No There There 0
Leonard Pitts, Jr., confronts the emptiness at the top. A snippet:
No, Trump’s problem is that he has nothing to say. And the more he says, the more obvious that becomes.
He is the proverbial empty vessel making the most noise.
Tales of the Trumpling: Snapshots of Trickle-Down Trumpery 0
Balloon Juice reports on how racists have seized on the license granted by Donald Trump and his dupes, symps, fellow travelers, and, natch, the Republican Confederate Party.
We are now a pariah nation.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Just another day in NRA Paradise, where responsible gun owners act responsibly.
They say the horses’ owners returned home at about 4:00 p.m. on the 21st to find one of the horses lying on the ground, dead from a gunshot wound in its heart and lung areas. Another horse was standing next to the body and was found to have a wound in its shoulder. That horse is still recovering.
A third horse was found wounded in a separate area. That horse died the next day from its wound.
Sexual Devolution 0
There is no rational way to claim that trapping women in one’s office and waving one’s genitals about is legitimate business (or any other) behavior, not in any context.
Not all men are pigs, but far too many are.
The Trumpled Welcome 0
As a nation, we are well on the way to pariah status.
The “Family Values’ Caucus Circus
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At Psychology Today Blogs, Nigel Barber muses as to why “family values conservatives” such as “Judge” Roy Moore, Mall Warrior, so often get caught out violating the values that the profess to value. Here’s a bit:
He goes on to talk about the “white bear effect.” Give it a read.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Politeness goes to the dogs.
The shotgun was lying on the ground when a hunting dog stepped on the trigger guard. It hit Rancourt in the back nearly 22 yards away. He was taken to Trinity Hospital in Fort Dodge with non-life threatening injuries.
Base Desires 0
Josh Marshall considers why Donald Trump and his dupes, symps, and fellow travelers keep getting off. A snippet:
If the constituency doesn’t care, the accused will be fine.
I’ve seen several complaints this morning that the news media has failed to hold President Trump to account for the multiple allegations against him ranging from inappropriate touching to assault and rape. I think this is wrong. We’ve seen a clear pattern playing out in all the allegations about sexual misconduct and the firings, resignations and apologies which have followed in their wake. The consequences track entirely to the constituency – either political, commercial or corporate – the accused serves and depend on.Follow the link for the rest.
The Bully’s Pulpit 0
Robert Reich is more optimistic than I.
Geeking Out 0
Virtual Machines of Windows 7 (licensed and activated) and Devuan Jessie with the MATE (that’s “Mah-teh,” not “mate”) desktop environment running in VirtualBox on Slackware 14.2 using the KDE desktop environment.
