2024 archive
America: Should the Rich Pay Their Fair Share? 0
Republicans: Fuggedaboutit.
Misdirection Play: Hot Air about Windmills 0
Rebecca Burns, author and journalist based in Georgia, to discuss her recent piece in The American Prospect entitled “Against The Wind.”
Aside:
I think that this story, which appeared in my local rag yesterday, may be an example of the misdirection play discussed in this clip.
Most of the valid reports I’ve seen of harm to whales involve collisions with boats, not with stationary objects.
Fly the Fiendly Skies 0
They get fiendlier every day.
Establishmentarians 0
Missouri Republicans want to put proselytizers on the public payroll and deploy them to public schools.
“Who Let the Dogs Out? Who? Who?” 0
When you point a finger at someone else, always remember three fingers are pointing back at you.
Snaring the Wealth 0
Ted McLaughlin explains Republican’s social security con. The gist (emphasis added); follow the link for the complete article.
Since worker wages were not rising as expected (because nothing was trickling down), the Social Security funding was also not rising. This caused the funding problem Social Security will soon see. In other words, the Republicans caused the problem with Social Security with their failed economic policy favoring the rich (at the detriment of everyone else).
The Krazies’ Kangaroo Court* 0
Cliff Schecter highlights Jamie Raskin’s comments on the House Repulbicans’ farcical impeachment hearings about Joe Biden.
Via C&L.
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*On second thought, that’s probably an insult to kangaroos.
Shotspitter 0
The EFF has long warned of the dangers of certain technologies with which law enforcement seems enamored, such as shotspotter and facial recognition. Here’s a bit from their latest article on the topic:
In a subsequent assessment of the event, the Chicago Civilian Office of Police Accountability (“COPA”) concluded that “a firearm was not used against the officers.” Chicago Police Superintendent Larry Snelling placed all attending officers on administrative duty for 30 days and is investigating whether the officers violated department policies.
Follow the link for context.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Self-politeness is the politest kind.
Still Rising Again after All These Years 0
At AL.com, Frances Coleman argues that the words might be different, but the thought’s the same. A snippet:
It may not have the same rhetorical ring as George Wallace’s “Segregation now, segregation tomorrow, segregation forever,” but it puts the point across.
