“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
The hunt for politeness continues apace, or is that “a piece.”
A member of the hunting party reportedly rested a shotgun on a bush to tend to a dog, when the gun fell over and went off.
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.
All That Was Old Is New Again 0
Sam posits that American conservatism has devolved into a mix of greed and racism, then discusses how it intertwines with gunnuttery.
The Art of the Con 0
Donald Trump goes Deutsche.
Gun-Splaining* 0
The pretzel logic of gun nuts justifying possession of portable phalluses weapons of mass shooting as a Constitutional right does from time to time positively amaze.
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I think I first heard this phrase on The Bob Cesca Show.
The History We Want vs. the History We Have 0
Sam Osherson mediates of the gap between history and reality in the tales (white) Americans tell themselves about American history. Here’s a bit:
Yet if you’ve been paying attention lately, there’s been some disturbing news. Professor Jill Lepore’s recent history of the United States, These Truths, for example, is organized around our country’s involvement with slavery from before we were even the United States, a “deep and dark” relationship, in which Jefferson, Madison, and George Washington owned slaves even while they wrote in the Declaration of Independence that “all men are created equal” and have an inalienable right to “life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.”
Incarceration Nation 0
Bruce Lowry says, “Follow the money.”
The Internet of Strings 0
So you still think that the connected home is a good thing?
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Politeness has a senior moment.
Jesus, Mary, and Joseph. Why would someone need a gun in a old folks’ home? Is someone cheating at bingo?
We are a society of stupid.
The Rule of Lawless 0
Inappropriate and misappropriate both:
Suckering the Suckers 0
Mike Brooks takes a look why people take the click-bait. A snippet:
Those clickbait headlines make us curious to see what’s behind the curtain, so to speak. To quote the sagacious, Forrest Gump, who was quoting his mother, “Life is like a box of chocolates. You never know what you are going to get.”