From Pine View Farm

February, 2025 archive

A Notion of Immigrants 0

Donald Trump spreads racist bigoted xenophobic bunk about immigrants.

Katharine Davies Samway and Lucinda Pease-Alvarez debunk de bunk.

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The Fifth Columnist 0

At The Philadelphia Inquirer, Trudy Rubin sums up Donald Trump’s foreign policy:

Harm your friends, help your enemies.

Follow the link for her evidence.

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QOTD 0

Michael Elphick, in the voice of Ken Boon:

It’s not where you start. It’s where you finish.

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A Tune for the Times 0

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Patriot Gamers 0

Two men in pick-up flying the Stars and Bars and a Nazi flag pass a demonstration where -immigrants are flying the flags of their home countries.  One man in pick-up says to the other,

Via Job’s Anger.

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The Privatization Scam 0

And it is a scam. You can voucher on it.

(At about the eight minute mark, Emma and the crew veer off from that subject and discuss listener comments. but the part up to that is well worth a listen.)

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Making America Grate Again 0

Title:  Anne Frank's Hiding Rebuilt in New York.  Image:  Couple looking over the hiding place.  Woman says,

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Aside:

On Thursday’s episode of the Bob Cesca Show, one of the participants–I forget which one–made a remark that resonated with me: that what’s happening today seems to echo the end of Reconstruction.

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“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0

Speaking of that daily oxymoron, “responsible gun owner” . . . .

Deputies with the Levy County Sheriff’s Office (LCSO) said a 5-year-old child is dead and an adult female is in critical condition following their response to gunshots at an Inglis home Thursday night.

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The initial investigation determined two children were playing in a room.

One child accessed an unsecured firearm and the gun, a 9mm Glock, accidentally discharged.

The discharge in the hands of a five-year-old may indeed have been an accident on the part of said five-year-old, but placing the gun in the hands of said five-year old I would consider negligence.

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Establismentarians, Boebert Is the New Gohmert Dept. 0

At the Idaho State Journal, Nick Gier skewers Lauren Boebert’s fanciful and fabricated claim that the United States Constitution does not–er–establish separation of church and state. He reminds her that

No, Congresswoman Bobert (sic), our founders—conservative and liberal—were wise enough to reject the dangerous idea that your favorite pastor should direct the government.

Follow the link for the wealth of historical evidence that he musters.

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Oxymoron of the Day 0

No, not “responsible gun owner.” That’s an oxymoron every day.

The oxymoron of the day is Trump administration.

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QOTD 0

Sophocles:

A wise doctor does not mutter incantations over a sore that needs the knife.

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Devolution 0

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“History Does Not Repeat Itself, but It Often Rhymes”* 0

Michael in Norfolk hears a most distressing rhyme.

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*Mark Twain.

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Echoes of Immorality 0

For some fool reason, this article seems to remind me of someone in the news.

I wonder just who it could be?

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It’s Simple, Really 0

PoliticalProf explains it all.*

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*With apologies to Clarissa.

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Still Rising Again after All These Years 0

Donald Trump stands in front of the Declaration of Independence saying,

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America’s original sin of chattel slavery continues to take its toll.

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“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0

Those oxymoronic “responsible gun owners” just can’t stop playing with their portable phalluses, can they?

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The Shell Game 0

Poached eggs.

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QOTD 0

Groucho Marx:

I must say I find television very educational. The minute somebody turns it on, I go to the library and read a good book.

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A Tune for the Times 0

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