“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Yet another oxymoronic “responsible gun owner” exposes a child to politiness, and politeness become child’s play.
Geeking Out 0
Mageia v. 9 with the Fluxbox window manager. The wallpaper is from my collection.
“Childless Cat Ladies” 0
At the San Francisco Chronicle, a self-proclaimed childless dog lady responds. Here’s a tiny bit from her article:
There is truth in the idea that the United States isn’t supportive of families, but the solution isn’t to ban contraceptives and abortion or defund support systems for single mothers, as Roberts and his colleagues would do. Absurdly, the right-wing approach presupposes that a policy of forced birthing is preferable to bettering the lives of the people alive now through expanded educational and work opportunities, strict gun control to end school shootings, ample and paid parental leave and subsidized childcare.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Guns 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.
Fatal Attraction 0
Michael in Norfolk wonders just what keeps Donald Trump’s dupes, symps, and fellow travelers from seeing the reality of Trump and Trumpism.
Originalist Sin 0
It’s encoded in Cannon law.
“Tempered Rhetoric” 0
Seth takes a closer look at the Republican Party’s expressed desire to “tone donw the rhetoric.”
“History Does Not Repeat Itself, but It Often Rhymes”* 0
At the Portland Press-Herald, David B. Offer hears a rhyme. Here’s the first line of the couplet:
Follow the link for the rhyme.
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*Mark Twain.
False Equivalence: Comparing Apples to Cow Pats 0
Colby Hall notes that (some) Trump is trying to blame Democrats’ rhetoric for the recent thwarted assassination attempt. They are equating claims that Trump represents a threat to democracy (he does) with Trump’s claims that the 2020 election was stolen (it wasn’t).
Here’s tiny bit from his article:
The problem is that the comparison makes no sense. It is a brazen false equivalency that flat-out ignores the fact that what caused Jan. 6 — Trump’s false election claims and his continued spouting of them — is precisely the threat to democracy that Hume invokes.
Crucially, the difference between Hume’s examples of inciting claims is simple: one is true, and one is false. The claim that fueled Jan. 6, that the 2020 election was stolen, is false. If it were true, few would criticize Trump for complaining about it. It was not true.
QOTD 0
P. D. James:
She had always believed–somewhat to her surprise–that God existed but was unconvinced that he was moved by the worship of man or by the tribulations and extraordinary vagaries and antics of the creation He had set in being.
James, P. D., The Murder Room (New York: Knopf, 2003) p. 49