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“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0

Another “responsible gun owner” exposes a portable phallus to a child.

According to a message received by families from the day care, staff told families a child brought the gun to school for show-and-share in a bag in their backpack.

The child brought their backpack to the carpet area and emptied it, including the contents of a “belt bag” which included the gun.

Musical NotesGuns 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.

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Republican Family Values 0

Michael in Norfolk notes that “Republican family values have really been little more than an empty slogan, but that even that little bit seems to have withered away under the Trump maladministration.

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QOTD 0

John Dalberg Acton:

Every thing secret degenerates, even the administration of justice; nothing is safe that does not show how it can bear discussion and publicity.

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A Tune for the Times 0

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“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0

Self-politeness is the politest kind.

One more time, “responsible gun owner” is an oxymoron.

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The Apologist 0

J. D. Vamce at the Young Republicans Club.  All around him, Republicans cavort as Nazis and Klansmen while Vance says,

Via Job’s Anger.

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“History Does Not Repeat Itself, but It Often Rhymes”* 0

Rick Strom suggests that “Maddox” rhymes with “MAGA.”

Aside:

As Rick notes, half a century later, Jim Brown himself failed to parse the rhyme and supported Trump in 2016. The Nation’s Dave Zirin offers some thoughts as to why,
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*Mark Twain.

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Ruining the Government Like a Business 0

Once again, my old Philly DL friend Noz pretty much nails it.

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Establishmentarians 0

Florida Man.

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Have Cake, Eat It Too 0

Bob Molinaro, sportswriter extraordinaire:

Schools paying millions upon millions to fired football coaches and then pleading financial hardship is the definition of chutzpah.

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QOTD 0

Voltaire:

Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities.

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A Tune for the Times 0

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This New Gilded Age 0

In a longer article about the Trump maladministration’s attempts to destroy the Digital Equity Act, a Techdirt reporter makes what methinks a trenchant observation (emphasis added):

A driving motivation behind these attacks on online equity isn’t “saving money,” it’s dismantling government efforts to do anything about the problems created by consolidated corporate power.

I commend the entire piece to your attention.

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“History Does Not Repeat Itself, but It Often Rhymes’* 0

Image of the signatures to the Declaration of Independence captioned

Click to view the original image.

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*Mark Twain.

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The Robot Apocalypse 0

One San Francisco community is seeing Waymo cars than it wants to.

Finish reading this post »

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“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0

As we know, politeness takes practice.

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No Surprises Here . . . 0

. . . even though the Squeaker of the House seems to think there are.

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AI Accuse 0

Florida Woman.

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QOTD 0

Calvin Coolidge:

Little progress can be made by merely attempting to repress what is evil. Our great hope lies in developing what is good.

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A Tune for the Times 0

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