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QOTD 0

Jeremy Bentham:

Tyranny and anarchy are never far apart.

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A Tune for the Times 0

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The ICE Challenge 0

Slightly Hispanic-looking man on the ground in cuffs surrounded by ICE agents.  Man says,

Via Job’s Anger.

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Stray Thought 0

In the early days of “social” media, algorithms were supposed to “attract eyeballs” and “promote engagement.”

Now they are designed to attract screwballs and promote enragement.

One more time, “social” media isn’t.

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Vaccine Nation 0

Mary Trump looks at RFK Jr.’s disregard of history so as to make epidemics great again.

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Dis Coarse Discourse 0

Donald Trump yells,

Click for the original image.

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The Underlying Theme 0

At the Las Vegas Sun, Richard French postulates that

Lack of shame is a primary feature of Donald Trump’s presidency.

I think he has a point. Why else are they so comfortable doing things that would make the Founders hand their heads in shame?

Follow the link and see what you think.

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“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0

He brings a new meaning to the term “gun lover.”

Musical NotesGuns 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.

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QOTD 0

Clarence Darrow:

Some of you say religion makes people happy. So does laughing gas. So does whiskey.

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And Now for a Musical Interlude 0

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Twits on Twitter X Offenders 0

You couldn’t make this stuff up.

One more time, “social” media isn’t.

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American Stasi, Reprise 0

Thom takes an in-depth look at what’s happening in Minneapolis and finds a straw at which to grasp.

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American Stasi 0

Methinks a strong case can be made that they are practicing cannon law.

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Opening Soon . . . . 0

Now that many artists are eschewing the Kennedy Center since Donald Trump insisted on putting his taint on it, the Tampa Bay Time’s Daniel Ruth has some suggestions for possible premiers to publicize on its playbill.

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The Emblem of Envy 0

Framed Nobel Prize bearing the words

Via Job’s Anger.

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The Beasty Contest 0

At the Idaho State Journal, Mike Murphy looks at the record of four despotic leaders and wonders

. . . which one presents the most imminent danger for you—and the world.

Go read his article and choose your nominee.

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QOTD 0

Ivan Illich:

In a consumer society there are inevitably two kinds of slaves: the prisoners of addiction and the prisoners of envy.

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A Tune for the Times 0

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Still Rising Again after All These Years 0

Michael in Norfolk decodes de code:

The Felon’s war on so-called DEI (diversity, equity and inclusion) through executive orders and agency regulations follow the upside down view that whites face discrimination when in reality that so-called discrimination is merely restraints on whites to mistreat others badly, especially racial minorities.

Follow the link for context.

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A Trumpled Taxonomy 0

Title:  A Field Guide to Civil Unrest.  Frame One:  January 6 rioters labeled

Via Job’s Anger.

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