2024 archive
Still Rising Again after All These Years 0
Thom Hartman looks at the series of opinions by the Supreme Supremacist Court and concludes that
In America 2.0, there is no right to vote; governors and secretaries of state can take away your vote without even telling you (although they still must go to court to take away your gun). .
Follow the link for the context of his conclusion.
It’s Bubblelicious 0
Michael-in-Norfolk has a memory:
More memories and a straw at which to grasp at the link.
Tunes for the (New) Times 0
Mangy test drives some songs.
Republican Thought Police, Reprise 0
At the Charlotte Observer, Kate Murphy, pastor at The Grove Presbyterian Church in Charlotte, pushes back at the current wave of they-call-themselves Christians and their push for establishmentarianism. A snippet:
If the governor of Florida can, by the power not vested in him, unilaterally declare that the church of Satan isn’t a religion, then he can also wake up one morning and decide that Islam isn’t a religion, or Hinduism, or Catholicism or any faith that allows women to preach or doesn’t handle snakes.
The point of the separation of church and state, as any fourth grader with a reasonably competent history teacher can tell you, isn’t to limit a citizen’s ability to practice their faith, but to protect it.
(Broken link fixed.)
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*Methinks in this context, “Christian” is New Speak for “Secesh.”
Republican Thought Police 0
Denial is not just a river in Egypt. It’s how Republicans teach history.
American Taliban 0
Rebecca Watson discusses the establishmentarians’ efforts to (en)force their creed on the polity.
Or you can read the transcript.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
When dining in a restaurant. show politeness to the wait staff.
Officials said staff tried to get the man to stay and pay but were unsuccessful. Witnesses told police that when the woman came out of the restroom, she also tried to leave without paying. Staff confronted her, and she allegedly pulled the gun on employees, according to officials.
A struggle ensued, but a staff member was able to pull the gun away from the woman before she fled the scene in a vehicle, according to police.
The stupid. It burns.
More stupid at the link.
QOTD 0
Ian Rooney, in the voice of Cec Drury:
Well, sir, my father used to say that golf was a waste of good farmland.
Aside:
To be clear, I got nothing against golf. I don’t play, but I understand the fascination. It’s like pool (indeed, I once had a pool table): it’s not you against the other players, it’s you against the ball. But I still think it’s great line.
See Point. Miss Point. 0
Historian Allan Lichtman argues forcefully that the media coverage of the recent presidential debate is missing the point.
Via C&L, which has commentary.
The Jingo Jangle 0
At Psychology Today Blogs, Cindy Watson looks at how interconnected the world has become and suggests it’s time to rethink nationalism.
Methinks one doesn’t need to look beyond page one headlines to realize that she makes some good points.
Republican Thought Police 0
Thom dissects the duplicity.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Celebrate holidays with random acts of politeness.
But then she looked down and saw blood coming from her abdomen and realized she’d been shot. The round went right through her. She had to be life-flighted to Vanderbilt University Medical Center but is in stable condition.
One more time, “responsible gun owner” is an oxymoron.
Sometimes, Life Imitates Art 0
Jim Wright fears we are in such a time and warns against it.
