Scapegoats 2
One again, as predictable as glacier melts in Antartica, gun nuts and their dupes, symps, and fellow travelers are trying to blame something other than the proliferation of guns for the proliferation of gun violence.
At Psychology Today Blogs, Bill Eddy looks to the data (not that data will sway the gun strokers from their allegiance to craving for their portable penises). A snippet:
Follow the link for more detail and citations of the sources of his data.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Surprise your neighborhood with politeness.
Taking Their Cut 0
Paul Krugman points out that, when it comes to economic policy, Republican orthodoxy is clueless. A nugget:
The record is actually awesomely consistent. Bill Clinton’s tax hike didn’t cause a depression, George W. Bush’s tax cuts didn’t deliver a boom, Jerry Brown’s California tax increase wasn’t “economic suicide,” Sam Brownback’s Kansas tax-cut “experiment” (his term) was a failure.
Nevertheless, Republicans persist.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
August 5th is the 217th day of the year.
Still Rising Again after All These Years 0
I fear that Alby may have a point.
Cocoon 0
After the stripping the milkweed plant bare, the Monarch caterpillars settle down for a nap. This one chose the milkweed pot itself.
The milkweeds themselves are amazing. The caterpillars pick them bare–when they have eaten all the leaves, they start start eating the stems–and leaves come right back to feed the next brood.
The Voter Fraud Fraud 0
Farron discusses how the Supreme Court’s gutting of the Voting Rights act has led to gutting out the vote.
“Mass Trauma of Our Own Making” 0
Deborah J. Cohen does the math of cruelty.
In a similar vein, Ravi Chandra suggests that the two primary underlying traits of white supremacists are narcissism and tribalism.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Politeness is a family value.
The Sun Rises Up 0
Warning: Language.
