“When People Show You Who They Are, Believe Them the First Time”* 0
The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette’s Gene Collier takes a close look at the implications of the Heritage Foundation’s Project 2025. He finds it–er–less than attractive.
Indeed, he characterizes it as a “MAGA Manifesto.”
Follow the first link for 900 pages of secessionist propaganda said project.
Follow the second to learn why Collier sees it as a “MAGA Manifesto.”
Aside:
I not exactly sure what heritage the “Heritage” Foundation is celebrating, but it sounds not unlike the legacy of one of my late relatives.
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*Maya Angelou.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
As we all know, politeness takes practice.
One more time, “responsible gun owner” is an oxymoron.
Denial Is Not Just a River in Egypt 0
According the Stephanie Hayes at the Tampa Bay Times, it’s also Florida’s approach to the reality of climate change.
A Tune for the Times 0
Mangy Fetlocks stands aghast marvels at right-wing evangelical they-call-themselves Christians embrace of Trump.
Misinformation Multiplication 0
At Psychology Today Blogs, Robert N. McCauley takes a look at a recent book by Paul Thagard, Falsehoods Fly: Why Misinformation Spreads and How to Stop It. I commend his piece to your attention, especially now, when one can spout unsourced anything. A snippet (emphasis added):
Afterthought:
You can’t “consider the source” when you can’t identify the source.
A Notion of Immigrants 0
Robert Reich points out that immigrants have long been “America’s secret sauce for economic growth and prosperity,” while they long have also been targets for those who sow hate.
Or you can read the transcript.
Market Farces 0
At Psychology Today Blogs, Douglas Van Praet explores how marketeers manipulate persons into paying why some folks are willing to pay $25,000 for a hoodie.
Facts vs. Fanaticism 0
Cliff delights in Pete Buttigieg’s use of facts to counter Republicans’ fictions about electric vehicles. (Not, of course, that facts matter the least bit to said Republicans.)
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Show politeness to your fellow party-goers.
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.
Still Rising Again after All These Years 0
Thom Hartman looks at the series of opinions by the Supreme Supremacist Court and concludes that
In America 2.0, there is no right to vote; governors and secretaries of state can take away your vote without even telling you (although they still must go to court to take away your gun). .
Follow the link for the context of his conclusion.
It’s Bubblelicious 0
Michael-in-Norfolk has a memory:
More memories and a straw at which to grasp at the link.