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Establishmentarians 0

Methinks the editorial board of the Las Vegas Sun makes some good points in advocating that establishmentarians who want to use the government to conduct their inquisitions should pay to play.

Me, I’m a disestablishmentarian. I believe that established churches should be disestablished.

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Republican Thought Police 0

Via WHYY, the AP looks at how the Republican thought police are leaning on learning.

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“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society’ 0

Yet another case of politeness on the pavement.

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QOTD 0

Hunter S. Thompson:

If you consider the great journalists in history, you don’t see too many objective journalists on that list. H. L. Mencken was not objective. Mike Royko, who just died. I. F. Stone was not objective. Mark Twain was not objective. I don’t quite understand this worship of objectivity in journalism. Now, just flat-out lying is different from being subjective.

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A Tune for the Times 0

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“History Does Not Repeat Itself, but It Often Rhymes”* 0

At the Washington Monthly, Roger Kerson makes a strong case that “Musk” rhymes with “Ford.”

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*Mark Twain.

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Dis Coarse Discourse 0

Does this call to mind of anyone in the news?

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American Stasi 0

Mary Trump, Donald Trump’s niece, discusses the Trump maladministration’s campaign against brown people immigrants.

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Self-Harmed 0

Uncle Sam, pointing a gun labeled

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Republican Thought Police 0

Dion Lefler has a memory:

When I was a college freshman studying broadcast journalism in 1978, I watched a show on PBS that made me contemplate something that I’d never thought about before:

What would I do if one day the government took control of the media, rewarding those who spread the leaders’ propaganda and silencing dissenting voices?

He goes on to argue that, thanks to the Trump maladministration, he now has to face that question directly. Follow the link for the rest.

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“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0

And another “responsible gun owner” shows politeness to his parent.

A man shot and killed his father when the gun accidentally went off as the two were looking at it, according to Manatee County deputies.

Finish reading this post »

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QOTD 0

Omar Bradley:

Wars can be prevented just as surely as they can be provoked, and we who fail to prevent them must share the guilt for the dead.

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A Tune for the Times 0

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All the News that Fits 0

Robert Reich reviews how the Trump maladministration is working to exercise its freedom of suppress. A snippet:

Columbia University, Dartmouth College, and a handful of others have gone out of their way to “cooperate” with the Trump regime in order to avoid Trump’s wrath.

What does “cooperation” entail? Silencing Trump’s potential critics.

Follow the link for context.

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Bringing Back the Cuckoo’s Nest 0

A mental health professional calls out the Trump maladministration’s latest foray into mean for the sake of mean.

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Lies and Lying Liars 0

David discusses how, when Republican Senator Markwayne Mullin gets caught in a lie, he doubles-down on the lie.

Welcome to today’s Republican Party.

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Republican Family Values 0

Per an article by Mario Nicolais at The Colorado Sun, it would appear that lying about one’s family is a Republican family value.

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The Cover-Up 0

Frightened, naked Donald Trump covering himself with a wanted poster reading

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Republican Thought Police 0

Just when you thought things couldn’t get more Orwellian, they up and do.

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QOTD 0

Leo Rosten:

I learned that it is the weak who are cruel, and that gentleness is to be expected only from the strong.

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