“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Yet another random act of politeness.
We are a broken society.
Only a broken society would choose to live with carnage.
The Stormy Next Time 0
As Chris Williams explains at Above the Law, in Trump world, the truth isn’t.
It’s real spaghetti reasoning, so just follow the link for the untangling.
The Voter Fraud Fraudsters 0
The Arizona Republic’s Laurie Roberts reports on a voter fraud fraudster with the grift of grab.
Time Out of Time 0
David offers evidence that some Republicans may not understand calendars.
The Blind Eye 0
Jason330 wonders why so many Republicans seem willing to turn a blind eye to Russia’s aggression against Ukraine.
Methinks his musings are worth a notice.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
And another child is exposed to politeness . . . .
An Empty Suit 0
As my mother would have said, the nerve of some people!
QOTD 0
Valerie Harper, in the voice of Rhoda Morgenstern:
You know the best thing about going on a diet? Going off a diet.
Misdirection Play, Responsible Fiscals Dept. 0
Sam and his crew look at the failure of the Silicon Valley Bank and at Republicans’ absolutely ridiculous contortions to somehow blame it on “wokeness,” while ignoring what really happened (including Donald Trump’s presiding over a gutting of Dodd-Frank).
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Yet another child is sacrificed to the NRA’s leaden idol.
The Money Trail 0
Rashmi Rangan and James Angus suggest that the IRS is doing a rather poor job of following the money. Here are a couple of bits from their article:
(snip)
The IRS follows a different strategy for the cash in the cabanas of the fortunate 700,000 club, those filers reporting total positive income of over $1,000,000. Last year for this group, about 687,000 rated nary a bother from the IRS. Apparently the use of multiple schedules for descriptions of enormous sums of money moving in myriad directions through various iterations triggers no corresponding curiosity on the part of the IRS. Too weedy, too slow, too complex.
Aside:
Methinks this disparity may shed some light on the Republican Party’s fervent opposition to President Biden’s desire to fund the IRS at a reasonable level.
A. Because It Had Wealthy, Influential Investors Maybe? 0
Q. Why is the failure of Silicon Valley Bank getting so much news coverage more than the failure of all the banks that went under in the late 2010s.