“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Politeness builds strong relationships.
One more time: There is no such thing as “an accidental discharge of a gun.” “Discharges of a gun” are either intentional or negligent; when implements of death are involved, “accidental” is not an option.
The polity would be better served if the news media realized that.
Dis Coarse Discourse 0
Republican pundit wants a free pass for Republican lies.
Aside:
Does no one understand what “beg the question” means any more?
Grumble.
Lesson Learned? 0
In the Des Moines Register, Rehka Basu discusses what she considers the primary learning from Donald Trump’s payoff to Stormy Daniels:
Of course, anyone who has followed Donald Trump’s career even casually already knew tha–oh, never mind.
Exhausted 0
Honest to Pete, you can’t make this stuff up.
A Wad of Trumpled Caper 0
Shaun Mullen looks back on this week in crazy.
The Art of the Con, Guiliani Boogaloo Dept. 0
Rudy Guiliani’s ring around the rosy at Fox News raised a lot of eyebrows.
Both Elie Mystal and Mike Littwinn have considered it and reached somewhat different and not incompatible conclusions.
What I have concluded is that Rudy’s boogaloo is not directed at the public at large, but is a PR campaign directed to Fox News and its dupes, symps, and fellow travelers; to Republican Congresspersons; and to Trump’s hardcore of true believers, who have shown themselves willing to believe anything, everything he says, even as his statements directly contradict themselves from minute to minute.
They are intended to concrete the con of the conned.
I fear rough seas ahead.
“Donny Rotten” 0
Sasha Abramsky sees something familiar and yet jarringly dissimilar in the Trumpling. She suggests that it is similar to punk rock, morphed into punk rot.
Trump’s, by contrast, is faux-nihilism from above, the spectacle masking the plutocratic content. It is a grotesque rage of the haves against the have-nots, the moguls against the prols.
Much more at the link.