A Notion of Immigrants 0
Thom finds a chilling precedent for the Supreme Supremacist Court’s decision to greenlight the Trump maladministration’s decision to send undocumented immigrants to third-country exile.
The Rule of Lawless 0
At Above the Law, Joe Patrice argues that the Trump maladministration has gone full sovereign citizen.
No excerpt or summary will do his article justice. Just go read it.
Fly the Fiendly Skies 0
Boy, am I glad that my days of stepping on an airplane every other month or so are behind.
The Peacefaker 0
Warning: Mild language.
Artificial? Yes. Intelligent? Not So Much. 0
Is it keeping a list and checking it twice? Well, it knows if you’ve been naughty or nice.
“History Does Not Repeat Itself, but It Often Rhymes”* 0
Seth hears a Trumpled rhyme with George Bush’s Great and Glorious Patriotic War for a Lie in Iraq.
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*Mark Twain.
Republican Thought Police 0
Mike Littwin reports that the Trump maladministration is now coming for Park Rangers who have the unmitigated gall to speak truth about America’s history.
“Alligator Alcatraz” 0
At the Tampa Bay Times, Stephanie Hayes notes the Florida’s Governor DeSantis isn’t interested with draining any swamps. Rather, he wants to fill one–the Everglades–with immigrants imprisoned for being, well, immigrants.
Aside:
Sounds awfully like a concentration camp to me.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Yet another “responsible gun owner” exposes a portable phallus to a child.
According to deputies, Kabrel Patterson was asleep in bed when the child somehow gained access to his firearm and pulled the trigger. Patterson later died from his injuries. . . . .
Influencer Idiocy 0
Who cares about the effects on others when you can get clicks and likes?
One more time, “social” media isn’t.
Still Rising Again after All These Years 0
At Above the Law, Chris Williams parses the three planks of the platform of today’s Republican Party.
War and Mongers of War 0
Via the Sacramento Bee, philosophy professor Andrew Fiala considers why some folks–often those who have never and will never see combat–seem to hunger for war.
Methinks it a timely read.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Once again, politeness becomes child’s play.