roanoke Times, Jeanne Larsen highlights Republicans’ hypocrisy.
Misdirected Play 0
At The Colorado Sun, Mike Littwin notes that, in their recent interview, Dana Bash asked Kamala Harris about Donald Trump’s racist attacks on her, to which Harris responded, “Same old tired playbook. Next question, please.” .
Littwin goes on to argue that the question was directed to the wrong person:
Follow the link for his reasoning.