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The Parting Shot 0

As Joe Biden leaves the presidential race, he says to Donald Trump,

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Laugh Fest 0

David looks at right-wingers’ reaction to the possibility that Kamala Harris might be the Democratic nominee for president and finds them laughable.

Me, I echo Half Empty. I’d vote for a refrigerator before I’d vote for Trump.

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Vice Presidential Powers 0

PoliticalProf.

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Coup de Nah 0

A Harvard professor points out that one thing is not like the other thing.

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A Tune for the Times 0

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The Lake Effect 0

David decodes de code.

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The Disinformation Superhighway 0

Using the shooting at Donald Trump as a starting point, the Seattle Times’s Melissa Davis looks at the speed with which dis- and misinformation spreads over “social” media. A snippet:

Where things start to get a little crooked is when the evidence starts shifting, either agreeing or disagreeing with people’s purpose or interest, rather than the other way around. That’s how we get from the “shooting was staged because Trump didn’t duck” to “the Secret Service didn’t care because one of them is smiling” (this paired with a digitally manipulated news photo) to “the shooter was antifa” (he was a registered Republican). An Italian sports journalist was unpleasantly surprised shortly after the shooting to see his name and photo circulating online, ID’ing him as the shooter. How did that even get started? Who knows?

And the rumors don’t slow down.

I commend the entire article to your attention. And, remember, “social” media isn’t.

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All the News that Fits 0

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Craven Images 0

The Arizona Republic’s E. J. Montini wonders just what kind of God these Republicans worship anyway?

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

Now it is Dick Polman who hears a rhyme.

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*Mark Twain.

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A Tune for the Times 0

Mangy comments on the Youtube page:

Mangy Fetlocks is a proud Wisconsinite, and although he wasn’t REALLY asked to write the official Republican National Convention Song, he learned from Trump that it’s not what you do, but what you SAY you do that matters in our post-truth MAGA America, and Mangy SAYS he wrote the National Convention Song and Mangy has been an official in a children’s soccer game once, so his claim is just as honest as Trump’s pussy-grabbing statements or his “I never took any documents” claims.

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The Enemy Below 0

Title:  JAWS, 50th Anniversary.  Image:  Uncle Sam swimming in the sea as a great white shark labeled

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Secret Servant 0

Apropos of the previous post . . . .

Via Job’s Anger.

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Stray Thought 0

“Yes, but will it hold up in court?” is no longer a valid rhetorical question.

We have seen that, with the application of enough juice for a long enough time to the correct vulnerable points, anything, regardless of legality or morality, will hold up in court.

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The Party’s Over . . . 0

Thom argues that the Republican Party of Eisenhower, Dirksen, and, yes, even Reagan, is no more. It’s been replaced by a xenophobic racist establishmentarian personality cult.

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The Reconciliation 0

J. D. Vance on the phone to Trump:  And, again, sir, I'm so sorry that I called you AMerica's Hitler and so relieved that you took it as a compliment.

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News You Can Lose 0

There’s an old saying that “no news is good news.”

At Psychology Today Blogs, Arthur Dobrin argues that too much news is bad news. A snippit:

Research regarding media consumption after a public trauma found that the greater the time spent with the news, the greater the negative effects on mental health. In today’s fraught political climate and increasing threats from the climate, it is fair to assume the same relationship between the consumption of news and mental health.

Follow the link for his suggestions as to how to keep up to date without being driven up a wall.

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Dis Coarse Discourse, Both Sides Not Dept. 0

Title:  Lowering the temperature.  Woman host:  Welcome to Punditspew!  Our guests tonight are Democratic strategist Dan Doormat and Trump campaign adviser Mr. Perkins.  Dan Doormat:  Hello.  Mr. Perkins (flames coming out of his mouth):  Woman, why aren't you at home with your babies.  Host:  So, let's talk about what Trump's second term would be like.  Mr. Perkins (flames coming out of his mouth):  We will purge the vermin and smite the unhumans in our glorious new reich.  Dan Doormat:  If I may speak, that sounds a little scary and authoritarian.  Host:  This just in:  someone attempted to shoot the former president, but he is fine.  Dan Doormat:  I'm glad he's okay.  Mr. Perkins (flames coming out of his mouth):  This is your fault for calling us authoritarian.  Host:  Both of you need to turn down the temperature.

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Putting the “Vice” in “Vice President” 0

Thom takes a look at J. D. Vance’s track record. It’s not pretty.

Above the Law has more.

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