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At The Kansas City Star, a retired Army officer and self-described “life-long Republican” explains why he has become disenchanted with today’s Republican Party. Here’s the gist; follow the link for the bill of particulars.
(Broken link fixed.)
Dis Coarse Discourse 0
The Philadelphia Inquirer’s Will Bunch argues forcefully that the press coverage of the “race” for the Republican presidential nomination is missing–or willfully ignoring–what’s really at stake. Here’s a bit (emphasis added):
Facebook Frolics 0
Gadzooks! The gullibility!
QOTD 0
Alastair Mackenzie, in the voice of Archie MacDonald, and Alexander Morton, in the voice of Golly Mackenzie:
Archie: If it exists, I hope is makes more sense than this one.
How Far Will Wells-Fargo? 0
Methinks it may not be an overreach to suggest that Wells-Fargo may have redefined the term “stagecoach hold-up.”
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Yet another “responsible gun owner” demonstrates that said term is an oxymoron, while yet another child is sacrificed at the feet of the NRA’s leaden idol.
We are a broken society.
Twits on Twitter X Offenders
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An X Offender with a notion of immigrants.
Foxy Shady 0
Sam and the crew ponder the pandering.
The Story of the Moral Is . . . . 0
In a particularly timely article at Psychology Today Blogs, Dale Hartley looks at how propagandists liars use “moral panics” to roil the public and distract it from actual issues. Here’s a bit:
Given that this technique seems to dominate dis coarse discourse even as I write this, what with the fuss over trans kids in sports and truthful books in school and public libraries, the few minutes it will take to read his article are well worth your while.
The Lawyers Delay 0
The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette’s Gene Collier takes a look at the tactics being employed by Donald Trump’s attorneys. Here’s a tiny bit from his article:
His heated argument boiled down essentially to this: Your honor, my client has committed so many crimes related to these indictments that we couldn’t be expected to so much as get our arms around the depths of his depravity for at least two years.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
And, again, politeness becomes child’s play.
And it’s just another day in the NRA’s Pantheon to Portable Phalluses.