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Jamie Raskin:

Senator, when you took your oath of office, you placed your hand on the Bible and swore to uphold the Constitution. You didn’t place your hand on the Constitution and swear to uphold the Bible.

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Pleasantville.

The capsule description says it’s a trip to the past, but, watching it, it felt like a trip to the present.

We caught in on MGM+.

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A Tune for the Times 0

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The Rule of Lawless 0

Harvard law professor Noah Feldman argues that

This will go down as the year when the president of the United States openly went to war against the rule of law.

Follow the link for the evidence.

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Vaccine Nation 0

David discusses how Donald Trump and RFK Jr. have made measles great again.

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The Undocumented Alien 0

ICE agents taking Santa Claus into custody.

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Republican Family Values 0

Writing at The Sacramento Bee, Erwin Chemerinsky, dean and professor of law at the UC Berkeley School of Law, reminds us that mean for the sake of mean seems to have become the overriding Republican family value. Here’s how he opens his piece:

Although there is much to lament in the unconstitutional and illegal policies of the Trump administration, not enough has been said about its lack of compassion and basic human decency.

The entire article is worthy of your attention.

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“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0

Celebrate your family’s Christmas with politeness.

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All the News that Fits 0

Walter Cronkite would be ashamed of what CBS News has become.

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Missy Gold, in the voice of Katherine ‘Katie’ Olivia Gatling:

If there were dirty books in the library, boys would get library cards.

Afterthought:

If you can find that episode of Benson, you should watch it.

It’s happening in real life as I type this.

I watched it on Tubi.

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Geeking Out 0

Another Christmas screenshot from my Mageia box.

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A Christmas Wish 0

Cat sits in Santa's lap and gives his Christmas wish,

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Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas 0

If you have not done so, I highly recommend that you read Lena Horne’s autobiography.

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Excess 0

Give me a break.

And, in more news of excess.

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Gary Allan:

Let’s be naughty and save Santa the trip.

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Mageia v. 9 with the Plasma desktop. The wallpaper is from my collection.

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A Tune for the Times 0

From the Youtube page:

This is an a cappella version of “Carol of the Bells” – originally a Ukrainian New Year celebration song titled “Shchedryk” – whose music was first written by Mykola Leontovych in the eastern town of Pokrovsk (now under Russian occupation) in the 1900s. The composer would later be murdered by a Soviet agent in 1921. Our adaptation sends strength and solidarity to the brave people of Ukraine facing down Russian invasion, in spite of the pressure placed on them by failing allies and cruel diplomatic games.

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