Both Sides Don’t 0
Thom discusses the “both sides” scam and how false balance fuels extremism. (Warning: Commercial at about the five minute mark.)
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society’ 0
. . . and another oxymoronic “responsible gun owner” feels compelled to cause his portable phallus to discharge while traveling America’s highways and byways.
“History Does Not Repeat Itself, but It Often Rhymes”* 0
Yastreblyansky hears a rhyme goose-stepping down the path of history.
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*Mark Twain.
A Notion of Immigrants, Rule of Lawless Dept. 0
Der Spiegel reports on the release of Andry Romero from the El Salvadoran prison to which the Trump maladministration had renditioned him because he spoke with an accent and had innocent tattoos and notes that
The article is a painful and disheartening read, but, unfortunately, a necessary one in these Trumpled times.
A Notion of Immigrants 0
Aside:
Back when I was a road warrior, I spent a lot of time in Chicago. I loved my time in Chi Town.
Chicago is a toddling town that won’t let you down.
Maybe those folks who are disparaging it should stop listening to Fox News and give it a visit
Trumponomics 0
Seth runs the numbers.
Artificial? Yes. Intelligent? Not So Much. 0
Full of itself? Overflowing, baby.
Break Time 0
Off to drink liberally.
Vaccine Nation 0
Via the Hartford Courant, physicians Daniel Tobin and Anthony Yoder express their concern that the Trump maladministration is hazardous to our health A snippet:
Courting Disaster 0
Chris talks with civil rights attorney Sherrilyn Ifill abour recent rulings by the Supreme Supremacist Court.
The Sound of Silence 0
About this time 24 years ago today I was out back of my workplace in the smoking area with my boss and several other persons. (As an aside, he was one of the best bosses I ever had and no, I no longer smoke.)
We were listening to the silence–silence because the building was under one of the approaches to Philadelphia International Airport directly across the river, but, that day, no planes were flying.
I remember my boss saying, “I’m glad there’s a Texan in the White House.”
How wrong he was.