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Peak caucasity.

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Fyodor Dostoyevsky:

The degree of civilization in a society can be judged by entering its prisons.

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It’s Deja Vu All Over Again 0

Writing at The Kansas City Star, Tom Coleman argues that Donald Trump is turning the United States into the new Finland. A snippet:

The Soviet Union used deceit and espionage to implement Finlandization. Sixty years later, many of the same tactics utilized against the Finns have been deployed by Russia against the U.S., including its successful efforts to elect Trump president. Attempts to neutralize the U.S. continue with Putin, a former KGB agent, imposing his will by developing and cultivating a seemingly friendly personal relationship with Trump.

If Putin is successful, America will no longer be in control of her destiny.

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The Truth Is in the Labelling 0

Image:  Donald and Ivanka Trump branded products bearing

Via Job’s Anger.

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The Fire This Time 0

Will Bunch muses on the legacy of David Koch.

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Tales of the Trumpling: Snapshots of Trickle-Down Trumpery 0

A false alarm Trumpling.

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Picking the Public Purse 0

Thom explains the “Medicare disAdvantage” scam.

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Just Another Day in NRA Paradise 0

Man and woman stand outside of

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Happy Birthday to Me 3

This blog is 14 years old today.

See the first post.

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Paul Claudel:

It is fortunate that diplomats have long noses since they usually cannot see beyond them.

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Sunset Strip 0

South Carolina man hits a bad streak.

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The Climates They Are a-Changing, Reprise 0

At the Hartford Courant, Gary Yohe and Michael Mann discuss the other kind of climate change.

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That Was the Week That Was 0

Shaun Mullen looks back.

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The Climates They Are a-Changing 0

The writer of a letter to the editor of my local rag is not sanguine.

Nor am I.

Indeed, as I may have mentioned before, I think we are well past the tipping point.

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Misdirection Play, Jesse Watters Mows Grass Dept. 0

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“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0

We are reminded once more that politeness is child’s play.

A 10-year-old child was airlifted to a hospital after being accidentally shot, (Daytona Beach, Fla.–ed.) authorities confirmed.

(snip)

Officials said it appears the shooting was accidental but it’s unclear whether the child shot himself or was shot as children played with a gun.

The NRA will no doubt argue that, had the child been packing–oh, wait.

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The Age of Keeping Score 0

Goat sits on a hill, watching the sun set.  Rat joins him, and Goat says,

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Robert Quillen:

Discussion is an exchange of knowledge; argument an exchange of ignorance.

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A Picture Is Worth 0

PoliticalProf.

Words fail me.

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Suffer the Children 0

It’s a Republican Family Value.

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