Republican Thought Police 0
In the course of a longer article about recent events at Texas A&M University, Mary Ellen Klas summarizes the tactics of the Republican thought police (emphasis added):
A Legend in His Own Mind 0
Brahma Chellaney takes a look at Donald Trump’s claim that he has ended seven wars and reminds us that
I commend the entire article to your attention.
And, while we’re on the subject of leadership . . . .
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Yet another oxymoronic “responsible gun owner” performs a random act of politeness.
Occupation Nation, Reprise 0
Sam and the crew discuss the tactics of the occupiers. (Warning: There’s language in some of the video clips that they show.)
Afterthought:
Late in his life, my father said to me, “I’m glad those days are over.”
He was referring to the days of racism and segregation during which he and later I as Southern boys were raised.
But they’re not over. They may have been in abeyance for a while, but they are most certainly back with crosses burning.
America’s original sin of chattel slavery and the racist mythology created to rationalize it continue to exact their toll.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
As we all know, politeness takes practice.
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.
The Enemies List 0
Grung_e_Gene decodes de code.
Occupation Nation 0
At the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Daniel Oppenheimer offers some thoughts as to how to respond if when Donald Trump orders the National Guard to invade your city.
“History Does Not Repeat Itself, but It Often Rhymes”* 0
Trudy Rubin hears a rhyme in Donald Trump’s efforts to silence his critics. A snippet:
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*Mark Twain.
Escalation 0
From the Youtube page:
Seth takes a closer look at MAGA Republicans and Fox News hosts speculating that there was a nefarious conspiracy to stop Trump’s escalator at the United Nations.
The Privatization Scam 0
At the Idaho State Journal, Randy Stapilus voices his opposition to a bill designed to use public money under the guise of “tax credits” to support private schools. In the course of it, almost as an aside, he makes this observation. Methinks it an important point often overlooked in dis coarse discourse:
Private schools are there for private purposes, not public ones.
Stray Thought 0
The raison d’etre of a “Customer Service Department” in today’s business world is to ensure that there is a space between the “Customer” and the “Service.”