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

Trumpled at the academic conference.

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Of No Import(s) 0

Donald Trump on golf course muffing a putt.  Bystander says to companion,

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QOTD 0

Marcus Terentius Varro:

No sick man’s monstrous dream can be so wild that some philosopher won’t say it’s true.

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Misty Water-Colored Memories 0

I thought these were a thing of the past.

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“The Play’s the Thing Wherein To Catch the Con of the King” 0

PoliticalProf.

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Who Counts Counts 0

Wilbur Ross standing next to a black board that reads,

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“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0

When you dine out at night, always be polite.

A woman died after shooting herself accidentally at a Ruby Tuesday’s restauarant along Wonder Drive in Kannapolis Saturday night, Concord Police said.

The NRA will likely argue that, had she been armed, this would not–oh, wait.

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Twits on Twitter 0

Noz attempts to make sense of the nonsensical.

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The Fee Hand of the Market 0

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The Climates They Are a-Changing 0

Farmer sitting on tractor bearing

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Francisco Luís Gomes:

What use is equality in theory and in law, if it does not penetrate into our customs?

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And Now for a Musical Interlude 0

Finish reading this post »

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Shopping List 0

Family in car drives past White House.  Woman says,

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Open Heartland 0

In the Hartford Courant, Richard Brown and Ron Formisano argue forcefully that the term “American Heartland” is woefully misused when viewed as referring only to the Midwest and Plains states and, by extendion, their residents. Brown and Formisano posit that such usage ignores too many other hearts in the American land. They conclude

The Heartland does not belong to the right or the left, or to the Midwest only. Every American dwells in the heartland — from sea to shining sea.

I commend their piece to your attention. Follow the link for their reasoning.

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ICEd 0

Read the news story that Sam refers to.

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

Telephonic Trumpling.

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Suffer the Children 0

One more time, it’s not scripture. It’s Republican policy.

The Republican Party–the party of mean for the sake of mean.

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Diagno$i$ Moolah 0

Title:  S. O. P. at Marketing General Hospital.  Image:  Doctors and OR staff gathered around a man prepping for surgery.  Surgeon looks at chart and says,

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H. P. Lovecraft:

The world is indeed comic, but the joke is on mankind.

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Prescience 0

Via The Bob Cesca Show After Party.

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