“History Does Not Repeat Itself, but It Often Rhymes”* 0
Mary Trump wonders if Little Marco is going after the Calibri font because it’s “too woke” and stumbles over a rhyme from the past. She moves on to look at the larger implications of his pettiness and what it says about Republican family values.
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*Mark Twain.
Misdirection Play, a Notion of Immigrants Dept. 0
Via the Las Vegas Sun, Sal Rodriguez discusses that furor over welfare fraud in Minnesota. He notes that, though Somali immigrants are being targeted by the Trump maladministration, (emphasis added)
The founder of the organization, a white American named Aimee Bock, was convicted of her crimes. Dozens of others involved in the scheme have pled guilty. Most of those involved were of Somali background.
So why, one wonders, are Somalis getting all the blame publicity? Rodriguez suggests that the answer is quite simple:
Methinks the full article. is worth your while.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Yet another random act of politeness.
Yet another child in a hospital.
Yet another day in the NRA’s gunpowder pit of politeness.
No Rooming at the Inn 0
These days, you hear a lot in the news about the First, Second, Fourth, and Fifth Amendments to the U. S. Constitution. You don’t hear much about the Third Amendment, which was written in reaction to the British forcing colonials to take British soldiers into their homes back in colonial times. It reads in its entirety
At Above the Law, Joe Patrice predicts that it might be a thing because of the actions of the Trump maladmistration.
Gunboat Diplomacy 0
Michael in Norfolk argues that Donald Trump wants to bring back “gunboat diplomacy” (though he also suspects Trump has no idea what the term means). He notes, almost in passing, what I suspect to be the underlying reason:
It’s all about strutting about like a bully and monarch and demanding nation’s bend to his wishes.
Party Planning 0
At AL.com, John Archibald reminds us that, five years ago today, Donald Trump’s supporters invaded the Capitol, wreking havoc, distroying papers, soiling desks, and attacking police, in an attempt to overthrow the election. Many were convicted ot serious crimes of violence and later pardoned by Donald Trump as he began is second term.
Archibabld asks, which of them would you invite into your own home?
Follow the link to choose.
“History Does Not Repeat Itself, but It Often Rhymes”* 0
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*Mark Twain.
Vaccine Nation 0
Bloomberg’s Lisa Jarvis looks at the potential results of RFK Jr.’s choosing to ignore over almost three centuries of evidence that vaccines work.
Artificial? Yes. Intelligent? Not So Much. 0
A trustworthy advisor? That bridge in Brooklyn is still on sale.
Russian Impulses 0
A caller to Thom sees a pattern.
“History Does Not Repeat Itself, but It Often Rhymes”* 0
My old Philly DL friend Noz opines that Venezuela rhymes with Iraq. Methinks he’s onto something.
Meanwhile, the pundit class acts as if Donald Trump has a plan.
He doesn’t.
He’s just breaking things (like laws, traditions, treaties, agreements) because that’s what a toddler thinks makes for a macho macho man. Because he wants to be a Real Big Man, just like his role model.
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*Mark Twain.