Twits on Twitter, Ryan’s Derp Dept. 0
Farron skewers Paul Ryan’s efforts to promote trickle-on economics.
Plus ca Change 0
Don’t think that this is anything new.
Here’s a bit of historical perspective for all you youngsters out there.
The Corner 0
Dick Polman comments on the latest mass shooting in the United States (follow the link for the rest):
Aside:
Speaking of the banality of evil, consider how blandly horrifying is the phrase, “the latest mass shooting.”
Swamp Things 0
Farron looks at Donald Trump’s “newly drained swamp” and concludes the drains are clogged.
Not Knowing Their Place 0
Leonard Pitts, Jr., notes that there seems no “right way” to protest against discrimination. A snippet (follow the link for the rest):
When there was violence in the streets over unpunished police killings of African-American men, they said that was the wrong way to go about it. Most of us agreed.
But when peaceful street demonstrations took place, conservatives didn’t like them, either. Then, last year, NFL player Colin Kaepernick hit on the idea of sitting through the national anthem.
But conservatives said that was disrespectful to veterans. So Kaepernick started taking a knee instead. Many others followed suit.
Conservatives said that was still wrong . . . .
It’s not the protests that conservatives find distasteful.
It’s the uppity.
Since protest of any kind is inherently uppity, there is no form of protest that conservatives will find acceptable.
Twits on Twitter 0
Lost in translation twits.
Intertwined 0
At Psychology Today Blogs, Azadeh Aalai takes on the myth that sports and politics exist separate and apart from each other. A snippet:
Follow the link to read why she said that.
Taxation without Consideration 0
Job’s Anger.
Dis Coarse Discourse 0
Josh Marshal decodes de code.
“The Jet Set” 0
That’s the proposed new term for Donald Trump’s cabinet. Eugene Robinson explains.
