All the News that Fits 0
Dick Polman looks at the recent coverage of Donald Trump’s public appearances and asks a (rhetorical) question:
Follow the link for his answer.
QOTD 0
David Jason, in the voice of Inspector Frost:
The more you know about people, the more you appreciate dogs.
Russian Impulses 0
(Warning: Short commercial at the end.)
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Living the dream in NRA Paradise . . . .
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.
Republican Family Values 0
Apparently, suffer the children (and the parents and the grandparents) is a Republican Family Value.
Dis Coarse Discourse 0
In a letter to the editor of The Charlotte Observer, Dan Busch describes a sign of the times.
Grave Offense 0
Cliff Schecter reacts to Donald Trump’s desecration of deceased veterans.
The Fifth Columnist 2
The Arizona Republic’s Laurie Roberts is less than pleased at how Arizona state senator Wendy Rogers has embraced fascism.
The Bullies’ Pulpit 0
Thom looks at the right-wing’s use of bullying as a political tactic.
“An Armed Societ Is a Polite Society,” Reprise 0
In an eerily prescient article at Psychology Today Blogs (given that there was yet another school shooting on the day it was published, Dr. Tahir Rahman looks at the factors which may contribute to mass shootings. Here are two of the points he makes:
- Extreme overvalued beliefs (EOBs) and not delusions are a key driver of most school and mass shootings.
- Online subcultures provide an echo chamber for the nurturance of extreme overvalued beliefs.
I commend his entire article to you attention.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Yet another “responsible gun owner” commits yet another random act of politeness.
The bullet flew through the window of the sixth-floor classroom, striking the 33-year-old teacher in his right hand, police said.