Irrationalizations 0
David takes a look at how Trump supporters lie to themselves about who and what Trump is. (Warning: Short commercial at the end, which you are certainly free to ignore.)
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Yet another oxymoronic “responsible gun owner” feels compelled to flaunt his portable phallus.
Mixed Messaging 0
At Delaware Liberal, Alby reports receiving two mailers for Monica Beard, a Democrat running for the state legislature.
He found them curiously different.
“History Does Not Repeat Itself, but It Often Rhymes”* 0
At the Portland Press-Herald, Victoria Hugo-Vidal hears a rhyme. Here’s a tiny bit of her column:
At the same time as Victor was hiding his heritage, on the other side of the family on the other side of the country, in upstate New York, my other great-great-grandfather, Garrett MacEachron, joined the domestic terrorist group known as the Ku Klux Klan.
I commend the entire piece to your attention.
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*Mark Twain.
The Rule of Lawless 0
TYT Sports spotlights the hypocrisy of Trump’s sycophants.
A Pet Theory 0
At Psychology Today Blogs, Robert Bartholomew notes that there is nothing new about stories of immigrants eating pets Here’s a bit of his article (emphasis added); follow the link for context.
Spin Cycle 0
PoliticalProf points out that a tactic is not the same thing as a fact.
A Tune for the Times 0
The Parody Project looks back at the first two years of Donald Trump’s presidency (and wonders why anyone would want to go through that again).
Vaccine Nation, Science Schmience Dept. 0
Steven M. is not sanguine, as he hears more Republicans seem to say
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“Herd immunity.”
How Stuff Works: Thom Explains the “Recession Racket” 0
Thom explains how the morbidly rich can benefit from recessions. A quote:
Recessions help billionaires. They hurt you and me, but they become buying opportunities for billionaires.
“Those Who Cannot Remember the
Past Are Condemned To Repeat It.”*
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Kim Shinkoskey, writing at the Idaho State Journal, argues that Americans need to bone up on some history.
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*George Santayana.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Once again, playing with portable phalluses leads to a discharge. (Syntax error atoned for.)
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.