Too Venal for Words category archive
The Privatization Scam 0
The Arizona Republic’s E. J. Montini conjugates the con.
Dis Coarse Discourse 0
Yes, it’s true. Twits own Twitter.
The Hunger Gamer 0
Minnesota Republican state Senator Steve Drazkowski explains why he opposes a bill to provide free breakfast and lunch to school children.
In related news, there are none so blind as those who refuse to look.
Video via C&L, which has commentary.
Aside:
Today’s Republican Party is a vile and loathsome thing.
The Seditionist Caucus 0
Thom argues that racism is and has long been a misdirection play.
And methinks he argues his point well.
The Crypto Con 0
Above the Law’s Joe Patrice reports on a court’s ruling that not only do words have meaning, so too do pictures.
Vaccine Nation 0
Yet another reminder that “social” media isn’t.
Twits Own Twitter 0
Methinks my old friend Noz has a point.
Facebook Frolics 0
The Ghost of Cambridge Analytica comes back to haunt cost the Zuckerborg a relative pittance.
Remember, “social” media isn’t.
The Buck Stops 0
Many years ago, back when I lived in Delaware and worked in Philadelphia, we purchased a Yorkie puppy from an Amish farmer in Lancaster County, Pa. (I know the farmer was not running a puppy mill, as the puppy was roaming free in his yard, as was the puppy’s mother, who came over to wish him good-bye before we loaded him into the car and drove off.)
The puppy grew up to be a good and valued member of the family and a constant source of love and joy. As our other dog at the time was a Black Lab, Tucker the Yorkie eventually convinced himself that he also was a Black Lab, but that is a whole bunch of other stories. Like the time we had a foot and a half of snow and Beau the Black Lab jumped into it and frolicked about. Tucker the Yorkie jumped in after him and disappeared.
Which reminds me that Beau the Black Lab used to play with Mittens the Cat. Mittens would be lying in her favorite chair at the kitchen table; Beau would come up and stick his nose up so she could slap at it. As long as she kept slapping at it, he kept waving it about. He was a kind and good-hearted dog . . . but I digress.
Anyway, what prompted me to remember Tucker the Yorkie was this:
The check we wrote to pay for Tucker the Yorkie did not bounce, unlike the check that George Santos wrote when he bought dogs from an Amish farmer.
Aside:
I pity those dogs.
Republican Family Values 0
Honest to Betsy, you can’t make this stuff up.
The Snaring Economy 0
Unexpected (and uninvited) visitors.
Persons have accused me of being cynical ever since I was a young ‘un, but, clearly, I am not cynical enough, as I am continually taken aback by the random venality that occurs daily on the inner tubes.
Republican Family Values 0
It is become increasingly difficult for me to avoid concluding that the core value of today’s Republican Party is little more than mean for the sake of mean.
The Speeding Docket 0
You’ve heard of justice delayed, but have you heard about justice hurried?
Psychic Psycho
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You can’t make this stuff up, at least, not if you are a sane person with some concept of social responsibility and the public good.
One more time, “social” media isn’t.
