The News Recycle 0
In the context of a larger article, in which he argues that the Republican Party is becoming increasingly a party of ideologues, rather than of pragmatists, Jeremy Bernstein provides telling comment on the Republican news recycle (emphasis added):
Most likely, it’s some combination of both: Republican voters and Republican-aligned media are egging each other on.
I commend his piece to your attention.
(Broken tag fixed.)
Still Rising Again after All These Years 0
PragerU wants your kids to be taught that theft of labor is a good thing.
Twits on Twitter 0
Yet another lying twit.
Remember, just because you see it on a computer device screen, it ain’t necessarily so (especially if it’s on “social” media).
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Yet another random act of politeness.
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.
Spin Cycle 0
Trump’s lawyer made the rounds of the Sunday talk shows propagating propaganda. Mediate’s Ken Meyer dissects the deception. Here are the five claims that Meyer examines; follow the link for a detailed debunking of de bunk.
1. Lauro Claims There Was a “Peaceful” Transfer of Power
2. “Mike Pence Will Be One of Our Best Witnesses”
3. “A Technical Violation of the Constitution is Not a Violation of Criminal Law”
4. Trump’s calls to overturn the election were simply “aspirational”
5. Lauro Calls for Trial to Take Place in West Virginia Because It’s a More “Diverse Venue” than Washington D.C.
Decoding de Code 0
At the Hartford Courant, David Holohan explains “woke.”
All That Was Old Is New Again 0
The Philadelphia Inquirer’s Will Bunch sees a parallel:
Gov. Robert K. Scott told the president that loyalists to the party that got fewer voters “will not submit to any election which does not place them in power.” He further warned: “I am convinced that an outbreak will occur here [on] the day appointed by law for the counting of ballots.”
The year was 1870, and the state was South Carolina.
Follow the link for more echoes from the past.
Intimidations of Immorality 0
I am not a lawyer (though I once thought I wanted to be one, until I met some law students and decided I never wanted to be that uptight), but, to the best of my understanding, attempting to intimidate potential witnesses and members of a jury pool is viewed less than favorably.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
An automobile passenger plays with his politeness.
It was discharged, and struck the victim who was driving, wounding her. Immediate efforts were made to provide medical assistance, but the victim was pronounced dead at the accident scene.