2025 archive
American Stasi, Reprise 0
Emma and the crew run the numbers.
American Stasi 0
She thought she was going home to surprise her family on her Thanksgiving vacation from university.
Afterthought:
Mean for the sake of mean certainly appears to be a Republican family value.
The Marquis de Sade would be jealous.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
When carolers come a-caroling, greet them with politeness.
We are a broken society.
“History Does Not Repeat Itself, but It Often Rhymes”* 0
Surprisingly enough, one can make a convincing case that “Donald Trump” rhymes with “Neville Chamberlain.”
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*Mark Twain.
The Climates They Are a-Changing 0
- It’s the night before Thanksgiving
And all through the place I’m living,
I had to turn on the A/C–
The climate ain’t what it used to be.
And I know. I grew up about 40 miles north of here. By this time of year, I’d have been wearing my heavy coat and gloves and looking at frosts in morning, not a wearing a short-sleeved shirt and opening windows to let in warm fresh air in in the afternoon.
The Piece Taker 0
A piece of this, a piece of that . . . .
The Rule of Lawless 0
Michael in Norfolk explains why Donald Trump accused six Congresspersons, all of whom have distinguished records of serving in the military or intelligence ranks, of sedition for reminding military personnel that they need not obey illegal orders.
It’s quite simple, really:
American Stasi 0
ICE detains another American citizen for–I don’t know–having a Spanish last name maybe?
“History Does Not Repeat Itself, but It Often Rhymes”* 0
Veteran journalist John Young hears a rhyme that sounds awfully like “Remember the Maine!”
No excerpt of summary can do justice to his article. Just go read it.
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*Mark Twain.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Yet another oxymoronic “responsible gun owner” fails to keep his portable phallus in his pants.
Prosecutors say he was sleeping with his father, who had the gun in his pants. The man reportedly had a gun safe and was aware of how to use it.
(snip)
“The defendant reported that he must’ve fallen asleep, the gun fell out of his pocket,” the prosecuting attorney said in court.
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.
A Tune for the Times 0
Warning: Mild language.
All the News that Fits 0
Michael in Norfolk bemoans the false equivalence in dis coarse discourse. A snippet:
“History Does Not Repeat Itself, but It Often Rhymes”* 0
A century and a half ago, men dressed up in masks to terrorize, capture, torture, and sometimes kill folks whose skin was darker than theirs.
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*Mark Twain.