Mission Impossible 0
In the midst of a longer column about the inanity and uselessness of Donald Trump’s having Iran bombed, Joe Conason makes a telling observation;
Follow the link for his reasoning.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
He was strolling through the woods one day when his gun became sentient and decided to fire itself.
This New Gilded Age 0
Starbucks workers at the “happiest place on Earth” are not at all happy with their employer. A snippet:
Karen Karen-Like 0
How dare these kids play basketball on a basketball court where they have a perfect right to play basketball? Karen wants to know.
Diagnosis 0
The subject is unquestionably suffering from a severe case of psychopathic psychological projection.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
And another “responsible gun owner” exposes a portable phallus to a child . . . .
We are a society of stupid.
Still Rising Again after All These Years 0
Michael in Norfolk is not sanguine. A snippet; follow the link for the rest.
The Republican Thought Police Are on Patrol . . . 0
. . . and taking historical fact into custody.
After all, why tell truthful history when you can pretend that your country never did those things that it did?
Today’s Republican Party is a vile and loathsome thing.
“History Does Not Repeat Itself, but It Often Rhymes”* 0
Via The Japan Times, Bloomberg”s Adrian Wooldridge hears a rhyme.
Here’s a couple of couplets; follow the link to put them in context.
There has been an awful lot of “getting medieval” in the world recently.
(snip)
A growing cadre of strongmen treat their countries as their personal property and international relations as a test of their personal egos. Religion is exercising a growing influence on global politics. And a post-literate and brain-addled public craves nicknames and memes rather than demanding speeches and complicated reasoning. Whether re-medievalization is compatible with the long-term survival of the species in a world of nuclear weapons and ultrasonic ballistic missiles is open to doubt.
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*Mark Twain.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Once again, politeness becomes child’s play.
Once again, we are reminded that “responsible gun owner” is an oxymoron.