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“An Assault on Workers” 0

Sam and and labor lawyer Seth Goldstein discuss efforts by plutocrats and billionaires to destroy the NLRB, gut workers’ rights, and return employees to being serfs who labor for their lords.

It’s longish listen, but a worthwhile one.

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“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0

Yet more “responsible gun owners” practice random acts of politeness.

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Both Sides Not 0

Man responds to pollster,

Click for the original image and the artist’s comments on the media’s
failure to portray (especially one of) the candidates accurately.

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The Rule of Flaw 0

At the Sacramento Bee, Erwin Chemerinsky wonders why the Trumpette’s don’t seem care–indeed, almost seem to relish–the impending indictments and existing judgements against Donald Trump. I commend his piece to your attention.

Here’s a tiny bit:

The core of the rule of law is that no one, not even the president, is above the law. If voters are willing to ignore Trump’s violations of the law, the message that sends about approving lawlessness is scary. If he wins the presidency, he surely would begin by believing that he need not follow the law and that his constituency will support him even when he blatantly violates it.

For decades, conservatives have identified themselves as the champions of “law and order.” It is ironic and perplexing that they could embrace a candidate who shows so little regard of the law.

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QOTD 0

Clare McConnell, in the voice of Effie Newsome:

I’m a lawyer, George. I don’t require explanation. I just need reasonable doubt.

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A Tune for the Times 0

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“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0

Remember, “responsible gun owner” is an oxymoron . . .

An SAPD sergeant told KSAT that a man heard a noise in the backyard and went to retrieve a weapon. While obtaining the weapon, the man told police the weapon accidentally discharged, sending a bullet through a wall and into his mother’s bedroom. The bullet then struck his mother in her chest.

. . . and “accidentally” and “negligently” are not synonyms.

We are a society of stupid.

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Russian Impulses 0

Frame One, captioned

Via Job’s Anger.

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Republican Family Values 0

“Suffer the children” is a Republican family value.

Aside:

See the comments that Thom mentioned regarding the Heritage Foundation at this link.

As one who trained as an historian specializing in U. S. Southern, it seems to me that the “heritage” that the “Heritage” Foundation claims to represent is little more than unreconstructed white Southerners’ myth of the “Lost Cause” dressed up in Sunday-go-to-meeting clothes.

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Vaccine Nation 0

Suffer the children.

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The Art of the Con 0

LZ Granderson explains how the “businessman president” gave America the business.

Just go read it.

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Establishmentarians 0

What Jesus is not reported to have said, but what they believe:

Go ye therefore and make disciples of all nations, by force if necessary.

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QOTD 0

Greig Pickhaver:

To understand our place in the world, we need to make sense of our past.

Afterthought:

Those who would prevent us from making sense of our past wish to lead us into a senseless future.

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The Graham Cracker 0

Cliff Schecter minces no words as he parses the perfidy.

Via C&L, which has commentary.

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It’s All about the Algorithm 0

Man walks along looking upward and saying,

Click for the original image.

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Artificial? Yes. Intelligent? Not So Much. 0

The Register reports on a New York law firm that tried to use ChatGPT to justify a ginormous billing.

The judge was not impressed.

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“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0

Share your politeness with your fellow motorists.

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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Medicare Disadvantage 0

Thom and Matthew Cunningham-Cook contemplate the con. (Warning: Some occasional minor audio glitches.)

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Republican Thought Police 0

Teacher, writing the word

Via Job’s Anger.

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Establishmentarians 0

Elie Mystal looks at the recent court decision in Alabama and sees a pattern:

We are entering a new Dark Age, one where, like the last one, science, education, and facts mean nothing, and Christian myths and legends are given the force of law. I don’t know how to stop them, but I think the first step is to recognize and name what they’re doing.

And, speaking of patterns . . . .

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