From Pine View Farm

January, 2025 archive

A Bum Steer 0

A Tesla on “auto-pilot” goes off on track.

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A Notion of Immigrants 0

Donald Trump, standing between Melania and Elon Musk, says,

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This New Gilded Age 0

Thom discusses the “con” in “conservative.”

Robert Reich has more.

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“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0

When your roommate comes home, greet him with politeness.

Musical NotesGuns 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.

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Still Rising Again after All These Years 0

In the midst of a long article about how the next few years are likely to be–er–difficult, the Rude One presents what methinks is an apt description of the current who-shot-John over H1B visas in the Republican Party:

It’s a battle between the racist capitalists and racist isolationists over who is the better racist . . . .

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QOTD 0

Justin Trudeau:

A very powerful mechanism to get elected is to play on anger and pick those wedge issues.

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Meta: Sidebar 0

I have removed Yellowdoggranny from the sidebar as her site seems to gone dormant.

Yeah, I know.

Who pays attention to sidebars these days?

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And Now for a Change of Pace 0

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Dis Coarse Discourse on the Disinformation Superhighway 0

Steve M. parses how the right-wing spin cycle transforms “missing information” into “misinformation.” A snippet (emphasis added):

Right-wing media figures and influencers have a thousand different ways of making the Republican base angry at their enemies. One important way of making the rubes angry is by accusing the enemies of dishonesty and bad faith just for doing their jobs in an environment where all the facts aren’t known.

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If One Standard Is Good, Two Must Be Better 0

Frame One, captioned

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A Notion of Immigrants 0

David dissects the racism and bigotry underlying the choice by Donald Trump and his dupes, symps, and fellow travelers to blame the New Orleans Bourbon Street attack on immigrants when, in fact, said attack was perpetrated by an American-born American military veteran. Methinks his reasoning to be spot on. (Warning: Short promo at the end.)

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“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0

A “responsible gun owner” chose to show politeness to passers-by.

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Still Rising Again after All These Years 0

From the you-can’t-make-this-stuff-up files: A member of the New Secesh laments having to give up freedom of screech.

We are a broken polity.

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Republican Family Values 0

Statistics would seem to indicate that “To the moon, Alice!” is a Republican family value.

(With apologies to The Honeymooners.)

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QOTD 0

Quentin Crisp:

There is no need to do any housework at all. After the first four years the dirt doesn’t get any worse.

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Fair Winds and Following Seas 0

Juanita Jean is hanging up her keyboard.

She will be missed.

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A Tune for the Times 0

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Courting Disaster, One Thing Is Not Like the Other Thing Dept. 0

At Above the Law, Joe Patrice dissects Supreme Supremacist Court Chief Justice John Roberts’s misdirection play.

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The Climates They Are a-Changing 0

Speaking of tipping points . . . .

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Facebook Makes Plans To Become Fakebook As If It Weren’t Already 0

The ‘intelligence” may be artificial, but the stupid is real.

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