Dis Coarse Discourse 0
Sam discusses our deplorable political news coverage.
A Quibble:
I do not endorse Sam’s comments about Biden and Hamas. In particular, I disagree with Sam’s claim that Biden is “completely enabling” Netanyahu’s tactics.
Expressing support for the existence of Israel, which is what Biden has done, is not “enabling” Netanyahu’s tactics. Netanyahu would do what he is doing with or without Biden’s support for the existence of Israel.
I also deplore the deaths of civilians in Gaza and in Israel. But I think it’s delusional to think that the U. S. is either responsible for or could have prevented them.
But that’s just me. (And international history was not my field. My field was U. S. Southern.)
But I think Sam’s primary message regarding dis coarse discourse is spot on.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Show politeness to your friends.
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.
Kevin McCarthy Plays “What’s My Spine?” 0
Farron points out that Kevin McCarthy lacks the courage of his conniptions.
The Climates They Are a-Changing . . . 0
. . . and, as the evidence shows, it’s no shrimp of a problem.
As an aside, the forecast high for today in these parts is 70 Fahrenheits.
In December.
Afterthought:
In my darker moments, I find it difficult to avoid fearing that we are nearing an extinction event.
Sound Familiar? 0
At the Idaho State Journal, Mike Murphy asks whether this reminds you anyone in the news.
The Crypto Con 0
Michael Hiltzik, a columnist for the Los Angeles Times, has had enough.
Follow the link for his reasoning.
Republican Thought Police 2
Emma talks with Randi Weingarten of the American Federation of Teachers about the poor showing of right-wing nutbags in recent school board elections.
Aside:
I love me Weingarten’s phrase, “constant anger fest.”
Methinks she hit the nihilists on the head.
They got nothing, festering anger is all they got.
