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“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0

Once again we learn that politeness is a family value.

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QOTD 0

Samuel Richardson:

Vast is the field of Science … the more a man knows, the more he will find he has to know.

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A Tune for the Times 0

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The Rule of Lawless 0

“Vengeance is mine,” sayeth the Don:

At 1:34 AM, the insecure co-president took to Truth Social to call for a “major investigation” against Beyoncé, Oprah Winfrey, Bruce Springsteen, and Bono for endorsing Kamala Harris’s presidential run. Donald claimed that Harris illegally paid the major artists for their endorsements.

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A Notion of Immigrants 0

The Rude One looks at Donald Trump’s attempt to undo birthright citizenship and argues forcefully (and rudely) that “there Is no ‘America’ without birthright citizenship.”

Here’s a bit from his article (slightly expurgated); follow the link for the rest.

But what galls me and what ought to gall everyone is this simple idea: the United States is what it is because of immigration and birthright citizenship. The very concept of “America” is that it’s always been a mongrel nation pasted together by people from . . . everywhere, man, all, in theory, working towards that mythical “more perfect union.” We’re the only country in the world that has even attempted to do this. We’re an incredibly diverse, and an incredibly inclusive country, and if you don’t see that as a strength, then you don’t actually understand who , . . we are.

Aside:

Donald Trump himself, as a descendant of immigrants, has benefited from that very birthright citizenship he would deny to others, yet he seems eager to take us back to the days–and to the era–before it was passed.

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Running Ruining the Country Like a Business 0

Rick Strom at TYT Sports suggests that Trump and the Trumpettes are–er–pursuing counterproductive policies.

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In an Alternate Universe 0

What would it have been like had a Donald Trump been our first president?

Inquiring minds don’t really want to know, but now they do.

Cartoon imagining what George Washington's White House would have been like if Washington had the morals of Donald Trump.

Via Job’s Anger.

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Artificial? Yes. Intelligent? Not So Much. 0

The new blow-up dall? No air pump needed, baby!

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Fly the Fiendly Skies 0

They get fiendlier every day.

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QOTD 0

Art Buchwald:

You can’t make up anything anymore. The world itself is a satire. All you’re doing is recording it.

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And Now for a Musical Interlude (Updated) 0

Addendum:

Go give it a listen. It’s Fanny Brice.

While you do, ask yourself, why do they make the embed code available if they don’t want you to embed it?

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Republican Thought Police 0

The EFF looks the latest Republican strategy to squelch dissent: To give the executive branch power to unilaterally strip the tax exempt status from organizations it doesn’t like by dubbing them “terrorist supporting organizations.” Here’s a bit from their article (emphasis added):

The goal of this proposal is not to stop the spread of or support for terrorism; the U.S. already has myriad other laws that do that, including existing tax code section 501(p), which allows the government to revoke the tax status of designated “Terrorist Organizations.” Instead, this proposal is designed to inhibit free speech by discouraging nonprofits from working with and advocating on behalf of disadvantaged individuals and groups, like Venezuelans or Palestinians, who may be associated, even completely incidentally, with any group the U.S. deems a terrorist organization. And depending on what future groups this administration decides to label as terrorist organizations, it could also threaten those advocating for racial justice, LGBTQ rights, immigrant communities, climate action, human rights, and other issues opposed by this administration.

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“Get Me Dewrite!” 0

It would appear that the Trump maladministration believes that what we don’t know can’t hurt it.

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The Art of the Deal-Maker 0

Donald Trump holding a paper that reads

Click for the original image.

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The Storms This Time 0

Thom wonders why the Trump maladministration is gutting the federal agencies that exist to keep Americans safe, such as NOAA. From the Youtube page:

Trump, Elon Musk & DOGE are gutting the programs scientists use to predict the weather, now Americans are in danger of dangerous storms, fossil fuel companies and oligarchs can hide information from the public and the billionaires will be able to buy property cheap after hurricanes wipe communities off the map.

PoliticalProf has more relevant to this topic.

Afterthought:

I don’t think it’s a stretch to say that today’s Republican Party is no longer committed to promoting the general welfare.

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“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0

Another child is sacrificed at the feet of the NRA’s leaden idol.

And, in more news of the polite.

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The Entitlement Society 0

F. Scott Fitzgerald is often quoted as having said, “The rich are different than you and me.”

At Psychology Today Blogs, Ronald E. Riggio argues that this is indeed the case labels it “Affluency Syndrome.” He goes on to argue that

Rich and powerful people are prone to affluency and can believe that they are above the law.

Follow the link for his reasoning. Then just look around.

Methinks he makes a pretty strong case.

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QOTD 0

John Eldredge, in the voice of Harry Archer:

What in the world is going on here? There must be some logical explanation.

Correction.

There must be some explanation.

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Artificial? Yes. Intelligent? Not So Much. 0

Functionally illiterate? Judge for yourself.

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A Tune for the Times 0

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