Establishmentarians 0
Elie Mystal looks at the recent court decision in Alabama and sees a pattern:
And, speaking of patterns . . . .
The Lake Effect, Still Rising Again after All These Years Dept. 0
How many are The Secesh?
The Arizona Republic’s E. J. Montini runs the numbers:
It is: Roughly 25%.
The question being: How many Americans do you figure are as wacky as Kari Lake?
Follow the link for the calculations.
The Impeacher Men 0
Emma and the crew dissect the disinformation.
I lived in Delaware for many years and Joe Biden was one of my Senators. I did not know him personally (though I did see him on the train to Washington from time to time).
During the time he was my senator, I knew him to be an honorable man.
“Honorable” is a concept that today’s Republican Party, which, as I have noted, is a vile and loathsome thing, does not understand.
Know Them by the Company They Keep, One More Time 0
The Triple-A Club: Americans Associating with Authoritarians.
Know Them by the Company They Keep, Reprise 0
Visitors to the House of Wax.
Establishmentarians 0
Michael in Norfolk is somewhat perturbed.
At the Des Moines Register, Jason Benell has more about the effects of establishmentarianism.
QOTD 0
Kerry Greenwood:
If you are not scared then there is no merit to being brave.
Greenwood, Kerry, Death at Victoria Dock (Scottsdale: Poisoned Pen Press, 2007) p. 149
Know Them by the Company They Keep 0
The Arizona Republic’s E. J. Montini points out that Arizona Congresscritter Andy Biggs keeps some pretty sketchy company.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Another child is sacrificed to the NRA’s leaden idol.
A Pillow of the Community 0
Looks like he’s had the stuffing kicked out of him.
Lindell, natch, claims he will appeal.
Willful Blindness and the Republican Thought Police 0
At the Bangor Daily News, Solomon D. Stevens argues forcefully that we should not blind ourselves to our country’s faults, as the Republican Thought Police would have us do. I cannot say that I agree with everything he says, but I do think his piece is worth the few minutes it will take to read it. Here’s a snippet, one which I think we are seeing being validated in real time:
“Hollywood Power Couples” 0
That’s a phrase I noticed on IMDB, and, it occurs to me, that this honor is accorded to persons noted for pretending to be something they aren’t.